Computer Restarting Constantly Before Post

[Allnamestaken]

Hey guys,

So I went to sleep today and wake up and there she blows!

My computer was just restarting itself and failing to boot even 3 seconds.

It would restart, fail to post and all you would hear is the fans spool up then it would do it again. I turned it off at mains then turned it on and it still did this a few times.

I checked to make sure none of the boards on the case or motherboard were somehow stuck? why would they be? but check anyway I did.

I then removed the ram sticks and did restarts etc graphics card aswell. It booted the moment I removed the card after which I reconnected the card back to the psu and booted into windows but something does not feel right It was twitchy.

I cant even figure out what in gods name would cause this to be honest and I dont know how it even into that cold boot loop.


Any ideas lads?

 

[erazor51]

Hey guys,

So I went to sleep today and wake up and there she blows!

My computer was just restarting itself and failing to boot even 3 seconds.

It would restart, fail to post and all you would hear is the fans spool up then it would do it again. I turned it off at mains then turned it on and it still did this a few times.

I checked to make sure none of the boards on the case or motherboard were somehow stuck? why would they be? but check anyway I did.

I then removed the ram sticks and did restarts etc graphics card aswell. It booted the moment I removed the card after which I reconnected the card back to the psu and booted into windows but something does not feel right It was twitchy.

I cant even figure out what in gods name would cause this to be honest and I dont know how it even into that cold boot loop.


Any ideas lads?

Is this what happens?

 

[Allnamestaken]

Is this what happens?

Yes exactly that, however mine would do it much faster.

It is fine now but I have no idea what caused it and honestly dont know what I did to fix it other then removing things to see what was making it cold start.

The graphics card being removed alowed it to boot to bios then I restarted with it back in and there was no problem.

Its really odd.

 

[erazor51]

Yes exactly that, however mine would do it much faster.

It is fine now but I have no idea what caused it and honestly dont know what I did to fix it other then removing things to see what was making it cold start.

The graphics card being removed alowed it to boot to bios then I restarted with it back in and there was no problem.

Its really odd.

If it happens in the future, reset bios, take cmos battery out for 1 min then put back in and boot. This usually did it for me. if it happens more frequently then you will need to RMA the motherboard.

 

[Allnamestaken]

If it happens in the future, reset bios, take cmos battery out for 1 min then put back in and boot. This usually did it for me. if it happens more frequently then you will need to RMA the motherboard.

Aye I hope that it does not, I already went thru rma nightmare with the mobo and graphics card which was finally resolved after 5 months last month lol.


Why is it when we pay for things these days we always seem to have some kind of problem \o/.

Its unsettling not knowing what caused it as I doubt it was the card but unplugging it and putting it back in stopped the problem :\.

 

[erazor51]

Aye I hope that it does not, I already went thru rma nightmare with the mobo and graphics card which was finally resolved after 5 months last month lol.


Why is it when we pay for things these days we always seem to have some kind of problem \o/.

It's unsettling not knowing what caused it as I doubt it was the card but unplugging it and putting it back in stopped the problem :\.

I had this problem on a few gigabyte boards, it was very bizarre. Haven't experienced on other brands yet and you have a gigabyte board too but mine was only isolated to socket 775 boards and that was few years back.

Hope it was a one off for you.