Author: batch
Subject: Z170 Extreme6 - debug code 99
Posted: 08 Feb 2017 at 2:52am
No, I selled the components and assembled it.
In the BIOS is IME 11.6.0.1126 installe. This was taken during BIOS update to 7.xx automatically.
The M.2 SSD is not the cause. It doesnt matter if there is the M.2 or one/more SATA SSD/HDD plugged in. Even one USB stick with a bootable OS is enough to get the code 99 freezing.
I sadly have no other RAM. I think that I will open a RMA ticket. :-)
I will post here again, when I know the cause. Maybe it is just RAM incompatibility.
Thanks anyway for your help guys.
Subject: Z170 Extreme6 - debug code 99
Posted: 08 Feb 2017 at 2:52am
| Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  parsec wrote:Was this PC sold to you as a package by a company? |
No, I selled the components and assembled it.
| Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. parsec wrote:If we check the description for the next UEFI/BIOS version after 1.20, 1.40, it has changes for DRAM compatibility. While we may think the description, Improve DRAM compatibility, means we can use more models of memory, that is not what it means. It really means that memory compatibility has been modified to match what it should be for a Skylake processor. I just remembered something else about changing to the Kaby Lake compatible UEFI/BIOS version (7.xx). Did you update the INF files, and the IME software for a Kaby Lake (i7-7700K) processor? That would be the INF driver ver:10.1.1.38, and Intel Management Engine driver ver:11.6.0.1126, from your board's download page: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z170%20Extreme6/?cat=Download&os=Win1064 Even if you are still using a Skylake processor (i7-6700K) in the board, the IME firmware that is part of the UEFI/BIOS file, was updated in the 7.xx update. The matching IME software (backward compatible) must be installed. Another thing that worries me now is the number of UEFI/BIOS updates that batch has done. Some of them have CPU microcode updates for various reasons, and IME firmware, which is NOT updated by every update. So who knows what state or combination of them he now has in place. To answer your question about the memory compatibility not being shown as a POST check failure, your memory worked, but was probably not as stable as it should be. Then as the other UEFI/BIOS versions (1.40, etc), made the compatibility worse but not enough to fail completely, other aspects of the CPU could have problems, such as the PCIe lanes. The M.2 SSD uses PCIe lanes, and when it was removed, the 99 code was not shown. We forget that DDR4 memory is very new, only two platforms so far use it, X99 and Skylake/Kaby Lake. I combine those because they are not at all different compared to X99. DDR4 compatibility has been one of the worst problems we have seen in this forum, and it's not getting better... Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  |
In the BIOS is IME 11.6.0.1126 installe. This was taken during BIOS update to 7.xx automatically.
The M.2 SSD is not the cause. It doesnt matter if there is the M.2 or one/more SATA SSD/HDD plugged in. Even one USB stick with a bootable OS is enough to get the code 99 freezing.
I sadly have no other RAM. I think that I will open a RMA ticket. :-)
I will post here again, when I know the cause. Maybe it is just RAM incompatibility.
Thanks anyway for your help guys.