I am in the middle of a new build and I’m experiencing some strange problems.
The machine booted up first time without a problem when I first put it together yesterday and ran for about an hour. I started to tinker in the bios to configure a raid 1 array and then entered the raid setup utility to assign the drives. After that when I rebooted the system it failed to post. I powered the system down, powered it back up and it came back in fine. I started to install the Vista 64 and it hung after initially loading files from the DVD. I powered down the system but this time it refused to post at all.
I cleared the CMOS using the jumper, plugged it back up and a came back up. Set the drives back to raid in the bios, started the install again and it hung at the exact same point as before.
Since then it has pretty much refused to post other than the odd occasion. On one post I got the message ‘CMOS Battery is low’.
After that… I stripped down the system having only the CPU and cooler hooked up. First time it posted and I got the no memory beeps. I plugged in a memory stick and got the No Video beeps. At this point I thought I was golden. I shut it down and started it once again without the video card and once again it wouldn’t post.
I have tried clearing the CMOS multiple times, I have done it by removing the battery and switching the jumper. After a clear it normally posts once, then when I put in the memory it fails to post again. I have tried a spare battery in the CMOS to see if that was the issue but that doesn’t seem to make any difference either.
It’s really strange that it will post once after everything has been cleared and the power unhooked for a while but then not on consecutive attempts. I have tried it with 1 stick of 512 Kingston value ram 667 and one stick of 2gb OCZ 1066 with exactly the same results.
While it was running for the first hour a mainly watched the CPU and Board temps. The CPU was sitting at 45 degrees which I thought was a bit high, but I was going to check the seating of the heatsink. But it wasn’t getting to burning temps.
Here’s the components:
ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe Motherboard
AMD Phenom 9950 BLACK EDITION Agena 2.6GHz
ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 120mm Heatsink
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2
MSI R4870 Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI
2x Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB
hec ACE-580UB 580W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Power Supply
Could it be the PSU that is just garbage? Any advice is gratefully received!
The machine booted up first time without a problem when I first put it together yesterday and ran for about an hour. I started to tinker in the bios to configure a raid 1 array and then entered the raid setup utility to assign the drives. After that when I rebooted the system it failed to post. I powered the system down, powered it back up and it came back in fine. I started to install the Vista 64 and it hung after initially loading files from the DVD. I powered down the system but this time it refused to post at all.
I cleared the CMOS using the jumper, plugged it back up and a came back up. Set the drives back to raid in the bios, started the install again and it hung at the exact same point as before.
Since then it has pretty much refused to post other than the odd occasion. On one post I got the message ‘CMOS Battery is low’.
After that… I stripped down the system having only the CPU and cooler hooked up. First time it posted and I got the no memory beeps. I plugged in a memory stick and got the No Video beeps. At this point I thought I was golden. I shut it down and started it once again without the video card and once again it wouldn’t post.
I have tried clearing the CMOS multiple times, I have done it by removing the battery and switching the jumper. After a clear it normally posts once, then when I put in the memory it fails to post again. I have tried a spare battery in the CMOS to see if that was the issue but that doesn’t seem to make any difference either.
It’s really strange that it will post once after everything has been cleared and the power unhooked for a while but then not on consecutive attempts. I have tried it with 1 stick of 512 Kingston value ram 667 and one stick of 2gb OCZ 1066 with exactly the same results.
While it was running for the first hour a mainly watched the CPU and Board temps. The CPU was sitting at 45 degrees which I thought was a bit high, but I was going to check the seating of the heatsink. But it wasn’t getting to burning temps.
Here’s the components:
ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe Motherboard
AMD Phenom 9950 BLACK EDITION Agena 2.6GHz
ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 120mm Heatsink
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2
MSI R4870 Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI
2x Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB
hec ACE-580UB 580W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Power Supply
Could it be the PSU that is just garbage? Any advice is gratefully received!
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