I have a question for EVGA:
For my own knowledge, not for troubleshooting purposes, is the Intel ICH10R the southbridge, or does it just come off of the southbridge?

For those who didn't see the previous post, the USB and the SATA both run off of the SB.

For those who are just experiencing random lockups:

Did your SATA port fail? If so, you may have this issue, if not it doesn't mean that you don't have this issue.

Are you using a PS2 keyboard? If so, and you still have keyboard control of your computer during the problem, you may have the same issue(s). If you have PS2 keyboard and it doesn't respond, you probably have a different problem.

For those who are not using a PS2 keyboard, it may be very difficult to discern if you have the same issue since your system may effectively hang and you can't input anything to Windows. Does your keyboard caps lock, scroll lock, and num lock work? If so, then you probably have a different problem. Same goes if your lighted keyboard remains lit.

Does your mouse laser LED go out? If not, then you probably have a different problem.


Otherwise, please, let's here it...

sweTruth

How should one know if their SATA port fails?

If you have a HD connected to an SATA and it fails, your no longer will be able to access those directories on your HD, and possibly Windows won't boot. In addition, you may see a red error for a second during the BIOS screens.

sweTruth

I'm having random lockups but my g15 stays lit and so does my mouse g15 connected with usb and my mouse connected to my g15.

Then you probably don't have this issue, everyone else has reported these have failed during this problem.

Please stop making new threads until you properly troubleshoot your own - aka, replace your crappy PSU.


You have an isolated case involving SATA, I have never seen any other posts/issues from people experiencing this. 

HalloweenWeed

I just ordered a Corsair HX1000.

Thnx for letting us know that, (TWICE)!

MJinZ

Please stop making new threads until you properly troubleshoot your own - aka, replace your crappy PSU.


You have an isolated case involving SATA, I have never seen any other posts/issues from people experiencing this. 

i can say since more reading around tho i have rolled back the audio and the ethernet port drivers and the issued has drastically slowed down(hasnt happened since) im kinda hopin this will resolve the issue. im also ordering a externally powered usb 7 port hub off amazon.com if this still hapenes with a hub then its a sure thing bad mobo becuase the hub does nothing but send a signal tot the computer telling the computer theres a kb or mouse hooked up. no power at all is drawered from the ports since the hub uses external powering.at any rate the disabling and driver rollback of the gigbite ethenet ports and the rollback of the onboard audio seemed to have helped. we'll see if this is a permannat fix. and ya i was also having dropouts of sata ports too i couldnt reach windows and would have to reboot about 4 times to get into windows at all! but since i took all measures listed and also disabled selective suspend the issues have for now at least stopped. time will tell if its a permanat thing. just thought id list this to maybe help anyone else. yes i also tried 2 other psu's corsair 850 and a the big boy thermaltake toughpower 1200watt.

wolf-man you have the classic symptoms. Did you try unplugging your front panel USB headers? Also, please answer the post by EVGA tech here:

For those who are experiencing USB issues

I also suggest you try rolling back your Realtek gigabit LAN drivers (on both ports), and of course you might want to try HRPuffnstuff's solution, it's you're call.

Yeah, shamus5178, I had similar SATA failures. This is my thread:

First SATA failures, now dead replacement, months of anguish

One suggestion: Before you send in your old mobo try remove CMOS batt 10 mins, then replace, hit BIOS reset 5 sec after PS turned on, then reset BIOS info and try again. I would like to know if it fixes the problem (temporarily) as they said mine tested OK.

I also wanted to add that I also had some strange drive corruption issues with that mb as well.  I entered it into the step up program for a e760 and purchased another e758 which has a different color scheme yet says pcb revision 1.1 just like the first one.  It has not had any problems with usb/kb/sata and the ich voltage is set to auto.  I also waterblocked it so my temps are a lot cooler than they were with the stock heatpipe so only time will tell if it was the mb or the ich chipset revision.  I'm running the same drivers as I just swapped mb's into the same system plus added the water cooling.

