P5KC startup question...

[fretman]

I have the P5KC mobo with the Antec Sonata 3 case. When I start my machine it runs for about 2 seconds. The light turns on and the fan turns on. But then it shuts down for about 2 seconds. And then it restarts again until the OS is loaded.

Can someone tell me if this is a normal startup process for this board? Is it a safeguard feature or something?

Or is it a defective board which may be causing me my ram problems?

Thanks.

 

[Binky]

Many P965, G33, and P35 boards do the same thing. My old Abit P965 board always does this and my newer P5K-VM (G33 chipset) board does it after I change something in the bios. I don't see the double boot thing on the G33 on normal boots where I didn't just change something in the bios.

Don't worry about it. Asus may "fix" it in a bios update but there really is nothing harmful about it. Some may say otherwise.

 

[fretman]

Originally posted by: Binky
Many P965, G33, and P35 boards do the same thing. My old Abit P965 board always does this and my newer P5K-VM (G33 chipset) board does it after I change something in the bios. I don't see the double boot thing on the G33 on normal boots where I didn't just change something in the bios.

Don't worry about it. Asus may "fix" it in a bios update but there really is nothing harmful about it. Some may say otherwise.

Yes, you are correct. It does the double boot thingy when I do a BIOS change or when I turn the power off to the computer using the On/Off switch at the back of the computer. When I do a normal shut-down and leave everything plugged in and then turn on the computer again it does the single boot. Good call. Thanks.