Help computer wont shutdown GA-P35C-DSR3

[fishleg]

No idea whats up guess theres always something with new computers....

Was working fine wiped the sweat off my head then realised when I came to shut down after installing windows that it booted straight back up... so thought must have clicked restart tried again same thing and again. Even if i power off in the bios which instantly shuts down the pc few secs later the pc starts back up again.

Any body got any clues ?

Sys spec,
GA-P35C-DSR3
2 Gigs 6400 ram
Geforce 8600
Q6600 (Zalman 9700 led cooler)
Enermax 535w Psu

I thought it was the front panel wired up wrong but I double checked through trial and error so it doesnt seem to be that.

I noticed in the bios my ram timings where wrong 5 - 5 - 5 - 18 instead of 4 - 4 - 4 - 12 but it doesnt say what voltage the ram is currently at so didnt wanna risk it not booting up at all. I changed the ddr v to +0.1 which I think is 1.9 from 1.8 and the timings down to 4 - 4 - 4 -12 but no luck....

Just gives settings to change the V +1 +2 +3 +4 but it doesnt say the current V in the bios ><. In Easytune it does say though that my Ram is set at 1.9v which is corret for my ram just timings are off.

I updated the Mboard bios to F4b which is the latest version I could find.

My PSU has a 10/12 pin adaptor plus an 12v for the cpu my mboard says either 10 or 12 pin so i plugged all of them in the 12 pin and the 12v for the cpu, that ok ?

Please help....
fishy

 

[MuSsEr]

chances are something will be shorting out on the case

you are actually using motherboard risers aren't you? (seen many people screw their board straight to the case)

 

[megatron]

No idea whats up guess theres always something with new computers....

Was working fine wiped the sweat off my head then realised when I came to shut down after installing windows that it booted straight back up... so thought must have clicked restart tried again same thing and again. Even if i power off in the bios which instantly shuts down the pc few secs later the pc starts back up again.

Im not sure what u have tried. Have u tried pushing the power button in windows? It should have a setting u can change right click desktop>properties> screensaver > power > advanced > when I shut down my computer *make sure its set to shutdown*

U said u tried powering off from the bios, do u mean by clicking the off button on the PSU or by bios option?

 

[fishleg]

Well I'm bamboozled totally. For some reason it wouldnt boot just wouldnt get to post shortly after I changed the V for the ram to +1 so I reset the CMOS and from that point forward it worked perfectly =/ so far any how....

I guess it was shorting on a loose wire or something as it could have been me moving the case to reset the cmos or it could have been the cmos.. oh god .

I used the dividers thing so the motherboard isnt just resting on the case. I tripple checked the front panel just had the power switch connected unconnected all fans except cpu.

Scared of opening the case again now for the fear of electric shock or blowing my computer up ><. Its working should I just leave it well alone now ?

Anyone know if it could have been the cmos as thats really the only thing I did besides moving the case to get it working.... If anyone knows a good freeware hardware monitor as the gigabyte one seems to suck.

 

[MuSsEr]

had you ever reset the cmos before? its always a gd idea to reset the cmons on a new build of a pc and if you hadn't done it it may be fine now you have

 

[fishleg]

No would have never thought of it really till it didnt get to post. Read on here before about overclocking probs and having to reset the cmos.

But so far 2 days all ok .... I changed the timings to the stated 4-4-4-15 but didnt touch the voltage this time.

Does anyone know a good hardware monitor ? used to love using everest but doesnt seem like it wants to work with vista says something about an unsigned driver.

Cheers,
fishy