My new rig gets stuck in endless reboot loops!

[DobyMick]

I recently got my rig together and booting and even had windows loaded. I then noticed that while installing drivers sometimes the machine would reboot twice instead of just once when installing things. I passed it off as being a hardware nuance until I got stuck in never ending reboot loops a few times. Does anyone know what could cause this and what might fix it?

E8400
Gigabyte EPU43-DS3L
Visiontek 4870
2gigs Corsair 1066 / 4 gigs of G.Skill 1066 (I get the same problems with either ram loadout)
WD6400AAKS

 

[mark $]

Shotty powersupply?

 

[fleakiller]

First i would start with the 2gigs only sence you did not state the model # of ram i would see what corsair says about what voltage is and go from there

 

[Proximon]

All i have to add to that good advice is to check for BIOS updates from [strike]ASUS[/strike] Gigabyte . It's a fairly new chipset.

 

[mjam]

^ agree with supremelaw, entirely.

FWIW, statistically the #1 issue I've seen to cause this kind of behavior is RAM--usually a bad stick or slot, possibly undervolted. Had another just yesterday...

The #2 issue I've seen to cause this, unfortunately, is a corrupt OS--typically a counterfeit one with a bad install disk.

Just my $.02 worth...

 

[DobyMick]

Well I failed a prime95 test in under 30 minutes so I think that I have some ram problems. I am using one set of ram at a time but I have had troubles using either set. I am giong to increase my ram voltages and stet my timings manually to what I am supposed to be able to run and see what happens.

 

[DobyMick]

No problems yet since using the one corsair stick and setting voltages and timings on it. Guess ill work with the gskill set next