GA-G33M-S2H

[delmontebanana]

Hi all,

Just a quick bit of advice and your views on this board.

Recently bought the GA-G33M-S2 but upon plugging everything in the CPU fan wouldn't start and the BIOS wouldn't load.
Retried, replugged everything into my old mobo, all systems were ok... !
Tried it again, and same thing, CPU fan wouldn't start, no beeps.

I went to get a refund and got a free upgrade to GA-G33M-S2H!
And guess what, same problems... CPU fan won't start. I've checked everything.

I'm in a dilemma now whether to just get a refund maybe my CPU and Fan don't get along with the mobo for some strange reason.

Has anyone else had any problems with this/these boards, or would you know a solution?

Thanks in advance for any responses.

 

[gorobei]

you should post your rig components before you start a thread like this.


first thoughts are the standards:

-only use one dimm and hope that it's the ram needing more voltage than default.

-PSU is insufficient for system needs

-check the cables 20+4 and 4pin 12v.

-remove bios battery for 30min and replace. or get new bios battery.

-remove MB and re-assemble outside just in case you have some sort of ground/short issue with your case.

The fan not starting up immediately isn't all that telling. Gigabyte boards don't spin up till a bit past post and boot. (something about not enough heat)

 

[delmontebanana]

Thanks gorobei.

Forgot to post my rig up:

2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo.
4 GB Kingston DDR2 800Mhz RAM (4 sticks)
Sparkle 256MB 8500GT
400Watt PSU

At the time of testing, I had 1 stick of RAM, all power cables checked and rechecked.

I'm gonna test the bios battery thing tonight, and try it with my 500watt PSU instead.

Thanks for the tips

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: delmontebanana
I went to get a refund and got a free upgrade to GA-G33M-S2H!

That's not much of an upgrade since you're using a PCI-E card. Reason is that this one is geared more for HTPC usage with onboard HDMI, which sacrifices the PCI-E 16x slot. Now, you may see a 16x slot on the board, but in reality it runs electrically at 4x.