Heres a nice hard tech request for you all
Hi
why does my spanking new machine i built, restart before it gets to post? All fans blow but the CPU fan tries to start, fails at that.. then a second later the CPU fan blows for a second then the system restarts itself. It was working for a week before this. Then vista failed to load properly and had to do a hard reset.
q6600
4 gb ram
gigabyte DS3 p35
2 hd
1 dvd
320MB 8800 GTS XFX
520w corsair
I have tried it only with the cpu and 4gb ram of ram in, with 520w corsair and a 430w seasonic (i know this one works). I still get the same problem. Is it the MB or maybe the case connectors to the MB? Any more ideas?
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do you mean you tried it with only 1gb of RAM or did you actually try it with 4GB?
My abit ip-35 wouldnt boot with 4gb of ram in until I adjusted the volts
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Its always had 4gb ram, when it worked and also while its not working. Didnt have time last night to start swapping the ram about.
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And you don't get any beeps?
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ive got the antec p180, well because of the rush last night to check a few things i didnt check if the case had a speaker. Im not 100% it does. Ive got a funny feeling the MB is duff.
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Is your new build shorting to the case?
Have you checked?
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Originally Posted by
Blitzen
Is your new build shorting to the case?
Have you checked?
shorting to the case? eh? Electrical short? or?
it was working for a week and i havnt opened it up between then and now.
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ah p180 doesn't have a speaker I don't think.
Not had one fail to post after a hard reset though. Unless something broke which caused vistas failure to load.
Best thing to do is start from scratch with 1gb of RAM. Check if its shorting as blitzen said but if it worked before i doubt its a short (normally the i/o sheild if you're using one).
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Originally Posted by
staffsMike
ah p180 doesn't have a speaker I don't think.
Not had one fail to post after a hard reset though. Unless something broke which caused vistas failure to load.
Best thing to do is start from scratch with 1gb of RAM. Check if its shorting as blitzen said but if it worked before i doubt its a short (normally the i/o sheild if you're using one).
meh i hate checking ram sticks one by one.. but i know it has to be done.
Any other things you can think of? I want to test as many ideas as possible
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You've changed the PSU,
If the RAM doesn't change anything then it's time to think about the motherboard.
Try clearing the CMOS.. and reseat everything you can think of.
What sort of temps did it run when it worked?
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Originally Posted by
staffsMike
You've changed the PSU,
If the RAM doesn't change anything then it's time to think about the motherboard.
Try clearing the CMOS.. and reseat everything you can think of.
What sort of temps did it run when it worked?
yer i tested with a dif psu. Didnt check the temps when i first installed but put it this way i had a 3 hour game of supreme commander, max everything on 20km*20km map and it didnt crash. That worked as a stress test and heat test in itself :). I noticed one thing that vista sleep mode is rubbish.
edit: Wish i could get into BIOS. or even to the press f2 screen.....
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I tested all the ram in another computer with a case speaker and got an 'alls ok' beep :D.
So, im going to do this:
swap out the gfx card and check with the comp in the akasa eclipse case
then the next step is to test the power supplies
then to swap out the MBs + CPU...
shame the eclipse is AMD based and the p180 is Intel based.
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This is about the third thread this week with this problem and gigabyte boards.
I havent found an answer, but if you have a quick search, you will find all the suggestions that have been made :)
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I was beginning to trust gigashyte again. I've never liked their boards simply because of all the issues I seen and subsequently had to deal with.
Have you checked the manufacturers website. They might have a support section that has the answer.
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it's not just Gigabyte - e.g. Asus P5K will do it too.
In fact it's a 965/P35 trademark as the straps initialise but that normally gets disguised by some BIOS work - if something goes out of kilter it will reappear though.
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BUFF
it's not just Gigabyte - e.g. Asus P5K will do it too.
In fact it's a 965/P35 trademark as the straps initialise but that normally gets disguised by some BIOS work - if something goes out of kilter it will reappear though.
This is a know issue? And if it happens im stuffed yer?
So what board should i get? I need min 5 sata ports, support for q6600, 4gb 800mhz ram, 8800gts and i dont want to pay the earth, e.g. £150 :P.