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Crosshair V Formula Z - Stable/cool system, go to bed, wake up with 0c qcode. Repeat.

Gynomancer
Level 7
I don't get it. I'm using the right memory timings, and otherwise factory settings for my processor. It runs fine, cool, and stable. I've benched it, stress tested it, stability tests. Everything's fine. I go to bed, turn it on, get the 0c qcode, and no post. Reset bios, set everything back exactly how it was the day before, and it works until it's been off for a while again. What info do you guys need from me to get this fixed?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3EQ6K here's my setup.
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Gynomancer
Level 7
Almost forgot bios screenshots. Thanks for any help you guys can offer.369163691736918369193692036921369223692336924

wait, do you have all the additional power cables plugged in? The two at the top of the mobo? I know one of them is a 4pin 12Vaux for the CPU which should be needed for the 9590
-hax0rmort


MOBO - ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula-Z
CPU - AMD FX-9370
RAM - AMD Radeon R9 Gamer Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 2400 MHz
SSD1 - Samsung 840 EVO 250GB // Boot
SSD2 - Samsung 840 EVO 250GB // Game
GPU1 - ASUS Radeon R9 290X
GPU2 - ASUS Radeon R9 290X
COOLER - Corsair H100i AIO Liquid Cooler
PSU - Corsair RM Series 1000W Gold PSU
AUDIO - Creative Sound Blaster Z
CASE - NZXT H440 Red/Black
KEYBOARD - Corsair K95 RGB
MOUSE - SteelSeries Sensei
HEADSET - Logitech G430

hax0rmort
Level 11
damn, that's a stumper. Must be a bad part somewhere is my guess. Everything looks solid in BIOS to me. Hope someone comes along to give ya somewhere to start!
-hax0rmort


MOBO - ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula-Z
CPU - AMD FX-9370
RAM - AMD Radeon R9 Gamer Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 2400 MHz
SSD1 - Samsung 840 EVO 250GB // Boot
SSD2 - Samsung 840 EVO 250GB // Game
GPU1 - ASUS Radeon R9 290X
GPU2 - ASUS Radeon R9 290X
COOLER - Corsair H100i AIO Liquid Cooler
PSU - Corsair RM Series 1000W Gold PSU
AUDIO - Creative Sound Blaster Z
CASE - NZXT H440 Red/Black
KEYBOARD - Corsair K95 RGB
MOUSE - SteelSeries Sensei
HEADSET - Logitech G430

Gynomancer
Level 7
Yes, all the motherboard power slots are powered correctly. The only thing I can think of is that I don't have anything plugged into the CPU fan spot. It gives me a CPU fan error, but lets me boot anyway. I water block (2 fans and pump) are instead plugged into a fan controller, because the pump is ridiculously loud at 12w. I've tried shutting down and waiting an hour or two, and it boots, but leaving it for maybe... 6+ hours and I get that 0c qcode and have to start over.

It should be noted that 0c corresponds to no actual error code in the manual. It's reserved for future use.

willburstyle06
Level 7
I'm having the same issue, My system is stable until I leave it off for a while. After a few hours or so when I try to start it up it doesn't post. I'm getting qcode of 10 (PEI Core is starting) and 79 CSM initialization. After resetting the motherboard once or twice then it boots up and everything seems normal again.
CPU - i7-6700k 4.7GHz
MOBO -Asus Maximus VIII Hero
RAM - 32GB G.Skill TRIDENTZ RGB DDR4//3600 MHz
GPU - EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 SLI
SSD - Samsung 960 Pro M.2 NVMe 1TB //Boot
SSD - Samsung 860 Evo 2TB
HDD - WD BLACK 3TB 7200RPM// Media//Gaming
PSU - Corsair HX1000i
CASE - NZXT RAZER H440
CPUCOOLER - Kraken X62

Gynomancer
Level 7
Sigh. I think I may have found the issue. willburstyle06, we have the same mobo, and my processor is merely a factory overclocked version of yours. They're exactly the same otherwise. We have almost the same kind of ram, as well, same manufacturer and everything. I looked into it, and here's the bad news.

AMD processors have a max speed of 1333mhz for ram. Those with that new fangled AMD bulldozer nonsense (us two) are lucky enough to be capable of speeds up to 1866, but from what I've read, 1600 is much more stable.

Here's the good news, though, even "underclocked" which is a misnomer with these types of ram, as they are advertised at their overclocked speeds, you will not notice a difference in performance from the ram. I'm going to try to boot my pc when I get home from work, and if I have to still do this reset bios nonsense, I'm just going to try 1600, let it boot, turn it off, and go to sleep. I'll try to turn it on again when I wake up, and if that STILL doesn't work, I'll let it run with what the bios detects it as, which is 1333 mhz.

Bottom line: Yep, we probably overpaid for ram that our processors aren't capable of, but we've learned a viable lesson by buying AMD products. You get what you pay for.

I'll keep you guys posted on my results. That said, if anyone else can offer any suggestions on how to fix this problem without having to underclock below 2400mhz, or even 1866 for that matter, I'd love to hear any success stories you've had with a similar build. ^_^

Myk_SilentShado
Level 15
Have you tried manually entering the timings info, rather than using AMD's terrible version of XMP?

hax0rmort
Level 11
I had the same RAM before, just one set of 2x4. I ran it as 2400 with no problems. Not saying that you having 16GB of it isn't making your CPU more unstable, but just some extra info to think over.
-hax0rmort


MOBO - ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula-Z
CPU - AMD FX-9370
RAM - AMD Radeon R9 Gamer Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 2400 MHz
SSD1 - Samsung 840 EVO 250GB // Boot
SSD2 - Samsung 840 EVO 250GB // Game
GPU1 - ASUS Radeon R9 290X
GPU2 - ASUS Radeon R9 290X
COOLER - Corsair H100i AIO Liquid Cooler
PSU - Corsair RM Series 1000W Gold PSU
AUDIO - Creative Sound Blaster Z
CASE - NZXT H440 Red/Black
KEYBOARD - Corsair K95 RGB
MOUSE - SteelSeries Sensei
HEADSET - Logitech G430

Hey fella's

Disable ECC in ram options. This will cause instability and random lock ups and boot failures. I doubt anyone here is using error correction ram. Hope this helps
Chris...Have a nice day.