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hk3948

hk3948

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hi there guys. bought an oc'd bundle from overclockers a few months ago as old c2d build died. Neways, its definitely been a purchase that ive come to regret. It was initially an unstale overclock, and wouldnt boot when it arrived. i got it stable myself at 4ghz in the end.

Today, whilst at work, my girlfriend turned it on and said there was a cycle of coming to post screen with a 'failed to boot due to failed oc' message. She wasnt sure what was going on so just turned it off at the mains. When this happened to me in the past i would just go into the bios and reload the previous oc settings which always worked.

So today, when i tried to power up after work, the initial gigabyte screen logo comes up, but then before it gets to the post screen, it just restarts. It wont get past the gigabyte screen.

I have taken the onboard battery out to reset the cmos, and also tried booting with only the gfx card, one stick of ram and cpu and every time, exactly the same.

Id really appreciate some help guys. Im desperate and have no idea what to do.
 
Restarting early on in the boot process could be a symptom of a failing power supply.

What happens if you disconnect the external power for the graphics card and try and boot? Does it still restart? Does it go further into the process than before?
 
Attempt a process of Elimination.
Sometimes my computer which is relatively new doesn't get past the post screen when one of my peripherals are plugged in, this being my external HDD.

I don't know why but when plugged in, the post screen/ logo screen just gets stuck on detecting the hardware device, so I reccomend you try.

If it was faulty RAM I imagine the POST itself would actually beep, to tell you theres a problem. If theres a problem with your CPU the POST can't do anything, as it needs the CPU to work.

To my understanding the MB Logo screen, is the post screen right? The post processing acts while the MB Logo screen is active.

If it doesn't get past this, theres a post problem, so I reccomend you try a process of Elimination to find the problem, especially if you have plugged in new preipherals or hardware devices.

Hope this helps, Emphacy.
 
Can you post your hardware, I assume that this bundle was built into an existing case, PSU and hard disks system?
Any hardware attached, GPU, PSU, disks, SSD etc should be listed with approx age. Also the bundle components.
Temperatures, voltages, multipliers etc. would be useful although if you have reset the bios, they may have changed. Did you use the jumper as well as removing the battery and power cord to reset the bios?

cheers, andy.
 
alright guys, bit of an update. good news, i dont think the problem is with the bundle itself.
Spent hours last nght testing. Here are results:

GFX card plus 1 stick of ram at a time = same. No post,constant restarts
GFX card plus no ram = no restart, but no post and no image
Power on with no ram or GFX card = no restart, but no post and no image. Also no beeps(not sure if there was meant to be with this board)
Tried a different PSU = same. No post, constant restarts

So thought i would take everything out try re-seating everything. Placed it onto the static free bag the mobo came in and tried. Hey presto, it booted up, posted as normal. Back into the case it goes and same again.

Clearly a problem with the case. Must be a short somewhere as ive now got it all in an old case and working fine so its not a short on the mobo or anything.

So what now. the current case is rubbish, temps have gone up 15 degrees at idle.

How do i sort out my case(antec 900) and find the source of the problem?

Thanks guys. SOrry about long post:)
 
This sounds very familiar to a problem I had a long time ago with my PC.
Are you positive that there may be a short, look around for anything that may result in a short on any of your components, particularly your motherboard.

I once had the exact same problem, in the case nothing worked, out of the case it worked fine. For me it was due to a fracture in the motherboard, and certain positioning (i.e in the case) meant it wouldn't work properly.

Just be extra cautious before you go buying a new case or something.
If this is not the case then fantastic, but this problem sounds very familiar to me.

Took me ages to find the problem myself, hope it's fine for you!
Emphacy.
 
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