GA-X58A-UDR3 Fresh build, boot cycle getting worse

*EDIT* Moved to gigabyte motherboards forum
Hello, all,

Long time lurker.. finally going to contribute. To bad it's a problem, and not a solution.

Build info:

GA-X58A-UDR3
i7 930, stock cooler
OCZ Gold 6gb DDR3 1600
XFX HD-577x-ZNFC video card
XFX XPS-850-BES power supply
Coolermaster ATCS 840w case (so... pretty...irrelevant...but pretty)

Completely fresh build here, no bios changes, no overclocking, nothing. Originally, it booted up like a champ- the Memory LED lit up when I flipped the power switch, and a single short beep when I turned it on. Once I turned it on, no LEDs, everything worked great. I immediately popped in my Win 7 DVD, and before it had finished loading, it started boot cycling, always with a single short beep. At first, it progressed to the boot selection screen before it rebooted (boots about ~1 min apart). Every boot seemed to get closer.. after only a few minutes, there was no display, and the boots were seconds apart (~15?). The Phase LED spikes to red on every boot cycle, and the memory voltage LED stays at a single green and single orange.

I have unplugged all drives, reseated all my connections (power and otherwise), but now it's to the point where it won't even cycle- it only boots once, shuts down, and I can't cycle until I turn my PSU on and off again.

I've been through the stickies re troubleshooting, and the sticky on Gigabyte boards somewhere else (specifically addresses boot cycling). I've cycled all my ram through the appropriate slots (1-3-5), and tried configurations of each chip by itself in slots 1 or 3. I've moved the GPU to a separate slot. I don't have a spare PSU or GPU sitting around, otherwise I'd swap them. Any thoughts? I'm ready to squeeze my you-know-whatzers in a vise. Or maybe I'm just ready for bed.

Cheers,
Matt

My first observation is your MOBO - GA-X58A-UDR3 which is a frequent visitor, and my next guess is a short. If you've read the "Sticky" then you know I or anyone is going to ask you to remove the MOBO on a non-conductive surface. I assume you didn't forget to use thermal paste on CPU, and/or not too much.

Since, my best guess is a bad MOBO needing an RMA you're probably not wasting your time.

If you pull the GPU what happens? Does it still shut down? Last thing to look for are bent CPU pins.

All good stuff: PSU - good - single rail/Japanese capacitors/etc ; HD 5770 ; aluminum case ; OCZ DDR.

In my case the MOBO got progressively worst - http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ot-failure

What can I say?! After a month of trying everything I could I folded and replaced w/ASUS P6X58D-E. As I mentioned in the post they are production machines but even if they weren't - it's tough to have faith after happen later...

Keep trying, please let me know what you find. Good Luck!

I'm certain you already know - run PC & Mac - http://www.ihackintosh.com/

Nope I haven't tried yet - still recovering from the shock of setting-up {wasting my time} 5 of the 10 systems for the office, sending them back (RMA), and setting up {again} 9/10. I kept 1 and messed around on/off for a month, just sent it back last week. I'm "trying" a replacement UD3R to "see" if it can work.

Yeah, I know people have had success with Gigabyte {UD3R} which is one of the reasons I'm tying 1 more time. Besides the MOBO the GPU and everything else connected needs to be supported, and to my understanding the HD 5770 is supported.

I am by no means knowledgeable with hackintosh builds, but I used to have an office full of Macs until my business required PC stuff ~ Active X, etc. So I am excited about installing OS X. However, I know it will be a challenge!

As a "suggestion" I'd find a build that you can live with from either hackintosh or insanelymac...