Cold Boot issue with P8P67

nlel1975

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I have my CPU overclocked as in sig, running BETA BIOS 1053 to achieve this.

However I am having a cold boot issue, if I leave the PC off overnight the next day when I switch it on it powers on for a few seconds (nothing on screen) then powers off.

Then it powers on again and begins to load Windows but hangs while loading Windows. Then I have to power it off again and back on and then it loads Windows.

The BIOS is not resetting because all my overclock settings remain in tact. Is this something to do with the BIOS or is it my RAM (DDR3 1333mhz at stock).

Thanks.

EDIT: Found this on another forum from someone from Asus so going to try it and report back

"Some of you may have been experiencing a double POST on your P8P67 series motherboard whereupon after powering on the system from a cold boot, the board will power on and then immediately reset itself before it actually POSTs and shows any display on the screen. I’ll explain the fix below and give some information about why this happens.

First, I would like to stress the importance of flashing the BIOS to the latest BIOS revision as listed on our support website, http://support.asus.com/download. You can access the ASUS EZ Flash tool from within the UEFI (advanced options, tools) to flash the BIOS from any removable device such as a USB flash drive.
From time to time we needed to implement full resets in order to maintain stability due to the architecture of the Sandy Bridge platform. For instance, the system may require one full reset when the PCH power has been cut during S5 power state. To fix the most common additional reset (double POST when powering on from off state), enter UEFI BIOS -> go to ‘Advanced’ tab -> go down to ‘APM’, press Enter -> enable the “Power on by PCIe.” function. Then press F10 to save & exit. After save & exit, let the system boot into Windows or other OS, then perform a proper shutdown: Start button -> Shut down. You will no longer have the double POST. We will fix this in an upcoming BIOS release. "
 
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tbh I might hold out till the next release to update from 0402, as I am currently experiencing no issues at all (stock clocks though).
did the fix from the asus forum help you?
 
I'm having the exact same problem.

CPU is all tested and stable at 4.6GHz, no problems in windows/games/etc but when PC is off and turned on next day it hangs with blank screen. Then I shut it off manually, turn it on, hangs. Shut off manually turn on, it turns itself off and on a couple of time, says overclock failed sometimes.

Eventually it boots to windows and everything is hunky dory until the next day.

Let me know if the above fix works for you. I'm also considering trying the CMOS reset fix because my RAM runs at 1333MHz regardless of BIOS settings (it should be 1600MHz). Didn't want to lose my settings though.
 
I just yesterday built a PC around this motherboard and am having cold boot issues but also more worryingly the red RAM LED is coming on every cold boot.

im using a G.Skill RipJawX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit but it wont reboot until i use the memOk! button and it decides to run it at 1066mhz...

my board is a P8P67 beta 1053 BIOS im starting to wish i bought a deluxe or pro.
 
Efour2 said:
I just yesterday built a PC around this motherboard and am having cold boot issues but also more worryingly the red RAM LED is coming on every cold boot.

im using a G.Skill RipJawX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit but it wont reboot until i use the memOk! button and it decides to run it at 1066mhz...

my board is a P8P67 beta 1053 BIOS im starting to wish i bought a deluxe or pro.
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The pro still has problems even with the latest update.
 
One other thing, ive just done the above will see if it works..eventually

well 2 things actually....

The ram has an XMP profile is that something i have to load in the bios or so i jusyt copy those timings into the settings?

I after installing all drivers that came on the CD and running windows updates Ihave an unkown device PCI simple Communications Controller... any ideas??
 
D3lirious said:
I'm having the exact same problem.

CPU is all tested and stable at 4.6GHz, no problems in windows/games/etc but when PC is off and turned on next day it hangs with blank screen. Then I shut it off manually, turn it on, hangs. Shut off manually turn on, it turns itself off and on a couple of time, says overclock failed sometimes.

Eventually it boots to windows and everything is hunky dory until the next day.

Let me know if the above fix works for you. I'm also considering trying the CMOS reset fix because my RAM runs at 1333MHz regardless of BIOS settings (it should be 1600MHz). Didn't want to lose my settings though.
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I have not updated to the new 1253 BIOS yet, waiting until it appears on Asus site and am a bit skeptical seeing the reports so far. Enabling power on by PCI-e seems to be working for the cold boot issue, what I think it does is leave the PC in a different power state when you shut it down as the light on my keyboad stays on now when the PC is shutdown whereas before it went out.
 
i will try it but PC needs to be on rest of the day so unlikely ill be able to test till tomorrow.

i pressed the 1 button overclock, im waiting for the new bios before i do it proper, came up with 4.3ghz on 1.25v. so here is hoping its as good as yours.
 
I'm still having cold boot issues even with the new BIOS. First time I switch it on the pc hangs and I get no video. I switch it off manually, switch back on, get a "overclock failed screen press F1" and then I can load windows without issues.
 
same here flashed to latest bios and the issue still persists... ive fixed everything now but each morning i need to redo ram timings its ****ing me off.
 
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