DS 3 Problem

vanandjuanunited · 10 Dec 2006 at 12:51

Got a DS3 E6300 and 2 gig Crucial Anniversary Ram.

Should there be an led on the board when power is connected?

When connected Hard drives spin up then the Cpu fan kicks in for about 2 seconds then stops. Any ideas what is wrong?

Thanks

Rizz · 10 Dec 2006 at 13:05

I dont have a led on mine

LoadsaMoney · 10 Dec 2006 at 16:22

Go into the BIOS and set the fan to PWM, that way it will spin all the time, on my DS4 when i switch on the onboard LED just flashes once then goes off.

vanandjuanunited · 11 Dec 2006 at 08:06

Cant even get to bios. The system beeps then the fan twitches then nothing. Have no other Ram or cpu to try so dont know if the mobo is at fault.Any ideas? :confused:

Nm sorted it now. :rolleyes:

PhilipM · 11 Dec 2006 at 11:26

Let me guess. The rig starts to boot, then after a few seconds turns itself off. A short pause and then it tries again. This cycle continues until the power is turned off at the mains/hardware switch?

I had this problem with a DS4 board. I have just RMA'd it. :rolleyes:

Magic Man · 11 Dec 2006 at 12:10

I think I had this on the first boot of a new DS3 system. I cycled the power a couple of times and hit the reset switch once or twice.

I think the very first boot detects and writes the initial CMOS settings.

PhilipM · 11 Dec 2006 at 13:46

Ah, this kind of makes more sense now. I had a shorter power up time for the first two cycles and then each cycle was longer after that. I've head of problems flashing bios before, perhaps that is what has happened. I.e. a faulty bios chip that can't be flashed properly at initialisation or later manually. Would also mean that it would be very hard to pick up at the factory! It's a bit circumstantial I admit! :confused:

PhilipM · 13 Dec 2006 at 13:40

In my rig, it wasn't he mobo, but the RAM. Have you tried one stick at a time?