New Gaming Rig Advice..

Plec · 2 May 2017 at 14:55

Did the steps go as directed - or did it try to power up on step 5?

BeadyRoller · 2 May 2017 at 14:57

Done everything it says on the post. Just gets to the UEFI screen on the 3rd restart again.

Plec · 2 May 2017 at 14:58

Memory in which slot (and double checking it's your old memory)

BeadyRoller · 2 May 2017 at 14:59

DDR3_1 and old memory. When he says wait for the board to start, that's just for the fans to kick on right?

Plec · 2 May 2017 at 15:03

If you have lights they would light up - you could wait a fraction longer i guess.

Try again?

BeadyRoller · 2 May 2017 at 15:04

Tried like 5 times now

What about trying the way on that post I posted?

BeadyRoller · 2 May 2017 at 15:06

The PC turned on on step 5 this time for the first time. Still ends with the same result though.

BeadyRoller · 2 May 2017 at 15:09

Just noticed this post is the post from the thread I posted, worked for everyone else... God sake.

Plec · 2 May 2017 at 15:10

They're exactly the same - looks like the guy lifted the Gigabyte Gurus post

Plec · 2 May 2017 at 15:11

Whats's still connected to the motherboard?

BeadyRoller · 2 May 2017 at 15:15

All the little fiddly wires that comes with the case. Power cable. Cpu and fan. Case fan. Usb and usb 3. Audio. ATX cable.

BeadyRoller · 2 May 2017 at 15:18

Sometimes it powers on on step 5, other times I need to press the power button on step 6 to get it going.

BeadyRoller · 2 May 2017 at 15:19

God sake. Now it's doing the really fast restart thing again and not even get as far as the UEFI screen.

Plec · 2 May 2017 at 15:22

We could try a setup outside of the case - to completely rule out a shorting issue.

We would boot the MB with screwdriver - by touching the power pins.

This would eliminate the case as a factor as all cables would be unattached and the board wouldn't be attached to any metal. You would sit it on top of some cardboard (motherboard box is perfect for this).

Plec · 2 May 2017 at 15:25

You wouldn't need to take out the PSU as you will probably be able to make it stretch.

So, all that would be attached is the CPU/HS, 1 stick of memroy, vga to monitor and obviously the PSU.

BeadyRoller · 2 May 2017 at 15:25

The thing is, everything was working absolutely fine until I took out the RAM so I really don't think there's anything wrong with anything else.

Plec · 2 May 2017 at 15:37

BeadyRoller said:
The thing is, everything was working absolutely fine until I took out the RAM so I really don't think there's anything wrong with anything else.

You would think.

But it's a PC.

For example - an HDD that been working flawlessly for years can suddenly die if taken out and moved to a different bay (i know it's happened a couple of times - i've moved tens of HDDs.). The drive would have probably carried on working had it been left where it was but the act of moving it was enough to trigger a pending fault - one that may not have occurred if it had remained in situ.

Same with your memory swap or the BIOS setting from IDE to ACHI - both come up with this type of problem with searches.

But - there's still a slight chance we may get life - but admit that the odds are stacked against us now.

Sorry bud.

BeadyRoller · 2 May 2017 at 15:42

I don't think I can get the motherboard out that easily, the person who built it for me at the time didn't exactly put the screws in to the stand offs properly and sure a couple are stuck in the standoffs.

I really don't know what else to do now, I'm gutted.

Plec · 2 May 2017 at 15:43

BeadyRoller said:
I don't think I can get the motherboard out that easily, the person who built it for me at the time didn't exactly put the screws in to the stand offs properly and sure a couple are stuck in the standoffs.

Could you elaborate - as you're describing a 'shorting like issue' - and that sounds odd.

Plec · 2 May 2017 at 15:46

As the looping started with the swap of the memory - there's a chance that the pressure exerted in taking out and putting in new memory may have caused the board to short against the case or the IO plate.