Intel Motherboards : ASrock z97 extreme6 freezes under win 10 ann v

Author: dkdobbeltbeef
Subject: ASrock z97 extreme6 freezes under win 10 ann v
Posted: 04 Dec 2016 at 6:26pm

Hi all

I need to hear if anyone is having this issue.
When i do a clean install of win 10 - and do a refresh from the win install screen where it show the sdd/hdd - the machine freezes.
Psu power button is needed for power off.

When i get win 10 clean installed - the system freezes after 2 - 10 min - again the screen just stays there. And i need to take the power.

The system has worked for 9 month until about a month ago. I have used the time from then until now to replace parts :-)

I have now installed the the old inf drivers found here :
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97%20Extreme6/?cat=Down...

And i have stopped win 10 updates not essential : Defer feature update

It seems to work now.

But i need to know if this is just me who thinks Asrock / win 10 are having some problem
I am fresh out of ideas what could be wrong hardware wise - and no it is not the ram. I have used them one at the time and it still doesnt work.
And i have used it with my GPU and the onboard and with a borrowed GPU card - and no that did not change anything.

ANY insight would be appreciated
If anyone else has seen this then i would love to hear about it

For info
I have bought a new mb, a new ssd, a new psu.
So have have 2 of the same for mb, ssd, and psu as described below

My setup
mb: asrock z97 extreme6 - bios ver 2.70
ssd : samsung 850 pro
psu : evga 850 t2
windows 10 64 ann version v 1607
cpu : intel core i5- 4460
ram 2 * 8 gb corsair hyperx
GPU : Asus r9 280