SPLIT: Z68A-GD65 (G3) Hitachi 3TB - Windows 7 64 - Help

Topic split from: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=153163.0
Quote from: BrendaEM on 22-October-11, 15:00:03
I got it working : )
The new BIOS/UFEI worked.
The Windows 7 64 disk defragmenter did not work well until I updated Windows.
Some installers still warn of a lack of hard disk space, but the system seems to be working well.
I use Linux too, and this system makes it a PITA, but I am sure it was supposed to. Now I use a separate drive to boot Linux.
The system still seems fragile and hacked together--especially how Windows deals with large drives.
I'm having a very similar issue. I'm installing win 7 64-bit from a usb drive on a raid 5 setup that's 5+TB and I can't get the partition to stay GPT.
updated BIOS to 22.8 (http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-GD65--B3-.html#/?div=BIOS)
In the BIOS i set the "UEFI boot drive BBS Priorities" to "UEFI: FAT file System" as the first boot device. I can't set the UEFI as the first option under "boot option priorities"
installed raid drivers (Version 10.5.0.1027) during windows install
I've pressed shift+f10 at this same screen, "diskpart">"select disk 0" (my 5TB partition)>"convert gpt"
when I click drive options and format I don't get the proper ESP and MSR partitions created (like I see here http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/186875-uefi-unified-extensible-firmware-interface-install-windows-7-a.html)
if i install windows without clicking format, the drive gets formated as ntfs
I know this is a bit old, but if you can provide any help that would be GREATLY appreciated. I have been struggling w/ this for way too many hours. For something they put on the box you'd think it'd be easier to accomplish.

Quote from: Stu on 08-April-12, 21:40:07
Topic split, please don't hijack old topics even if your problem seems similar.
From the link you provided:
thanks for moving to the correct place, didn't mean to hijack.
when I attempt to install on the gpt partition i get "windows cannot be installed to this disk. the selected disk is of the gpt partition style"
Is there a bios config i have set wrong?

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Z68A-GD65 (G3) issues.

I'll start with my build,
Z68A-GD65 Gen 3
i5 2500k under Noctura NH-D14
16GB G.Skill DDR3 1333 CL9 1.5V
MSI R6950 Twin Frozr II 2GB
Crucial M4 128GB SSD (in 1st intel sata 3 port)
Antec HCP 850w
Bios 23.3 (or whatever, I'm on phone at work)
A few issues;
I can't OC. If I try an oc, it boots, I get splash screen for msi, then hangs with blinking underscore. Even if I match oc genie setting for setting in standard mode. Using auto etc, set v core way high (like 1.4 for a mild 4.2 oc) it just seems to hang. I'm guessing something to do with the sata 3 controller, since I'm booting off ssd
Last night I started PC, went to bathroom, came back and it was loop booting. I hard powered it off, and restarted. OC failed, and that was oc genie at 4.2.
PC won't wake up from sleep. Have to hard power off (hold power button down) then restart and it resumes windows. Mouse and two diff keyboards won't wake it (performance mx mouse, g510 keyboard, and ps2 dell keyboard.)
G510 won't enter bios, have to use dell ps2 keyboard.
If in OC genie, or trying oc in standard mode, system double posts. Starts, runs 4-5sec (no display), powers down, starts back up and runs fine for hours (except the one oc fail on genie)
Any ideas on any of it?

No, thats the last official release. There has been a host of beta BIOS releases since. I just flashed to the latest .N48 today and I must say, I am very happy with the stability I now have.
If you intend to flash, use the forum flasher. >>Use the MSI HQ Forum USB flasher<<
Do a full CMOS clear after flashing >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Also you will need to ensure that you set your BIOS back to AHCI, if you did that before installing the OS.
I further suggest you remove all RAM except one stick in the slot closest to the CPU before the BIOS flash. Only put the other RAM back after you have been through one boot cycle.

