Hi
I have 3 machines here which are all identical in terms of parts but one machine has booting issues, sometimes when the machine has been switched off overnight and you go to turn it on the next day the system will power up for 2/3 seconds, then power down, it then powers up for 2/3 seconds again and powers down and does this 'loop' indefinatly, it doesnt even reach POST on the board.
Now the power up only lasts long enough to get the fan spinning then it stops and starts over again, removing the 8-pin power connector from the motherboard results in it staying powered up but nothing working. Ive tried unplugging every item from the board except CPU, Memory and GFX card and it still does it.
It will eventually boot after playing around but the 'playing' hasnt resulted in me finding any single cause so far, last time the machine booted after having the SATA power and 8 pin power unplugged, the machine 'booted' for 30 seconds, then turned off and the power leads reconnected. The time before it worked after having the ATX power lead taken off and reconnected.
Any ideas? Im just glad its not my main pc! Specs below
Thanks
Mike
Gigabyte DQ6
Intel Core2Duo E6600 (Standard clock, retail hsf)
2gb Corsair Dominator DDR2 800 C4
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768mb
Tagan 600w Dual Engine PSU
Thermaltake Armour
Raptor X 150gb
Seagate Barracuda 120gb
I have 3 machines here which are all identical in terms of parts but one machine has booting issues, sometimes when the machine has been switched off overnight and you go to turn it on the next day the system will power up for 2/3 seconds, then power down, it then powers up for 2/3 seconds again and powers down and does this 'loop' indefinatly, it doesnt even reach POST on the board.
Now the power up only lasts long enough to get the fan spinning then it stops and starts over again, removing the 8-pin power connector from the motherboard results in it staying powered up but nothing working. Ive tried unplugging every item from the board except CPU, Memory and GFX card and it still does it.
It will eventually boot after playing around but the 'playing' hasnt resulted in me finding any single cause so far, last time the machine booted after having the SATA power and 8 pin power unplugged, the machine 'booted' for 30 seconds, then turned off and the power leads reconnected. The time before it worked after having the ATX power lead taken off and reconnected.
Any ideas? Im just glad its not my main pc! Specs below
Thanks
Mike
Gigabyte DQ6
Intel Core2Duo E6600 (Standard clock, retail hsf)
2gb Corsair Dominator DDR2 800 C4
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768mb
Tagan 600w Dual Engine PSU
Thermaltake Armour
Raptor X 150gb
Seagate Barracuda 120gb