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Smochina   05-06-2009 at 09:28:37 AM

Hello,

I was watching this morning a movie and the thing restarted. I said ok, might be a power surge. But no, it kept doing that, it doesn't even shows the bios screen and powers down, then powers back up and again.

Tried disconnecting hard drivers, fans, dvd-rom, the extra power cords for the video board, nothing, same thing.

When I'll get home I'll try removing the memory, sound card and after that I'm out of options. I haven't changed anything in hardware for months, no drivers updated lately...

Anyone has a clue about this?

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r_manic   05-06-2009 at 10:42:43 AM
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Maybe a power surge did occur—and it damaged your power supply? Can you try installing another power supply and running your computer on it?

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waxdart   05-06-2009 at 10:54:13 AM
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Sounds like Securom or Starforce ripping up the system. It happened to me this year. - I may be just very very very bitter about it.

http://www.reclaimyourgame.com/ind [...] &Itemid=13

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Smochina   05-06-2009 at 11:36:47 AM
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I really doubt this...
Anyways, got hold of an 1000W PSU to test later. I had (hopefully still have) a Corsair 500W which ran extremely good for the last two years.

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aford10   05-06-2009 at 06:37:48 PM
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That kind of boot loop is likely the psu or RAM. My bet is on the psu though.

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E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
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Smochina   05-06-2009 at 07:57:43 PM
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aford10 wrote :

That kind of boot loop is likely the psu or RAM. My bet is on the psu though.



Bummer, started unplugging cables and powered it on again. Hm, no restarts now.
Started plugging them one by one, and .... F8CK...., when I plugged the power cable for the CPU, it started restarting again... Tried another cable, same thing. Removed the CPU completely and plugged the cables, no restarts...

:fou:

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aford10   05-06-2009 at 08:30:27 PM
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Is it an intel or AMD?

you can try reapplying the thermal paste and cleaning the fan/heatsink to make sure it's not a heat issue.

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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Smochina   05-06-2009 at 08:51:39 PM
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Intel, already did that, didn't help.
I am currently checking the warranty papers...

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neon neophyte   05-06-2009 at 09:33:21 PM
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my asus p5k deluxe wont post unless the usb ports are empty, ie unplugged. i can then plug everything in.

ive also had my board stop posting entirely. which, i reset the bios. by unplugging the psu and removing the battery for like 10 minutes (probably less.) that worked for me.

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aford10   05-06-2009 at 09:56:27 PM
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neon neophyte wrote :

my asus p5k deluxe wont post unless the usb ports are empty, ie unplugged. i can then plug everything in.

ive also had my board stop posting entirely. which, i reset the bios. by unplugging the psu and removing the battery for like 10 minutes (probably less.) that worked for me.



That would work if the problem was a bios setting or boot order issue.

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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Smochina   05-06-2009 at 10:08:19 PM
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I unplugged everything, no hdd, no dvd, fans disconnected (except for cpu), no peripherals, if i plug the cpu power lines, restart mayhem...

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neon neophyte   05-06-2009 at 10:16:43 PM
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well, my computer went from working to not working. posting to not posting. without me touching any bios settings. taking out the battery, and resetting the bios fixed it. not that i ever found out what was wrong with it.

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aford10   05-06-2009 at 11:13:55 PM
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that 1000w psu will confirm or rule out the psu as the culprit. Let us know what you find out from that.

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------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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Smochina   05-06-2009 at 11:22:46 PM
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Tried removing the battery, didn't help either. :(

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Smochina   05-06-2009 at 11:24:30 PM
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aford10 wrote :

that 1000w psu will confirm or rule out the psu as the culprit. Let us know what you find out from that.



That will be tomorrow evening. Grrrr, more waiting.

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Smochina   05-07-2009 at 12:26:07 PM
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Hm, I just looked around the net and it seems some people have had the same problem with this board ga-ep35c-ds3r. But most are luckier than me, they can get into bios settings, or the thing powers up properly after a few minutes.... Grrr, no more Gigabyte from now on.

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aford10   05-07-2009 at 01:58:06 PM
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Don't dismiss Gigabyte so quickly. All manufacturers have their issues, but Gigabyte along with Asus are probably the best mobo manufacturers.

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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Smochina   05-09-2009 at 05:27:55 PM
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Well, tried a new psu, same results. Today I went ahead and bought a new mobo since I can't find the warranty papers. Hello computer once more.

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