Raid mode very slow/ crashing after installing driver (Z68A-GD65 (G3))

I recently purchased a Z68A-GD65 (G3) motherboard, i5-2500K, 8 gb ram, and a Crucial 64GB 4m SSD drive. The intention was to use the SSD drive for Intel Smart Response Tech.
Instructions tell me to place the SATA ports in RAID mode, which I did. During installation of Windows 7 (64-bit), I provided the "F6" raid drivers which installed. After that point, my hard drive (a WD 250GB SATAII drive) begins to perform incredibly slow. Once Windows 7 installs, which takes way longer than it should, Windows has problems booting and won't work properly.
I tried installing Windows 7 without the "F6" raid drive on install and that worked fine. Everything seemed to be working great. I then installed the Intel Rapid Storage Tech software and rebooted. Now my system is acting up again. It takes far longer to boot, it shuts down as soon as it boots, and it has even blue screened on boot. It is very unstable.
My SSD is unplugged during all of this. I'm just trying to get Windows 7 to run properly on my one mechanical drive in raid mode.
Do I have a bad motherboard? Anyone have any ideas?
Edit: I'm not using the Marvell ports. The hard drive works fine in IDE/ACHI modes... I've been using it for years.
Thanks

So it turned out that the issue was the hard drive itself. It had been running flawlessly for years as my system drive. However, the Intel iastor driver exposed a hidden issue with the drive.
I decided to check the Windows system event log for any clues. In there I saw errors with event id 9 on iastor. They were lined up with the times of the hangs and blue screens. Solutions I found online for this issue did not help. Luckily I have two hard drives in my system, although they are both the same model. I moved my data around and clean installed Windows on the other drive instead. The hangs and blue screens are no longer occurring.

Z68A-GD65 (G3) Component Advice

I am in the process of putting together my first PC and look like getting a Z68A-GD65 (G3) board.
The CPU will be a i5 2500K, but I would like some advice regarding ram and the CPU cooler. I intend just using the O/C button on the board method of over clocking as I am new to over clocking. I will be adding 8 gig system ram. What ram have people been using that causes no problems.
With regard to the CPU cooler I have read a few reviews where the bottom support bracket on the back of the board fouls with one on the board heat sink mounting screws. From the pictures one screw is close the the mounting hols.
The cooler I am thinking of is the Noctua NH-C12P, but it has quiet a big back plate. The other one I am looking at is the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO. I tend to like coolers that have back plates and screws to mount them rather than push pins as they are easier to reuse and mount firmly.
Are these coolers good enough for my overclocking needs. I hope the auto overclock will give me just over 4 gig which will be fine for me.
For the case I will use a HAF X or a Corsair model, should have enough airflow.
So what ram have people used with this board that overclocks well and does not cause reboots during the overclocking process, and of course the CPU cooler.
This is my first full build, and first go at overclocking so I am looking at compatibility and reliability over performance, and I do not need a big overclock for my needs. This is a build mainly for FSX flight simulator.
Also from reading some posts here I will need to flash the BIOS as well. The process described here to flash the BIOS seems complicated to what I have done in the past which has been on gigabyte boards only. I used to just download a small exe and run it from within windows. Is that possible with this board as I do not understand the process from what I have read here in the forums?
I presume my choice of mother board from the MSI range is right from my needs, if not please recommend what I should be using.
Any advice will be appreciated.
Regards MarkL

Quote from: HU16E on 10-March-12, 20:18:08
Zalman 9900 series. Copper version up to the Max-B. Superior cooling ability. No blocked dimm slots & no mount hole problems. As for RAM, Corsair GT's, Vengeance, or Dominators are my brand of choice. DDR3 1333 is the platforms CPU IMC native supported RAM speed, & testing has proved RAM speed above 1600 is mostly a waste of time & money for a gaming rig, with only a slight performance gain when rendering. The most trouble free RAM will be kits that properly default to the 1333 speed. X.M.P. can be used, or manual settings above 1333 can be tried.
That choice of mainboard should serve your requirement quite nicely.
I have a question about the memory. I have been looking at the Corsair Vengeance range that I can buy online in Australia and they all seem to be 1600 not 1333.
PC Case Gear seems to have the best range, but they are inconsistent in the way they give the specs, at least to my understanding which is next to nothing.
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=186_218_1125
The closest I can see is the "Corsair Vengeance CML16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3" kit.
This kit has a SPD speed of 1333, speed rating of PC3 12800 (1600 MHz) and a tested speed of 1600. Voltage is 1.5v
Is the SPD rating the most important? If the SPD is 1333 is this the memories real speed?
Most of the memory they do not give the XPD speed but mention it has a XMP profile for overclocking.
Very confusing. I must admit that in the past I have just purchased the value range when upgrading and have had no idea what I have really purchased.
The Dominators are out of my price range but all seem to be much higher specked than the vengeance series.
Is the "Corsair Vengeance CML16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3" kit OK for my needs?
One thing building your own PC, you start to learn a little more and realise the value of forums like these and how little you really know.
Regards MarkL