From the thread "For those who are experiencing USB issues":

mdswish

FYI, Jacob has asked me to send him my 760 board that is not correctly working for testing purposes.  They're having trouble duplicating the problem in their labs with new equipment.  So I'm sending my non-working board to expedite the testing process.  They should have it by the end of next week at the latest, which will help narrow down the problem.  I can assure you, they are working on it.

I'm glad that you/they are finally doing this, even though I have mitigated my problems. But I have to also wonder just how much of this "USB prob" was caused by winter static electricity. I always keep it above 40% humidity in my house to prevent.

I had to post this here as the other thread is EVGA tech, not for conversation, and it is prohibited to post multiple times there.

OMG, I just downloaded the spec sheet updates for the X58 chipset, and they're riddled with prob's that say "no fix"!!!!!
One of these says: "Intel® I/O Controller Hub 10 (ICH10) Consumer Family UHCI Hang with USB Reset".
Another says: "Intel® I/O Controller Hub 10 (ICH10) Family 1.5 Gb/s SATA Signal Voltage Level".
The list for the ICH fits easily on one page, but the IOH list is a good two pages long.
Unfortunately these descriptions are quite technical and require an electronics engineer to really understand them to understand what they mean to us when having troubles with our systems. But just the sheer number of issues with "no fix" is alarming. But I have not compared this list to other chipset documentation, so I can't really put it into perspective.

Here is the Intel website page where you can download these:

Intel X58 Express Chipset Technical documents

I would love it if someone with more technical knowledge would look at those "updates" and tell us what those "no fix" lines should mean to us.

Did you see they have a new BIOS (49) with the ICH Vcore default 1.1V?

EVGA X58 Motherboards - BIOS 49 Released

"Removes shutdown action when enabling Virtualization Technology"

Maybe that means they've fixed the "double-pump" as well.

I indeed am having the same problem. Keyboard seems to freeze up for about 2 to 20 seconds then resume and happens quite often. I may have a good day with only one freeze here or there and I may have a day where it happens so damned often I want to slap the keyboard accross the stupid monitor! None the less it is a consistant problem. Seems my keyboard is the only thing affected no matter the USB port I plug it into and my last keyboard was completely distroyed due to frustration out of controll. So basically my keyboard has been replaced and the problem still persists.
I am also having packet latency and loss problems via my NICs.
All I have to say is this is some serious BS and I'll keep RMAing my board every time the problem comes up intil the problem is resolved and/or never comes back.
Thank god for a MB with a lifetime warranty, like heck if I'm going to build a new system at the fault of the suppliers. I already spent to much on this system and I don't want to replace it until I grow tired of it being so dang slow and have the money to do so or because I must, not because the supplier says "sorry it's out of warranty". Try that crap with my and you'll be talking to my lawyers.... Try me!

visseroth

I indeed am having the same problem. Keyboard seems to freeze up for about 2 to 20 seconds then resume and happens quite often. I may have a good day with only one freeze here or there and I may have a day where it happens so damned often I want to slap the keyboard accross the stupid monitor! None the less it is a consistant problem. Seems my keyboard is the only thing affected no matter the USB port I plug it into and my last keyboard was completely distroyed due to frustration out of controll. So basically my keyboard has been replaced and the problem still persists.
I am also having packet latency and loss problems via my NICs.
All I have to say is this is some serious BS and I'll keep RMAing my board every time the problem comes up intil the problem is resolved and/or never comes back.
Thank god for a MB with a lifetime warranty, like heck if I'm going to build a new system at the fault of the suppliers. I already spent to much on this system and I don't want to replace it until I grow tired of it being so dang slow and have the money to do so or because I must, not because the supplier says "sorry it's out of warranty". Try that crap with my and you'll be talking to my lawyers.... Try me!

That sounds like a driver prob, or other software or corrupt Windows install. What AV are you using?