New Gaming Rig Advice..

BeadyRoller · 1 May 2017 at 21:56

Just put the ram in ddr3_3 to try again and now the restarts happen even quicker, like the pc stays on for a second then restarts..

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 21:56

Try another slot

BeadyRoller · 1 May 2017 at 21:59

Put it back in 1 and it's now doing the same as 3.. not even getting to screen anymore.

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 22:00

No I mean a completely different slot - one you haven't tried before.

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 22:05

any luck?

BeadyRoller · 1 May 2017 at 22:05

Not working either. It's literally powering up for 2 seconds now and just shutting off and restarting. Repeat. Repeat.

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 22:06

It sounds like it's shorting

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 22:06

But it was doing this before the attempted CMOS reset?

BeadyRoller · 1 May 2017 at 22:11

Plec said:
But it was doing this before the attempted CMOS reset?

Yes and it was exactly the same up until the second time I tried it after putting the battery back in. It's restarting a lot quicker now after my second attempt of changing RAM slots.

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 22:12

How long had it been looping/restarting for when you posted the first time you placed the memory in?

Before I noticed your post earlier today.

BeadyRoller · 1 May 2017 at 22:14

Plec said:
How long had it been looping/restarting for when you posted the first time you placed the memory in?

Before I noticed your post

The first time I put the memory in after the battery reset and all the time before that it would start up, 10 seconds later go off then restart. On the third restart it would appear with the screen I posted above as well as my mouse and keyboard lighting up then it would go round in circles.

Now it's literally starting up, staying on for a second, turning off, starting back up again, turning off...

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 22:17

No I mean the very first time you put the memory in - how long did you let it loop for before posting?

BeadyRoller · 1 May 2017 at 22:19

Plec said:
No I mean the very first time you put the memory in - how long did you let it loop for before posting?

The new memory? The very first time it just kept restarting like the first example I gave above (getting to blank screen on 3rd time). I gave it like 2 minutes of doing it before I turned it off.

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 22:20

I've found someone who had exactly the same problem as you - and he had changed his BIOS from IDE to ACHI and then a few restarts later he had a blue screen with just the UEFI logo

BeadyRoller · 1 May 2017 at 22:22

Plec said:
I've found someone who had exactly the same problem as you - and he had changed his BIOS from IDE to ACHI and then a few restarts later he had a blue screen with just the UEFI logo

Well that sounds familiar... It's exactly what I did today and exactly what was happening with the restarts. But now it's not even getting that far.

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 22:22

He resolved it with the dual BIOS - but I would like to try something else first...

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 22:22

I'm thinkingif we should strip the rig down and run from on-board gfx.

Do you have a lead that will fit into the onboard gfx?

BeadyRoller · 1 May 2017 at 22:24

This short restart has been happening since I turned the power on from the switch at the back (by the power cable) and not the power button. I had it switched to off when I pressed the power button so it didn't start (didn't realise it was switched off at back) flicked the switch then it powered up and started doing this short restart.

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 22:25

Check the kettle lead is firmly plugged in

Plec · 1 May 2017 at 22:26

The lead for the PSU