Do X58 motherboards turn on and off when starting like X38 and X48 boards?

[Minerva]

I find this "feature" extremely annoying and all boards 975, X38, X48 from Gigabyte, Asus, DFI, and Intel that I've used/tried do it!

 

[pm]

I have an X58 board but I don't understand the question.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I understand. I don't know why either. I've noticed it since my A8R32 mvp d. board - very annoying but it must be part of some pre-posting sequence cause all my boards since then have done it.

 

[mb103051]

Some early boards did it with the p35 chipset but a later bios solved it ..its normal for them to do this but i agree its kinda annoying and scares you when you first get the board and it looks like somethigs wrong when it starts to post and quits for a moment ...
Check with the tech support on the board manufacturer and see if a later bios will cure this..asus did cure this with a bios update....

 

[HunterDT]

I notice that when I change my BCLCK speed on my Gigabyte X58 board and press F10 to save and restart, it powers off and sits there for a few sec before starting back up. Gave me a scare at first, lol

 

[falc0ne]

this is a power suply test. the intel based chipset MB have this test. The MB checks weather the power supply is OK/has enough power to run the configuration- something like that. I've first noticed on a intel P965 based MB. Very annyiong -agreed.

 

[Minerva]

Ok so I am not going crazy.

Thank heavens for delay motor start on drives though! Before the pumps and TE's were time delayed the lights actually flickered slightly when the system was first powered up! :Q