Z68A-GD65 G3 No video on GPU, IGD works fine

Hello everyone. I'm making a post on a recent board, mainly the MSI Z68A-GD65 G3, that I've received from a previous RMA due to bad pins. This one boots up normally just fine when plugged into VGA, DVI, and HDMI directly and able to use Windows with no problem. So I use my EVGA GTX 750 that I saved up for the new MB However, once I try to install my gpu and power it up it doesn't show any sign of post nor boot screen avail. I've updated the bios to the beta from .80 to .93, cleared cmos, and tried installing Intel ME8 afterwards from reading other posts with the same issues. Yet, after some of the suggestions that I've tried out it still shows a blank screen with no post code nor progress whatsoever. I switched the GPU around to the second PCIe slot and tried out my older GTS 250 ones as well, no dice. Is there anything that I'm doing wrong or any alternative that I can try to make it show?
Board: MSI Z68A-GD65 G3
Bios: Version: 25.93B
VGA: EVGA GTX 750
PSU: Corsair TX850W
CPU: Intel i5 2500 3.30 GHz
Mem: 8GB 2x4 Kingston PC3-8500 DIMM 1066 MHz DDR3
HDD: Western Digital 1TB
CPU Fan: Intel i5-2500 Processor Fan
OS: Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
Any help is greatly appreciated.

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GTS 250 also shows a blank screen with no post code?
Did you attach the PCI-E power cable, and update the vbios?
PCI-E cables are connected to it since the GTS 250 requires them, but the 750 doesn't. So they do run fine when I tested them out once more on my old EVGA motherboard. Not sure how to update the vbios, but that sounds like a good idea to give it a shot.
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Id this the first time you try VGA card in it since it was RMAd?
If it is I suggest you take it back with them.
Well the GTX 750 was recently bought brand new and I tested it out on my previous motherboard along with a friends system as well. It showed up properly with no problem. The z68a motherboard was the one I had to RMA because of broken pins on the CPU slot that gave me an infinite boot loop. Even when plugged into the system and using the onboard graphics, it seems that the board doesn't even detect it in the device manager. I do see 'Unknown Device' in it, but it doesn't exactly tell if its for the VGA card or something else.

Z68A-GD65 (G3) not always finding ocz vertex 3

Me and a friend just bought identical setups, among them was the Z68A-GD65 (G3) motherboard and OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD. Both of us get some random crashes and sometimes when trying to boot the computer the SSD does not show up in BIOS (therefore can't boot from SSD). This also happens after a random crash. This usually gets temporarily fixed if you do a hard reboot. However it is very annoying when the computer freezes randomly (can be days between freezes). When BIOS cant' find the SSD it takes a longer time to show the mobo splash screen thingy.
It is noteworthy that when doing a "hard reboot" it sometimes takes the computer about 5 seconds to startup after pressing the power button.
Anyone got an idea how to fix this?
I don't really know how i would go about solving this as it works most of the time so i don't want to fiddle with things i don't completely understand.
System spec:
CPU: i7 2600K, 3.4GHz
Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3), v 23.1
RAM: 4xCorsair Vengeance Low Profile 4GB DDR3 PC-12800 1600MHz (16GB total)
GPU: Sapphire HD6950 1GB
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
PSU: 650W Corsair

Quote from: Henry on 17-October-11, 06:59:47
Check with OCZ for the latest firmware update and see it that fixes your problem.
Had to install Linux for that and had alot of trouble, but after some hours i finally updated the firmware.
We will see if it ever happens again.

