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Motherboards Daily BSODs - At the end of my Tether

Discussion in 'Tech Support' started by Unicorn, 6 Feb 2014.

  1. Unicorn

    Unicorn Uniform November India

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    In my daily use gaming rig I'm currently running an EVGA X58 Classified3 motherboard with 2x WD Velociraptors in RAID0 as a programs & storage array. The system boots off a Samsung 840 Pro. This storage configuration is fairly recent - I changed from 840 Pro's in RAID0 and a single WD Velociraptor to a pair of Velociraptors and a single 840 about 2 months ago.

    Installed memory in this system is 12GB of Dominator GT and the CPU is a 980X, modestly overclocked. None of that really matters past the storage setup though, because the cause of my BSOD every day without fail is the crashing of the Marvell storage controller, reported as MV91xx.sys on the BSOD, which my mechanical drives are connected to. This is driving me crazy and there seems to be no easy fix for it. The installed driver is the most up to date version from the EVGA website and there isn't another version available anywhere on the Internet that I can see. Lots of people with motherboards from other manufacturers have had the same problem and some have apparently been able to download a newer version of the driver, update and fix the controller crash. That version is no longer available to download from Station Drivers, so I can't even try it.

    Is it time to RMA this board and see if EVGA will stand over it? This is my second faulty Classified board in 4 years - they wouldn't accept a return for the first one because I was not the original owner of the board. I've now been completely sickened by this stupid problem every single day for 2 months and just want this rig to be stable again.
     
  2. Chairboy

    Chairboy I want something good to die for...

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    Have you updated the BIOS if there is an updated one available?
     
  3. narwen

    narwen narwen

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    Why not use the intel ports
     
  4. Unicorn

    Unicorn Uniform November India

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    Yes, the BIOS is fully up to date, I updated it as soon as this problem started in an attempt to cure it. I was using the Marvell ports for the SSD array to maximise performance. When I switched the SSD array for a mechanical array, I kept them on the same controller because I had made custom cables for those ports which are integrated into the case. Most of all though, I don't want to have to use the Intel ports because it means losing the array and having to start over from scratch. I just can't afford to spend the time cloning a 1.2TB array, then building a new array on the Intel controller, then restoring the backup to that new array. That's half a day's work and a lot of hassle over one bad driver.
     

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