- Jun 28, 2013
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Colleagues,
I've recently built a new desktop computer, and I'm having really weird startup issues. Basically, after the computer sits around powered off for several hours, when I hit the power button, the system powers up but does not display anything to my monitor, does not power up any peripheral devices (like light up my backlit keyboard), and does not trigger any hard drive activity. It just sits there without effect, but the fans spin and the drives are powered.
However, if I hit the power button to turn off the system and then hit the power button again within a few seconds, the system starts up correctly. In this case, the BIOS flashes, peripherals power up, Windows boots, and everything seems fine.
At this point, I've taken some different actions to try to isolate the problem:
I've reflashed the BIOS with the latest version
I replaced the motherboard battery
I replaced the power supply
I have taken the system apart and put it back together again, checking cables, RAM, CPU, etc.
I've cleared and reset the BIOS and double-checked the RAM timing and voltage.
I'm a bit stumped at this point. Does anyone have any other ideas? Should I contact Gigabyte for a replacement board? Is it possible that my case itself might be causing compatibility issues with the motherboard?
My specs are as follows:
Gigabyte AG-z77X-UP5 TH
Core i7 3770k
Corsair 650 Watt Modular
Radeon Sapphire 5770
2 x 2gb G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3 1600
2 x 4gb G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3 1600
64gb Kingston SSD
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB
Thermaltake Element G VL10001W2Z Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks!!!
-Sean
I've recently built a new desktop computer, and I'm having really weird startup issues. Basically, after the computer sits around powered off for several hours, when I hit the power button, the system powers up but does not display anything to my monitor, does not power up any peripheral devices (like light up my backlit keyboard), and does not trigger any hard drive activity. It just sits there without effect, but the fans spin and the drives are powered.
However, if I hit the power button to turn off the system and then hit the power button again within a few seconds, the system starts up correctly. In this case, the BIOS flashes, peripherals power up, Windows boots, and everything seems fine.
At this point, I've taken some different actions to try to isolate the problem:
I've reflashed the BIOS with the latest version
I replaced the motherboard battery
I replaced the power supply
I have taken the system apart and put it back together again, checking cables, RAM, CPU, etc.
I've cleared and reset the BIOS and double-checked the RAM timing and voltage.
I'm a bit stumped at this point. Does anyone have any other ideas? Should I contact Gigabyte for a replacement board? Is it possible that my case itself might be causing compatibility issues with the motherboard?
My specs are as follows:
Gigabyte AG-z77X-UP5 TH
Core i7 3770k
Corsair 650 Watt Modular
Radeon Sapphire 5770
2 x 2gb G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3 1600
2 x 4gb G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3 1600
64gb Kingston SSD
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB
Thermaltake Element G VL10001W2Z Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks!!!
-Sean
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