Z68A-GD65(B3) Memory Problems

In an effort to install more memory, I'm having the following problems with my Ram:
1. The computer will only boot with a memory stick installed in the DIMM4 socket. No other socket will work.
2. Both bios and Windows only recognize the memory installed in DIMM4. Memory sticks installed in the other sockets are not recognized.
3. If a memory stick is installed in DIMM3 (in addition to DIMM4), the computer will not boot.
I have tried the following: (the bios was cleared before all of these)
1. Reverting to all default settings for bios.
2. Customized voltage (1.65V), timing, clock speed, etc. to match my DRAM.
3, Removing the CPU to check for bent pins. None were found.
4. Re-flashing bios with the latest available release.
I would appreciate any suggestions for additional things I can try before RMAing my MOBO.
Thanks,
Bill ([email protected])
Z68A-GD65(B3), BIOS V22.6, i5-2500K, Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Patriot Viper Extreme 1600MHz, now 4Gb, but would like to take it to 16Gb
Zotoc nVidia GeForce GTS450
Cooler Master 650W ATX12V
WD Caviar Black WD1502FAEX 1.5TB SATA 6.0
Sony DVD/CD R-W w/LightScribe combo drive

Quote from: Bernhard on 02-March-12, 11:08:36
Which BIOS do you have on that board ?
If some RAM slots are not being recognised, then there is a possibility that you may have bent some CPU socket pins. You will have to remove your CPU and do a proper inspection of the socket grid array and whether your CPU contact pads have even pin imprints on the contact pads. Use a magnifier and a strong light for the inspection.
Thanks Bernhard. I have v22.6 BIOS. I removed the cpu and inspected the socket pins and cpu contact pads as you suggested. As near as I can tell, they are all fine. I probably should have mentioned that I had previously replaced the main board and reused this same cpu on the new one. So, it makes it difficult to tell if the pads on the cpu are showing the imprints from the old board or the new one. Also, I was having a similar problem on the other board. When I installed additional memory on it and tried to boot up, there was an odor of something burning and the board would never boot again, regardless of where memory sticks were installed. So, I RMAed both the main board and all of the memory sticks. I am starting to suspect that the cpu itself has a problem.
Bill
Bill

Z68A-GD65(G3) boot problems and random crashes

Hi all,
Built a new system last week:
i5-2500k
MSI Z68A-GD65(G3)
MSI 6950 2Gb TFIII
8Gb Corsair Vengence DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel
Corsair HX650W PSU
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB SSD
Posted fine on the first power-up but then hung at 'Starting Windows' just as the logo starts to fly-in. After a lot head scratching, removal of GFX, an HD with an image of W7 on it already (exact same issue), RAM swops etc I discovered that the top pair of USB ports appear to be suspect. If any device is plugged into either of them then the system will hang at that point. If I use the lower (non-USB 3.0) it boots just fine.
I'm also experiencing an issue in games (BF3 and DCS A-10 so far) whereby I have a random freeze. The sound will go nuts and the lights on all USB attached devices go off (which make me suspect the 2 problems are related)
Anybody able to offer any advice? Do support monitor these forums (newbie ).

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again, worth trying to disable external marvell sata3 ports
Again, Marvell SATA III controller. SATA3 is a port on the mainboard.

Strange Z68A-GD65 G3 Problem

Hi first post,
Having recently purchased the Z68A-GD65 G3 motherboard,i have encountered a srange issue.
When i have my Xbox 360 controller connected i cannot enter the bios,but when it is disconnected it loads fine.
Can anyone find a solution?

I have the Z68A-GD55 G3 and was experiencing the same issue where Windows would not boot with the XBOX controller. It would post but then stop with a black screen with a UEFI code of 92 in the lower right hand corner of the monitor.
I upgraded to the 23.5 BIOS and then downloaded a Windows update for the controller and the issue went away.
Hope this helps.

