MVF WIN8 x64 Locks Up / Freezes During Very First Power Up of The Day

[limitz]

Hey fellow Members',

First post here but long time lurker.
I've built this computer about 1 month ago and have been slowly working out the small kinks of the system. So far most have been stable as far as I can tell. I must mention I am new to OC'ing but not so new in the PC world. 🙂

The issue I am facing and unable to resolve is an issue at the very first startup of the day, usually in the morning and sometimes if the PC has been shutoff for 4 hours or more. I don't have this issue during Restarts at all.

This is what happens:
1) Powers up
2) Posts
3) Asus Logo
4) Second Asus Logo
5) Spinning dotted loading screen under Asus Logo and this is where it locks up forcing me to press the Restart button on the case
5a) After restart and Win8 is loaded and at the desktop, the Sound Icon is always muted on the taskbar (this always happens after a lockup only). If I restart the PC continuously during the day the Sound icon is never muted again, until the next lockup.
6) Q-codes are A0 (almost all the time) and sometimes I see 80 (yes, no confusion as they do look similar, lol)
7) Also when at the dashboard and everything is up and running my Q-codes are ALWAYS either A0 or 80, not sure if this is good or bad...?

Here are my specs:
Maximus V Formula (BIOS 1604)
Windows 8 Pro w/WMC x64
i7 3770K (O.C. 4.2 via Ai Suite II)
Corsair Dominator GT XMP 2000 8GB 2x4 (set at 1866 @ 1.65v)
Corsair GT 120GB SSD x2 RAID 0 and Seagate HDD 2TB x2
Corsair 1050HX PSU
EVGA GTX 580 Reference (iGPU disabled)
ASUS Xonar Essence STX Sound Card (Supreme FX disabled, drivers are installed)
Corsair Obsidian 800D
I reside in San Francisco and my morning ambient temps can be as low as 45F and 55F during the afternoon.

I hope someone can help me with this great annoyance please.
If you require more info. feel free to ask! Thanks in advance. 🙂
P.s. I love the MVF board it's an outstanding piece of board. I came from an ASUS P8P67 until it crashed and burned. 😛

[HiVizMan]

I suspect the fact you are overclocking via OS is the cause for most if not all of your problems.

Why not remove the AIsuite and try your hand at OC via bios. It is really quite easy, you do not have to overcomplicate things I promise.

[limitz]

Is this a right guide to follow even for 4.2Ghz OC? http://rog.asus.com/194232013/overclocking/overclocking-guide-4-7ghz-core-i7-3770k-on-the-maximus-v-...

[Chino]

Yes, you can use that guide. Just set the 1-Core Ratio limit to 42 and start with a lower CPU voltage like 1.1v and increase it by 0.005v until stable.

[limitz]

ok cool will do thanks

[HiVizMan]

limitz please do keep us informed how it goes.

[limitz]

I will.
7) Also when at the dashboard and everything is up and running my Q-codes are ALWAYS either A0 or 80, not sure if this is good or bad...?

[HiVizMan]

That is very good, they are both what you want to be seeing.

[limitz]

... just FYI...
meaning to tryout OC'ing in BIOS but been busy. (purchased a new ultra slim tv :D)
However, after reading some threads about the 1604 BIOS causing quite a few issues - I think that maybe the reason I am getting lockups at the loading screen during very cold startups. I wonder if I should roll back the BIOS...

[HiVizMan]

Yes please do roll back to either of the previous two bios version.