Help!!!
Some of you may remember, I built my mum's rig a couple of weeks ago. After a brief worry re: PSU, it was up and running (thought PSU was dead, tried another one for a couple of days which worked fine and when I eventually swapped back to the original one it seemed to work also... and yes, I had connected the 4-pin!)
Win7 installed, the usual updates and MSOffice install. Everything running fine. Basic rig: i3 2100, mobo as per title, WD Caviar Blue 500GB, 4GB Kingston RAM and a cheap Radeon 6450 to provide VGA output. Not a fancy machine but plenty of upgradeability should the time come.
I'm about to head down to hers tomorrow to take down the fully working computer and I decide to check all the BIOS settings to make sure I haven't 4rsed anything up. I decide to swap the boot order to make the DVD the first option (even though there isn't one) just in case we add one later... don't ask me why I did it, but I did.
After doing this and restarting the thing goes into a boot loop. Power on spins the fans and lights the Phase LEDs for maybe a second or two and then power down. Repeat ad infinitum.
So, I've tried: removing everything which isn't essential (CPU and one stick of ram) - that means no HD, no video card. I've tried locating the RAM in random sockets. I've taken out the CMOS battery for 1 min. I've tripped the CLR_CMOS jumper. I've taken the power cord out for 30 mins.
Nothing seems to shake this damn thing out of its boot loop.
I don't have a case speaker so can't check for any diagnostic beeps but HELP!
Any clues?? Is it a case of new mobo from OCUK? I'm probably not their best friend as I RMAed the PSU but just before posting it back decided to have one last go and found it worked...
Any help much appreciated: I've done the usual google and it seems these mobos have a bit of a rep for boot looping but usually after OCing or BIOS flashing - I've done neither.
Some of you may remember, I built my mum's rig a couple of weeks ago. After a brief worry re: PSU, it was up and running (thought PSU was dead, tried another one for a couple of days which worked fine and when I eventually swapped back to the original one it seemed to work also... and yes, I had connected the 4-pin!)
Win7 installed, the usual updates and MSOffice install. Everything running fine. Basic rig: i3 2100, mobo as per title, WD Caviar Blue 500GB, 4GB Kingston RAM and a cheap Radeon 6450 to provide VGA output. Not a fancy machine but plenty of upgradeability should the time come.
I'm about to head down to hers tomorrow to take down the fully working computer and I decide to check all the BIOS settings to make sure I haven't 4rsed anything up. I decide to swap the boot order to make the DVD the first option (even though there isn't one) just in case we add one later... don't ask me why I did it, but I did.
After doing this and restarting the thing goes into a boot loop. Power on spins the fans and lights the Phase LEDs for maybe a second or two and then power down. Repeat ad infinitum.
So, I've tried: removing everything which isn't essential (CPU and one stick of ram) - that means no HD, no video card. I've tried locating the RAM in random sockets. I've taken out the CMOS battery for 1 min. I've tripped the CLR_CMOS jumper. I've taken the power cord out for 30 mins.
Nothing seems to shake this damn thing out of its boot loop.
I don't have a case speaker so can't check for any diagnostic beeps but HELP!
Any clues?? Is it a case of new mobo from OCUK? I'm probably not their best friend as I RMAed the PSU but just before posting it back decided to have one last go and found it worked...
Any help much appreciated: I've done the usual google and it seems these mobos have a bit of a rep for boot looping but usually after OCing or BIOS flashing - I've done neither.
) so I'll be RMAing it back to them. Fortunately I've found a shop en-route in Lincoln which has one Z68AP-D3 in stock so I'll be collecting that on my way down tomorrow...