Thread: HeavyG goes Sandy Bridge?

I had a very similar problem when I upgraded to my gtx 590....

The problem was that the current draw at startup was too much for the power supply.

What it did was completely different though, besides doing nothing but running fans and led's, (power button got no response). The only thing it broke was the motherboard, it fried the cpu socket, not the cpu (lucky me). I assume due to wildly varying voltages when under too much load.

The power supply itself was fine, I installed it in another less demanding system and it ran perfect, used a multimeter on all leads... perfectly fine.

It was like once I tripped the PSU's protection it wouldn't start untill a much less demanding load was put on it.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by hannibal

The UEFI mobos are finikey, sometimes mine does not boot, or goes into an infinite boot cycle if I turn on my esata drives in the wrong order. Heaven forbid I try to change my config. My point being do not give up just yet.

-H

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

The double-POST with adjusted BCLK is used because without this feature the range of BCLK becomes extremely limited and needs to be increased with successive POSTs (eg. boot at 101, enter BIOS then set 102, boot at 102 and then set 103 etc), so we do this for you. Other vendor boards don't have this and users find themselves having to enter BIOS multiple times to achieve reach BCLKs over 103 MHz. It's just how this new architecture "works" I'm afraid. As you pointed out, if you don't like the double-POST, you can set BCLK to 100.0 MHz manually.

Regards
ASUS Customer Support

Hannibal, perhaps this may be part of the issue. If your BCLK is above 100, it looks like it will reboot a few times until the BCLK is set to where you want it. Just may be something to consider when adjusting the BCLK.

Originally Posted by HeavyG

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,

The double-POST with adjusted BCLK is used because without this feature the range of BCLK becomes extremely limited and needs to be increased with successive POSTs (eg. boot at 101, enter BIOS then set 102, boot at 102 and then set 103 etc), so we do this for you. Other vendor boards don't have this and users find themselves having to enter BIOS multiple times to achieve reach BCLKs over 103 MHz. It's just how this new architecture "works" I'm afraid. As you pointed out, if you don't like the double-POST, you can set BCLK to 100.0 MHz manually.

Regards
ASUS Customer Support

Hannibal, perhaps this may be part of the issue. If your BCLK is above 100, it looks like it will reboot a few times until the BCLK is set to where you want it. Just may be something to consider when adjusting the BCLK.

Hmmm... How would I check to see if this is my issue. I'm not good at doing advanced things in bios

Having really bad luck with this build. I received my new motherboard today, hooked it up... PSU, CPU, and Memory only on a post surface. This time, the board starts, but the CPU and DRAM LED lights are both on (red), no video signal.

The other thing is that my memory is getting way super hot to the point where it almost burned my finger. I think this board is fubar. Sadly this means another RMA, and another week or so before I get a working system.

I am considering contacting Newegg and getting a motherboard from a company other than ASUS, but we will see. The P8Z68-V Pro board has ALL of the features I want and more features than any Z68 board available in that price range. Maybe I will just swap it out again... if it doesn't work, I will ask for a full refund and move on to something else.

Oh, and I validated it wasn't the CPU. I currently have a 2500K in my posession, and it will not post with that or my 2600K.

Originally Posted by HeavyG

Having really bad luck with this build. I received my new motherboard today, hooked it up... PSU, CPU, and Memory only on a post surface. This time, the board starts, but the CPU and DRAM LED lights are both on (red), no video signal.

The other thing is that my memory is getting way super hot to the point where it almost burned my finger. I think this board is fubar. Sadly this means another RMA, and another week or so before I get a working system.

I am considering contacting Newegg and getting a motherboard from a company other than ASUS, but we will see. The P8Z68-V Pro board has ALL of the features I want and more features than any Z68 board available in that price range. Maybe I will just swap it out again... if it doesn't work, I will ask for a full refund and move on to something else.

Oh, and I validated it wasn't the CPU. I currently have a 2500K in my posession, and it will not post with that or my 2600K.

What ram are you using? Please post a link.

-H

So after 3 motherboards, turns out it was the CPU that was the root of my problems. Popped the replacement in today and instant post! I will be working on it tonight. The funny thing is that I was not able to post with my friend's CPU. Perhaps the bad CPU damaged the motherboard socket.

Oh well.. MY RIG IS QUAKECON BOUND BABY!!!

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