PC turns on by itself and resets the BIOS.

The Seventh One · 1 Sep 2011 at 14:57

Hi all.

I've just built a new PC and I'm having this strange problem that I've never seen before. Basically whenever I turn the plug on at the wall my PC will automatically start, my BIOS will be reset to default and it won't boot because the motherboard wants me to set it up again.

Everything else has been working fine so far.

Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair IV
Processor: Phenom II X6 1100T
Memory: Kingston 12GB (4x3)
PSU: Corsair TX850W

I'm hoping this is a simple issue to fix, and not a case of one of my components hitting the deck already -.-

Thanks in advance.

Hagar · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:03

Is there a motherboard jumper missing or on the wrong pins?

Why triple memory on a dual channel board?

andy.

The Seventh One · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:29

I'll have a look into that later when I turn my computer off.

And on the subject of RAM I obviously didn't do my homework very well

. Will this actually cause any major issues?

Cheers.

The Seventh One · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:47

I've actually done a bit of reading and found out that the triple memory will run in single channel on a dual channel board... sigh looks like I have to take a stick out.

Thanks a lot for pointing that out man!

Hagar · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:47

Shouldn't do, but it will probably run in single channel mode.

The Seventh One · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:57

If I bought another stick of the same RAM and had 4x4, would that then run in dual channel?

Hagar · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:58

The Seventh One said:
If I bought another stick of the same RAM and had 4x4, would that then run in dual channel?

Yes, probably best solution if you need lots of ram.