I give up.. Help please!

Well that at least eliminates a couple of potential culprits.

It's pretty good RAM, so failures are rare, but importantly not unheard of. The memory should have been OK on 5-5-5-18 and 1.8V as that's what's programmed into the SPD of those modules, which is guaranteed to work (if the RAM isn't faulty of course).

At this point I'm leaning towards a mobo issue, which are a pig to diagnose as it's not easily swappable.

Another thing to try quickly - remove everything non-essential from the PC that will still allow it to boot and try again. I'm talking all expansion cards you can, all USB devices and so on, even mouse and keyboard if it'll still try and boot and possibly show the error. There was a chap on here not so long ago, and I've heard others, whose USB keyboard was causing an apparent hardware issue just by being faulty. Always worth a try as it's quicker than running long tests and eliminates a lot of the more rare failures.
 
Just tried that, just ram gfx and hard drive plugged into mobo, still the same thing.

Thanks for the suggestion though, worth trying and thanks for all the help!

Il post back tomorrow once ive played with the psu

(:
 
if ive read correctly you can boot into safe mode right? where it loads the minimal drivers to get the system to work. usually do to graphics problems right? does your mobo have a difference pcie slot? can you try a diff graphics cards to try?
 
afro said:
if ive read correctly you can boot into safe mode right? where it loads the minimal drivers to get the system to work. usually do to graphics problems right? does your mobo have a difference pcie slot? can you try a diff graphics cards to try?
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Nope, you must have missed a fair bit. He can't boot into safe mode any more since the windows reinstallation crashed. He also stated in the OP that he's tried a replacement graphics card, and this was further confirmed after a few more posts.

I think he's trying a different PSU today to eliminate that as the source of the problem. Beyond that, we're probably looking at a mobo fault of some kind. CPU is possible, but unlikely.
 
Nice bit of trouble-shooting support there alexhull24 :)

if a different graphics card has been tested and memory passes Memtest then it does look like either a PSU or Mobo issue . . . I'm thinking it's most likey an "undead" PSU based on this:

Jacob (: said:
I went on holiday for 2 weeks and when i got back my pc wouldn't boot.. (it was plugged in but the plug switch was off while i was away)
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I have a friend/client who went on Holiday for two weeks with the PC fully disconnected from the mains . . . upon his return and when powering the PC up and booting Windows the PSU "popped" and emitted the curry smell . . . It got me thinking that perhaps after two weeks of no-power/no-usage the PSU's components/capacitors had altered state in some way so that when suddenly the power flowed through them after two weeks the sudden jolt was possibly two much . . .

I'm sure you will find the problem soon though, just pace yourself and try to be as patience and methodical as possible and the culprit will eventually have no place to hide! :p

I guess it could also be the Intel® P35 express chipset? . . . although I've never personally had the experience of a good working mobo suddenly not working but I've seen PSU's explode/pop/croak and become undead plenty of times . . .

Good luck Jacob! :cool:
 
alexhull24 said:
Beyond that, we're probably looking at a mobo fault of some kind. CPU is possible, but unlikely.
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this is most likely the route to take.

i would be pointing at a motherboard fault just going off the facts in the thread but trying a new psu cant hurt
 
@Big.Wayne

Funny you should mention that, I've had that issue myself with a PSU in the past, whether leaving it plugged in was a mistake or not, I don't know, but leaving it to cool and discharge after a long time must have been the straw that broke the camel's back, as it failed straight away. I find it interesting as people often blame surges for that sort of problem with no evidence. See my massive thread of surge protector debate (if you dare!).

@rjkoneill

It does seem like almost everything else likely has been eliminated, but it's always worth trying the PSU if you can as I'm sure you know, PSU issues manifest themselves in all sorts of ways.

@Marine-RX179

I believe the OP stated in the first post that he tried swapping the RAM, I assumed this involved the same process that you propose here, though I guess I can't be sure. I have also heard of that board having duff RAM slots, I think it was on this very forum.
 
+1 on PSU - I had the same problem a few years ago. Not what you want you've just got back from holiday :(

Also have a look for bulging caps on your mobo and check everything's still seated properly.
 
Tried different psu and problem still stands..

Memtest completed a few passes with no errors

Tried reinstalling again.. everything is fine, it restarts, activates services.. all is fine then it goes to completing installation and it all goes to hell D:

It just seems so strange!

Everything is visibly ok on the motherboard.

Worst thing is i cant get a really cheap mobo just to last for now as i have 4 sticks of ram and cheap ones only have 2 slots.

Il keep you updated when ive tried a new one.

Only thing i havnt tried is a different hard drive as i havnt found one spare yet.. would this actually fit in with the problems im having? Id imagine failures would be more random with a hard drive rather than happy to boot to safe mode previously and not to main windows?

Bah!

Thanks guys (:
 
That's a shame. I agree with what you say about hard drives, but it's always worth a try.

Gigabyte motherboards of that era come with a 3 year warranty, so you should be able to get it fixed if you can confirm that.

Why not have a look/make a wanted thread on the members market and get something to do you for now? They're cheap second hand, and if you only have it a month or so it won't lose much, if any value.
 
intruder369 said:
I agree entirely I have come across many of the same issues with Gigabyte boards with the PCI slot not getting proper contact. I used to like Gigabyte but now I would not touch them as far as I could throw them.
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Gigabyte have made some awesome motherboards, ive never had a problem with them, much the opposite - all builds i have done or plan to do will feature a Gigabyte board :)
 
Got me excited about the warranty then! Just checked and I brought it 3 years and 1 month ago >.<

Good idea with the members market i shall do if needed.

Just trying a full wipe using copywipe atm, as the format that windows 7 does on setup literally only takes a few seconds.. il try some diagnostic software if still no luck then!
 
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