Author: parsec
Subject: Freezing and BSOD Skylake on new z270 mobo
Posted: 30 Jan 2017 at 6:41pm
Skylake bug?
The i7-6700K is not the latest Intel i7 processor, that would be the i7-7700K.
When using Windows 7 on a Skylake or Kaby Lake chipset board (Z270 like yours), you must include a USB 3.0 driver in the Win 7 installation package, or none of the USB ports will work. No idea if you did that or not. I'm not finding a link to that information on your board's page, you can read about it here:
http://www.asrock.com/microsite/Win7Install/index.html
The newest Intel chipsets will only use a USB 3.0 driver for ALL of the USB ports, including USB 2.0. Windows 7 does not have a built in USB 3.0 driver. It seems you did not modify your Win 7 installation media for this situation, since your "old" keyboard works.
If that is the Skylake bug you are referring to, that cannot be fixed with a BIOS update.
Is your SSD connected to an Intel SATA port, or ASMedia SATA port? The Intel SATA ports will provide better, more stable performance.
Subject: Freezing and BSOD Skylake on new z270 mobo
Posted: 30 Jan 2017 at 6:41pm
 boabject78 wrote:Forgot that the cpu is a new i7 6700k and I'm aware of the Skylake bug so I dont know if Asrock have or will be addressing the bug with a bios update. BlueScreenView reports the 2 BSOD; 1) MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION 0x000009c hal.dll hal.dll+12818 Hardware Abstraction Layer DDL ntoskrnl.exe+70400 2) 0x00000124 hal.dll hal.dll+12a3b Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL ntoskrnl.exe+70400 |
Skylake bug?
The i7-6700K is not the latest Intel i7 processor, that would be the i7-7700K.
When using Windows 7 on a Skylake or Kaby Lake chipset board (Z270 like yours), you must include a USB 3.0 driver in the Win 7 installation package, or none of the USB ports will work. No idea if you did that or not. I'm not finding a link to that information on your board's page, you can read about it here:
http://www.asrock.com/microsite/Win7Install/index.html
The newest Intel chipsets will only use a USB 3.0 driver for ALL of the USB ports, including USB 2.0. Windows 7 does not have a built in USB 3.0 driver. It seems you did not modify your Win 7 installation media for this situation, since your "old" keyboard works.
If that is the Skylake bug you are referring to, that cannot be fixed with a BIOS update.
Is your SSD connected to an Intel SATA port, or ASMedia SATA port? The Intel SATA ports will provide better, more stable performance.