Overclocking and power problems...

Storry

Storry

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Ok, so i've OC'd my pc to 3GHz and testing with Prime for several hours and all is stable. Only thing is when i first turn my PSU on, then turn power on, it starts up, fans start spinning and then it turns off for like 2-3 seconds then starts back up as normal, everything runs fine and that.

Now if i put Ai Overclock to auto and set it back to the orginal figures and power pc up after switching PSU on its totally fine. Now obviously it must be the Overclocking that causing this, is there anyway of solving the problem? Vcore is currently at 1.4v and was also when i reset BIOS settings.


I'm actually not the best with pc's and have only OC'd pc with instruction from a friend, so any complicated input I may not understand. I've not changed any other values, only Vcore and FSB. I'm currently just leaving PSU on at all times and it's running fine at 3GHz, though just wanted to see if it can be solved really.

Any ideas???
 
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Yes I have a ASUS P5Q-E mobo. Before I overclocked pc it just turned straight on after switching PSU on at back. Now when I switch PSU off and then back on then power pc up (overclocked) it has this start, stop, start problem (I mean we're talking start - 2/3 secs, turn off 2/3 secs, then switches on and is fine). Though if I leave PSU on at all times it's ok.

It's just confusing me why it'd do this that's all. If it's nothing to worry about then I'll leave it. It's just I use to switch PSU off to cut down on things being left on standby.
 
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Yeah, Its nothing to worry about. Mine does it and so do many other Asus' board owners pc's (For lack of a better way to phrase that)

I once knew why it did it, But now I've forgot. Im actually going to try and find out again. It only happens when the boards overclocked, So its something to do with that.
 
UnworthyBean said:
Yeah, Its nothing to worry about. Mine does it and so do many other Asus' board owners pc's (For lack of a better way to phrase that)

I once knew why it did it, But now I've forgot. Im actually going to try and find out again. It only happens when the boards overclocked, So its something to do with that.
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Thank god for that! :p I thought I'd done something wrong that's all. I'm such an noob when it comes to pc's and overclocking it to what it is now was a massive step in knowledge!

I've just got to try figure out how to overclock my GPU and RAM, if it's capable enough! Even all these acronyms and abbreviations are slowly finding a way into my head!
 
Storry said:
I've just got to try figure out how to overclock my GPU and RAM, if it's capable enough! Even all these acronyms and abbreviations are slowly finding a way into my head!
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Within a month you'll be hooked like the rest of us!

Overclocking a graphics card is even easier than the CPU. They can be done through software.
 
UnworthyBean said:
Within a month you'll be hooked like the rest of us!

Overclocking a graphics card is even easier than the CPU. They can be done through software.
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Tell me about getting hooked! I've just pre-ordered Battlefield Bad Comany 2 and a Steelseries Merc Stealth keyboard to run along side my Razer Copperhead. I've NEVER been into PC gaming as I've always been a Playstation/Xbox kinda guy, though the graphics are unreal. It's just controlling of a game that I need to get use to! :D What kind of software would you recommend?
 
The reason i suspect that your getting the "double boot" is that youve removed power from the system at the mains, all my asus boards have done this. If you turn the system off via windows start, then switch it on via the power switch it will power up first time. As others have said though, the double boot is entirely normal, basically the system is testing the settings to ensure all is ok.
 
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The reason i suspect that your getting the "double boot" is that youve removed power from the system at the mains, all my asus boards have done this. If you turn the system off via windows start, then switch it on via the power switch it will power up first time. As others have said though, the double boot is entirely normal, basically the system is testing the settings to ensure all is ok.
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I've got my main wall socket with a surge protector coming from that, the main socket is always on, as is the PSU switch and i have a remote to switch off the extension when not in use which powers down the PSU without switching that to the off position. Until today i've been leaving everything on standby if you like, though now you've confirmed its ok, i'll start switching the extension off again.
 
Yeh my Asus P5Q3 does it when overclocked as well and apparently its absolutely normal. I thought it was my psu dying on me untill i asked on here.
 
My msi p35 does it from cold boots, if u actully don't fully turn the comp off, by that i mean don't turn the switch off at the psu, it will boot like normal, most mobo's do it from cold boots just to check settings.
 
Storry said:
I've got my main wall socket with a surge protector coming from that, the main socket is always on, as is the PSU switch and i have a remote to switch off the extension when not in use which powers down the PSU without switching that to the off position. Until today i've been leaving everything on standby if you like, though now you've confirmed its ok, i'll start switching the extension off again.
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Only down side with powering off the computer at the mains (rather than just pressing the PC's off button) is that when the PC is "soft off", the PSU is still delivering 5v SB power to the motherboard, and the bios/clock are powered by this. If you turn the PC off at the mains the bios and clock are powered by the lithium cell on the motherboard, and it will go flat faster.
 
I think some motherboards do the double boot/reset thing when they are trying to tinker with the cpu's strap, IE trying to set the 1333 strap on a 1066 Q6600 on an Abit motherboard does the double startup.
 
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Only down side with powering off the computer at the mains (rather than just pressing the PC's off button) is that when the PC is "soft off", the PSU is still delivering 5v SB power to the motherboard, and the bios/clock are powered by this. If you turn the PC off at the mains the bios and clock are powered by the lithium cell on the motherboard, and it will go flat faster.
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So basically never really turn off the PSU?
 
My Gigabyte has done it too so its not just ASUS. It's stopped now and I have no idea how or why :confused:
 
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