please help

hardc0re_tid · 10 Dec 2010 at 22:34

my just built my new setup

rampage 3
i7 950
6gb corsair dominator 1866 ram triple ch
ocz vertex 120GB SSD

boots up fine. when i go to install vista, tell it what hdd to install to, click next, the system turns off, then back on. i cannot install vista

do i need to setup the hdd to anything in particular

how do i setup my ssd drive to be the main boot drive, its not listed, would it be called 'removeable drive' in the bios?

hardc0re_tid · 10 Dec 2010 at 23:20

i have tried setting the SATA to AHCI and IDE and i get the same problem. the bluray drive is the primary boot drive, then the ssd drive is the second drive in line.

the disk is clean and ive never had bother installing vista before

hardc0re_tid · 11 Dec 2010 at 00:49

Ok so i got the ssd drive formatted and put it back into my new system. Now I can format in the vista setup and make a start to install vista, but then the pc randomly restart's itself. Even in the bios screen it can restart.

Any idea why my system just randomly restart's? Have tried using 3 sticks of ram. 1 stick of ram. Sata set to IDE. Then set to ahci. Checked all power connections and they are secure. All sata connections. They too are ok. Ive NEVER had so much bother with setting up a new pc.

hardc0re_tid · 11 Dec 2010 at 01:10

The CPU temperature is less than 30 degrees. Cooler is a meghalems with 2 140mm fans. Push pull. I'll have another check tomorrow with regards the random restarting. I THINK it happened in the bios. May be wrong. Is there anything that needs setup on the board itself.

Power supply is a ocz modxstream 780w. Should I be using all 4 of the 4pin power connections beside the CPU? What about the 4 pin molex that is below the four 4pins. Should that be used?

May be of some help.... Graphics card is an ati 5870. Two 250gb seagate 7100.10 and 2 500gb seagate 7100.11. Samsung Blu ray drive.

hardc0re_tid · 11 Dec 2010 at 12:45

so it turns out i do need all 4 4pin power connections for this to work, thanks asus! for blanking off 2 of the 4 sockets as default but dont tell anyone that you need to use all 4 (unless you read the manual of course) but what i don't understand is why blank off two of them?

thanks for your help guys!