Computer 'false starting' ???

[gksdfjghe98]

When I hit the power button, it starts up (before posting) the fans get going and the LEDs come on for about 2 seconds, then it completely turns off for two seconds then restarts and it sounds like it's taking a few attempts to POST. It hasn't failed to post at all and the computer works fine, it just doesn't sound healthy.

It's overclocked with 1.31V VCore and QPI and I'm just wondering if this is normal?

 

[gksdfjghe98]

Hey gksdfjghe98 (heh generic username)

Is it rebooting just once and then booting straight to Windows *or* does it reboot more than once or kinda stall and clunk!

Also you do realise you have posted for help but not included any relevant hardware info like what Motherboard, CPU, Memory, PSU you are using?

I see you've mentioned QPI so I am guessing it's a Intel® Core™ i7 system but we have no idea which motherboard you have?

Hey bud, my bad, I forgot to mention I have the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5.

It reboots once and then the fans whirr maybe 2-3 times like it's psyching its self up to POST Then it POSTs and business as usual from there on.

ALTHOUGH, just now it did a double-restart and I was greeted with the "This system has experienced boot failures because of overclocking or changes in voltage" (after bluscreening on a prime95 run). After cleaning out the **** from my pants and OK-ing it, it reset all my crap back to stock and booted fine, then I promptly went back to the BIOS and used my last stable OC settings.

Since this restart thing seems normal I'm not too worried, although I was pretty worried when I saw that "boot failures because of overclocking" screen.. Should I be worried or will I be ok on my last stable overclock settings providing I don't take the **** in future?

Cheers

 

[gksdfjghe98]

The single restart before POST is from just turning the power off with the power switch after a "soft off", not turning it off at the PSU/Mains. The double was from after a crashed Prime95 run and holding the power button (no proper shutdown) I don't own an overclocked bundle, I'm just using my own OC settings.

To get it stable at 3948Mhz I need to use:

VCore: 1.30625V
QPI: 1.315V

And that ran for 10 hours of prime95 and passed the Intel Burn Test on maximum, although I have Turbo Boost enabled to use the x21 multiplyer.. So I don't know what the max voltage that's being used is.

 

[gksdfjghe98]

UPDATE:

I've just Start>Shutdowned the computer and turned it back on and there was no poweroff at all, although it did go through the usual whirring of the fans before it POSTed.