new build problem

smee · 10 May 2007 at 00:39

Hi all recieved all my lovely goods today and set about putting it together. nothing seems to unsual. lots of wires. etc. connections and screws. well powered up and the led on the cpu lit. all fans went. gFc fan started then it just restarts. wont go any further than that. wont even power the monitor.

Tried disconnection anthing that could take power. swopped the power cables. removed and installed equipment. reset cmos. disconnected all the power to other devices. have both powerconnection on MOBo. tried adding the extra power connection to MOBO for sli, even though only have one GFC but just getting restarts. it's not even bring up the bios. no post code errors.

well its getting later and thought maybe someone might have a suggestion

build

Zalman CNPS9700-LED Aero Flower (Socket AM2/939/754/775) CPU Cooler
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
- Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- Samsung SpinPoint T HD321KJ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N1066SR2GK)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
- Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788)

Jaffa_Cake · 10 May 2007 at 08:28

May be a dodgy component, did you try debugging with spare parts ?

smee · 10 May 2007 at 08:48

theres one of the problems. everything is new and dont ahve another pci e slot machine that can check gfc. have read about the rebooting with gigabyte but 6 reboots and still nothing,.

[Q] Is it normal that the system will reboot during its first power on after BIOS memory setting changed ? (965P-DQ6, 965P-DS4, 965P-DS3,965P-S3) â€“ FROM GBâ€™S FAQ
[A] For 965P-DQ6, 965P-DS4, 965P-DS3, 965P-S3 motherboard, if the memory setting is not the chipset spec of 800/ 667/533 MHz in the BIOS setting during system installation, then the system will re-write the initial motherboard parameter when the first boot after BIOS seeting. After the re-write is done, the system will reboot. The shutdown and reboot after the first power on is normal situation.

smee · 10 May 2007 at 21:26

Ok found the problem.

Tried different ram and pci card. £32 for nothing.

The Zalman fan had a different cpu fan socket. installed where normally cpu fan. but thats the System fan on the gigabyte board. After changing back to orginal fan. it boots. Has a 4 pin cpu socket.

so installing as i type.