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I have an ASUS P6X58D-E with 6gb RAM and an Intel i7 950 CPU with a 1gb Seagate drive. This is two years old and has been running fine until the middle of last year when it kept crashing when using my 3D program. The machine was over-clocked from 3.05ghz to 4. When I turned off over-clocking it behaved again which has since put me off of over-clocking.
Recently I bought an extra 6gb RAM and a 2gb Seagate drive. I plugged the 2gb drive into the the 6gbs port not realising that this is meant for a RAID set-up. It worked but was slow. So I then plugged into a normal 3gbs port and it worked. Then the machine wouldn't boot. I unplugged all the RAM plugged it back in again no joy. Then I unplugged all the SATA drives and then I got the distinctive beep and the machine booted so I could go to the BIOS. I then plugged all the SATA cables back in and eventually managed to get the machine running.
Now I have just bought a new monitor and when I plugged this with the machine off it wouldn't boot… I unplugged all the SATA cables and got the distinctive beep. Then, with the machine on I plugged the SATA cables back in and then did Ctrl Alt Del and the machine booted into Windows fine.
So my question is what gives? Why is this happening? Have I buggered something up on the mobo by plugging the drive into 6gbs port? Is it because the machine was over-clocked that it is now unstable? Are SATA ports cantankerous? I cannot believe turning off the machine and simply plugging in a new monitor would involve all this palavour.
Should I just ditch the mobo, RAM and CPU and get a new one?
Any help greatly appreciated
Recently I bought an extra 6gb RAM and a 2gb Seagate drive. I plugged the 2gb drive into the the 6gbs port not realising that this is meant for a RAID set-up. It worked but was slow. So I then plugged into a normal 3gbs port and it worked. Then the machine wouldn't boot. I unplugged all the RAM plugged it back in again no joy. Then I unplugged all the SATA drives and then I got the distinctive beep and the machine booted so I could go to the BIOS. I then plugged all the SATA cables back in and eventually managed to get the machine running.
Now I have just bought a new monitor and when I plugged this with the machine off it wouldn't boot… I unplugged all the SATA cables and got the distinctive beep. Then, with the machine on I plugged the SATA cables back in and then did Ctrl Alt Del and the machine booted into Windows fine.
So my question is what gives? Why is this happening? Have I buggered something up on the mobo by plugging the drive into 6gbs port? Is it because the machine was over-clocked that it is now unstable? Are SATA ports cantankerous? I cannot believe turning off the machine and simply plugging in a new monitor would involve all this palavour.
Should I just ditch the mobo, RAM and CPU and get a new one?
Any help greatly appreciated
