I just built a new system with this motherboard and everything worked great for about 10 days. The other day I started a virtual using MS Virtual Server and Poof - the computer immediately turned off. Dead. I tried unplugging it and turning it on again but I only get a quick flash of all the LEDs on the motherboard and then nothing. I figured the power supply failed so I took that out and put it in another computer and it powered the other PC just fine (I don't have another ATX 2.0 PS I can try in my new computer so I guess it is possible the new PS doesn't work(?)). I am not overclocking. I have also tried:
1. Clearing the CMOS by taking out the battery for a few minutes, taking out all RAM, and then putting one stick back in DIMM3 (saw gigabyte support told somebody else to do that)
2. Tried the video card in the other PCIE 16 slot
3. Removed heatsink & CPU and reinserted, making sure heatsink was properly in
4. Tried a different stick of RAM in the DIMM3 slot
None of the above made any difference. Does this sound like a dead motherboard or CPU/RAM?? I've emailed gigabyte but so far no response. I looked for sparks or obvious burns but didn't see any...
The full specs of my system:
- Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P (rev 2.1) motherboard (i think I had BIOS version F2)
- Intel Q9300 CPU (with stock heatsink/fan)
- 4 GB OCZ DDR2 1066 Model OCZ2N1066SR2GK (from the supported memory list on gigabytes site for this MB)
- XFX GeForce 8600GT 512MB
- 2 500GB WD SATA drives in RAID 1 (using Intel controller)
- Antec earthwatts EA500 ATX12V v2.0 500W PS
- ASUS 20X DVD±R SATA DRW-2014L1T
- Rosewill R604-P SL Mid tower case
- Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1
Any ideas of what else I could try would greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
1. Clearing the CMOS by taking out the battery for a few minutes, taking out all RAM, and then putting one stick back in DIMM3 (saw gigabyte support told somebody else to do that)
2. Tried the video card in the other PCIE 16 slot
3. Removed heatsink & CPU and reinserted, making sure heatsink was properly in
4. Tried a different stick of RAM in the DIMM3 slot
None of the above made any difference. Does this sound like a dead motherboard or CPU/RAM?? I've emailed gigabyte but so far no response. I looked for sparks or obvious burns but didn't see any...
The full specs of my system:
- Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P (rev 2.1) motherboard (i think I had BIOS version F2)
- Intel Q9300 CPU (with stock heatsink/fan)
- 4 GB OCZ DDR2 1066 Model OCZ2N1066SR2GK (from the supported memory list on gigabytes site for this MB)
- XFX GeForce 8600GT 512MB
- 2 500GB WD SATA drives in RAID 1 (using Intel controller)
- Antec earthwatts EA500 ATX12V v2.0 500W PS
- ASUS 20X DVD±R SATA DRW-2014L1T
- Rosewill R604-P SL Mid tower case
- Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1
Any ideas of what else I could try would greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.