New build constantly reboots at startup, help!

[Devlish]

Hey all

Recently put together a new system, got the specs off here and the bits from ocuk. Now when I power up, I get the fans spinning on the cpu and the case for about 4 seconds, then the system shuts down and does that again and again. I dont get post bleeps or anything appearing on the screen.

I have reseated the processor and the memory but no luck.

Any ideas?

 

[Dogfood09]

I had that a few months ago with my new build, after days off taking it apart, testing it with one slot of ram etc i found out i had a faulty motherboard which i rma'd , what are your specs?

 

[Devlish]

I had that a few months ago with my new build, after days off taking it apart, testing it with one slot of ram etc i found out i had a faulty motherboard which i rma'd , what are your specs?

Cheers, thats what I feared although i was hoping that there might be some stuff i can try before getting to the RMA stage - specs are as below.

- Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95 (£83.29)
- OcUK HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95 (£83.29)
- OcUK E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £89.99 (£74.99)
- Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £58.99 (£49.16)
- OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98 (£39.15)
- Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.95 (£33.29)
- OcUK Value 200Mbp/s Homeplugs £38.98 (£32.48) £38.98
- MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £35.99 (£29.99)
- BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £31.99 (£26.66)
- Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse (910-002489) £26.99 (£22.49)
- Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98 (£15.82)
- Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £11.99 (£9.99)
- Gigabyte 'Ghost' Mouse Pad £7.99 (£6.66)
- OcUK Professional Cat6 RJ45 3m Network Cable - Grey (B6-503) £2.99

 

[Shady89]

try it with only with 1 stick of ram in at a time ( try all sticks at 1 a time), if you already havent.

most commonly its faulty ram if that fails probs your motherboard.

 

[oddleaf]

You might have to update the BIOS, it might well be that the current BIOS doesn't support your CPU: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-P31--G3-.html#/?div=CPUSupport

I suggest removing everything, and plugging in just the essentials, motherboard, ram, CPU and seeing what happens. It might be a power conflict. Although not sure if they can still happen with current tech.

 

[Devlish]

Thanks a lot, ill give those two a bash and if it still doesnt work ill RMA the Motherboard.