Power on-off-on Problems with New Build Z68A-GD65(G3)

I'm hoping someone has seen these issues and can help me, although I realize this is a vague issue. I'm working on a new build. On power up everything looks good but then I get a power off and back on (like a reset). Sometimes it happens very quickly; other times it will stay on for roughly 5-10 minutes before the reset. I've checked all the connectors, case wires look ok, BIOS info looks correct.
The other issue is that when I tried to do the Win 7 install, it loads the files, goes to the "Starting Windows" screen, and freezes there (until the next power off problem shuts things down).
Any ideas on what to try to narrow things down? Seems like it almost has to be the power supply or motherboard?

Quote from: Henry on 28-October-11, 09:54:40
You have more than a Z68A-GD65(G3), please list he rest of your components. See my signature below for example of what to list.
>> Posting Guide <<
I've disconnected everything but the mouse, keyboard and monitor and still have the power resets.
Tried one memory module at a time... still fails.
Played with lower memory freq settings... still fails.
Finally pulled the MB out, bench tested it to rule out shorting in the case; tried it with and without other peripherals... still fails.
I think I'll RMA the MB, although I suppose it could be the psu (unlikely, I'd think).
I had two bad motherboards in my last build. I had hope that MSI would be better...

MSI Z68A-GD65 - receive msg BiosRomCheck - Driver cant load!

Just installed the MSI Z68A-GD65 MB,
and then installed all drivers off of the included cd.
Once Windows starts I receive a popup that says:
BiosRomCheck - Driver can't load!
I click 'ok' and all is well, but this can't be right.
Has anyone seen this before?
Everything else is fine with the MB.
thanks

It's something from MSI's driver CD/DVD that you have installed.
Run autoruns: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902
and deselect it from the startup entries to get rid of it

Z68A-GD65 (G3) not detecting discrete video

Yesterday I picked up the following:
mobo: msi Z68A-GD65(G3)
cpu: i7 2600k
ram: gskill ripjaws x 2133 mhz
I put my video card that was working just fine in my old system (ati hd 6870) and I cannot get a picture out of it on this new setup. I tried out of the box to just hook up the dvi to the card and didn't get a signal, I went into the bios and tried disabled virtu with the initiate video on peg and that failed, I've tried virtu -d mode as well. The fan is spinning on my gpu. I installed windows on integrated, windows doesn't recognize the card. I tried to install virtu software, which says I don't have a discrete video card. It's essentially viewed as just not there.
Any help would be very appreciated.

Quote from: SonDa5 on 07-November-11, 23:28:23
Does the BIOS have any options for Discrete video out vs. CPU video out? Try the DVI/VGA outputs from the MB?
I just got this MB and haven't had time to set it up. I hope I don't have this problem.
It has the option to, but its not detecting that it's in the slot at all. The onboard/onprocessor video works fine.
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This is not just an MSI problem; if you do a search on the web for Z68 and no video out; you will find other motherboards from other companies are having the same issue. For some people they work just fine and for others they don't. From what I've read; some have fixed this problem by pulling the battery and doing a bios reset and others this has not worked. There is some speculation by some; that for some reason the bios is not seeing that there is a graphics card installed in the PCI-e slots and because of this is not turning off the onboard video. While other people think that it is a problem with the PCI-e slots themselves.
The general idea is that the board gives you an option for which video output to 'primary' - it uses the primary if it's found, and falls back to secondary if not. Everything powers up and fans spin, etc. It's quite annoying. -_-' lol. I'll need to try pulling the mobo battery. Still looking for a fix. Planning to call MSI tomorrow.

Z68A-GD65 (G3) very slowly with win8

HI Everybody!
Please help me!
I have a Z68A-GD65 (G3) MoBo with 16GB DDR3 RAM. While i use win7/64 Ultim., my copy files results partitions to partitions 130-160MB/sec. I install win 8/64 Ultim. my copy results: 50-70 Mb/sec.
I Install the latest win8 drivers from mis official site
What can I do?
thx anything answers.

