DOA Gigabyte? Please help

[lelias2k]

Hey all,

I was all happy and all that my E6300 arrived today so I could fire up my rig, but here's what's happening:

I turn it on and it flashes the power and shuts down. Two seconds later the power comes up again for about 3 seconds and shuts down again. And from then on the cycle repeats (2 sec down, 3 sec on) until I turn the power supply off.

I never hear any beeps or anything. I've tried taking the mobo out of the case, inserting the stock cooler, booting with only one stick of RAM, etc. I can't think of anything else and I've never seen this behavior before (and it's not the first rig I put together...) Since I can't hear even one beep from the BIOS I am suspecting it's a DOA, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Here's what I have:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
OCZ DDR2 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400 CL 5-5-5-12 Gold GX XTC Dual Channel OCZ2G8002GK
Connect3D Radeon X1900GT 256 MB
2 x 160 GB HITACHI Deskstar T7K250
DVD-RW
FDD
Card Reader
Thermaltake Bigwater SE
APEVIA (ASPIRE) ATX-AS680W-BL ATX12V/ EPS12V 680W

Any help will be more than appreciated.

 

[drcroubie]

got any other s775 chips you can substitute in, even just to flash the latest bios? thas all i got, unless both your ram sticks are dead...

 

[CptCpu]

What board do you have and what RAM are using. Please tell us the voltage of the RAM.

 

[gpfear]

Could be the fan. I had the same problem. The processor fan was defective and the board had a fan failure shut off. If you have an extra fan for 775 laying around try it.

 

[vanven]

It's your RAM. The DS3 is very picky with RAM.

Your OCZ is not on the compatability list for the board. You are either going to have to find a temporary stick of RAM that runs at default 1.8v long enough for you to change the BIOS settings or RMA the stuff you have currently.

Good luck,
Vanven

 

[lelias2k]

Thanks for the replies guys. It was the RAM.

I just got myself a pair of Corsair XMS2 and I'm happy to say that I'm typping this from my new Core 2 Duo gig.

I really appreciate your help!