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Hey all,

I just built my new computer, all went fine and It booted, I left the computer like this for around 15minute, and then I went away, when I came back the computer was was shut down and when I tryed to turn it on it went off after 3-4 seconds. And now it wont boot unless I push the CMOS button (it boots for 3 seconds).

Whats wrong, all went well the first time! Themotherboard has lights on and all

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Not a common issue I've found without overclocking.

Can you give us the specs (processor, motherboard, RAM (e.g. DDR2-800) and power supply?).

Is the CPU fan spinning up?
Did you install the heatsink correctly?
Did you connect both sets of power lines to the motherboard? (big 24 pin connector as well as the 4 or 8 pin ATX connector, and the extra power connector for the video card if needed)
Is the video card and RAM securely in place?

Sorry if you think the above is obvious, I'm just checking.


Message edited by SpidersWeb on 10-02-2009 at 06:45:26 AM
------------------------------ Intel E8500 - 4.26Ghz - 533 x 8 - on air cooling with DDR2-1066 running native
Sapphire Ati HD4850
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The specs are:
i7 860
P55 Motherboard EVGA
GTX275 Superclocked EVGA
750W Corsair PSU
4Gig ram g.skill 12800
Antec nine hundred two

The heasink is a xigmatek dark knight, it was very veyr hard to seat it correctly but I did it. And I don't think there would be abslutly no power when I press the Power button if it was due to the heatsink, I might be wrong tho. And it's spinning.

Both sets ar eon motherboard, all secure in place.

What's weird is that it actualy booted perfectly at first... and now absolutly no response from Power button, only boot possible is from the CMOS button and itshuts down after 3 seconds

God I need help :)

Reply to kdn

Damn that's a nice setup you have there.

To explain the heatsink question, I wasn't sure how skilled you were with computers/diagnostics, and the 'Clear CMOS' time you were taking could have been letting something cool down enough to continue. Last week I was testing some old chips (old stuff) to see if they worked, and the same thing happened to me when the chips ran heatsink-less. Knowing you have an i7 and sounds like you know your stuff, thats obviously not it, but I just threw it in there in case.

Anywho sounds like you have a faulty or damaged part in there somewhere.
First part I'd try to swap out is the RAM (if you can find some somewhere, either really cheap crap RAM or preferrably from a spare PC or a mate). My reasoning for this hypothesis is that when my Asrock was first installed it ran the RAM speed low (like 667) on first boot, then picked up it was 1066 afterwards. So if you had faulty RAM, it'd explain the temporary start and the consinstant failures until CMOS reset.

There are other possibilities such as the board or CPU (video card is unlikely as it wont be effected by the CMOS). But my personal thoughts are to start with the RAM.

Hopefully more people post up :)

If you have a 'we live in 1982' PC speaker that's hooked up, then RAM or Video Card failures should/will make beep patterns. So if you haven't got one hooked up, try and do this.

Edit: the above RAM theory assumes the system powers up, e.g. fans spin but nothing happens. You should also get beeps on the PC speaker with that.


Message edited by SpidersWeb on 10-02-2009 at 03:13:25 PM
------------------------------ Intel E8500 - 4.26Ghz - 533 x 8 - on air cooling with DDR2-1066 running native
Sapphire Ati HD4850
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I do not get any beep sadly. And I think I will try to reseat the heatsink.. its a socket 775 heatsink and the board is a socket 1156, it is compatible witht he 775 heatsinks but it was veryyyyyy hard to seat it and nothing would fit, had to put the heatsink not centered... it's leaning on the left a bit. Think that would cause absolutly no boot at all?

Reply to kdn

When I'm in bios i read constant 87 degree on the motherboard led, is it a eal 87 degrees or just bios showing bugged data, in windows I get around 29 degrees!

Reply to kdn

Right now, the computer will boot every time. But right after boot, the computer shut down (fans, leds etc shut down) and then it starts again by itself and work. Can someone identify the problem?

Reply to kdn

You need to get back to the basics...

One stick of ram, one hard drive, disconnect any usb devices, unplug dvd/cd roms etc.

Make sure your heatsink is secured with the appropriate amount of paste.

Try to boot AFTER a cmos clear. That means unplugging your power or flicking the switch in the back. Take the battery out, and move the jumper over one spot, then back after 30 secomds.

Now boot into the bios and setup your ram with the correct voltage and leave your timings and everything else on auto for now.

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