Odd boot problem or not?

[zougou]

Hello. I assembled a system over the summer with the following components:

■Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM (boot drive)
■2 EVGA 01G-P3-1180-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card in SLI
■Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM which I have since upgraded to 7 64-bit Ultimate
■LG Black 6X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 6X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Internal Blu-ray Burner Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive Model GGW-H20L
■2 Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - in RAID 0 for data, etc
■SILVERSTONE FT01-BW Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Uni-body Computer Case
■CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
■LITE-ON Black 4X BD-ROM 12X DVD-ROM 32X CD-ROM SATA Internal 4X Blu-ray DVD ROM Model DH-4O1S-08
■Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 (D0 stepping)
■GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
■Prolimatech Megahalems Intel CPU Heatsink (LGA 775 / 1366)
■OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P1866C9LV6GK
■Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series 70SB088600007 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Express Interface Sound Card
■Alphacool LCD display with an internal USB connection (don't recall the model number)

The system seems to run fine, but the one odd thing it does is this: when I first power on the system, the MB lights turn on, the fans turn on, then a split second later, it seems to turn off, and then it starts again and everything boots normally.

Is this a problem I should be concerned about or not?

I believe I have the F8 version of the BIOS. I did run easy tune to bump up the speed of the system.

Thanks for any advice you might have.

 

[nocheese]

My first thought is power supply but you do have a pretty beefy unit listed there. It could be a defect in the power supply stopping it from switching to full power right away (slow ramp up to full power).

 

[lumpy]

EAsy tune..This would be software overclocking tool..right?
I never ever use software to overclock pc..pure crap IMO.do it in the bios only.
I bet thats what that 2nd boot up is..easy tune kicking in.

 

[zougou]

I sent email to Corsair, but so far have not heard anything back.

Lumpy, you are correct, it is software-based overclocking. However, this start/ stop/ start seems to happen even before POST. I suppose uninstalling it would determine whether it's causing a problem or not. I'm not very good at overclocking by hand...

 

[jsc]

The system seems to run fine, but the one odd thing it does is this: when I first power on the system, the MB lights turn on, the fans turn on, then a split second later, it seems to turn off, and then it starts again and everything boots normally.

Based on a sample of 5 Gigabyte motherboards (a G41, a P35, two P45's, and an X58), they all seem to do that. Don't worry.

I will recommend that you go into the PC Health BIOS tab and set the CPU fan warning to [ENABLED] and set the CPU thermal alarm to 70 C.

 

[zougou]

Based on a sample of 5 Gigabyte motherboards (a G41, a P35, two P45's, and an X58), they all seem to do that. Don't worry.

I will recommend that you go into the PC Health BIOS tab and set the CPU fan warning to [ENABLED] and set the CPU thermal alarm to 70 C.

Many thanks! I can stop worrying.

It is irritating that the only way to get into the BIOS is to plug in a PS/2 keyboard... Ah, well!