Try these drivers:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=22270&lang=eng&OSVersion=Windows%208%2C%2064-bit*&DownloadType=Drivers
Other win 8 drivers:
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-GD65--G3-.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win8%2064

Z68A-GD65 (G3) build in progress, have a driver question

First, everything works so far. Have installed most drivers, all windows updates.
Have some misc driver questions not covered in MSI docs or driver WWW page.
Question: MSI's list of updated drivers for this MB includes the following.
Note that the title doesn't list Z68 (typo, or ?), so should I install this driver?
Title: Intel Management Engine Driver for P67/H67
Description: System & Chipset Drivers
Ver: 7.0.10.1203
Date: 2011-03-11
http://us.msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-GD65--G3-.html#/?div=Driver&os=All
Also, I did not install the following driver:
Intel Rapid Storage Technology Floppy Driver (F6)
Reason: no floppy in system (whats a floppy? )
Should I install this for some other reason?
Thanks for a great forum.

Strictly speaking all the needed drivers should be on your DVD. You can always update them with the drivers on the MSI site if they are later ones and you have issues, otherwise the drivers that shipped with the board should be fine.
Here is a bit of history on floppy drives http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk
Yes, some people still use them.
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Floppy disks are used for emergency boots in aging systems lacking support for other bootable media, and for BIOS updates since most BIOS and firmware programs can still be executed from bootable floppy disks. If BIOS updates fail or become corrupt, floppy drives can be used to perform a recovery

Real problem with Z68a-GD65 (G3)

Hi guys,
Just wondering if anyone can help. I'm having some issues with my motherboard, It's got a core i5 2500k in it. I was doing some over clocking, just upping the multi, it was fine at 43 then when i went to 44 it wouldn't boot and have been having all kinds of problem with it now. The BIOS light was flashing so i went into the bios to enable the second bios to reflash the first one, i've reflashed it with the latest bios. One of the problems i am having is that when i press the power button it will either take a few seconds to power up then power off then on (might do that a few times) if i leave it it says the overclocking was unsuccessful even though it's a fresh bios with everything a default. Or sometimes it will power up right away then shut down the fire back up again and boot up normally, also the POST seems to take a long time start, say 15 secs from it powering up to the POST beep and should the beep a short sharp one less than a second or kind of long say about a second? other boards i've used have been a really short fast beep. once the system has started and is in windows it seems to be running fine.
any help would be great
Cheers
Alex
Motherboard - MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3)
Processor - Intel Core i5 2500K
Crucial M4 128GB SSD
Memory - 4GB Corsair XMS3
GPU - MSI N560GTX TI Twin Frozr ll OC Edition
Edimax wireless card
Windows 7 64 bit home edition

Interesting... what you are describing is pretty much what was happening on my system with the initial BIOS installed. There was some kind of a bug that caused the motherboard to switch between BIOS-es after you restarted the PC (happens only on an overclocked system). Basically, after you restart, the system will fail to load the primary BIOS, shut down, and restart again this time loading the secondary BIOS (will work fine). Next time it would fail to load the secondary one, so it would shut down, restart, fail again (I guess attempting to load a tretiary BIOS which this board does not have) and shut down again. At the next attempt the primary BIOS would load just fine and the cycle will begin anew (after each restart)
When it was switching like that it could cause plenty of confusion, since you could have different settings on your primary or secondary BIOS-es, and unless you open the case and look at the BIOS indicators, it's hard to figure out what is happening. From the outside it just looks like the system takes a little longer to load and occasionally restarts few seconds after boot without showing anything.
I got rid of the issue by flashing to the newer BIOS version. But you have tried to do that already (this could fail though - one time it decided to use the multi-update feature and reflashed my primary BIOS from the secondary one again, putting me back on the older BIOS version which brought the issue back). Furthermore, removing the battery should default the settings, removing the overclock (as I have mentioned, the problem seems to arise only when you overclock), meaning that it should have started working normally after that as well.
Still, the symptoms are very much like what I experienced, so I figured I'd post this and perhaps you'll find something of use in it

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