Please help me troubleshoot my motherboard.

[Tired of the Bull]

Maybe someone here can give me a resolution for the following problem that MSI has yet to respond to:


I recently purchased the K7T Turbo-R and have a possible problem with the board.

All case connectors are hooked up correctly and the computer runs but I have a concern with the way it powers-up.

The computer is plugged into a surge protector and when I turn on the master power on the surge protector the computer will try to power-up before I hit the power button on the computer. This should not happen, correct? The lights on the front of the computer and the CPU fan all power-up for 1 to 2 seconds and power-off. Then when I push the "Power On" button on the computer it turns on completely. Everything works fine at power-down. What could be causing this problem and is it dangerous to the components installed in the computer (CPU, Video Card etc..)?

I have the following hardware installed:

ATI Radeon AIW
SB Live X-Gamer
3Com PCI 10/100 LAN Card
Creative PCI WINMODEM
750 T-Bird
512MB of Crucial 133 CAS2
Plextor 12X10X32 IDE
AFREEY 50X IDE CDROM
IBM 45GB ATA 100, 7200rpm
Western Digital 20GB, 5400rpm
Antec PP-303X


A follow on to the e-mail I sent to MSI is that I played around in the BIOS with Power setting (things like wake on LAN etc...) and the stupid thing will boot completely when I power on the surge protector. No need to hit the power button on the case.

 

[mgc]

There is a power management setting in the BIOS that allows you change how the computer reacts when power to the computer is lost and restored. Ususally Power On or Stay Off. Essentially the computer believes it the power has been lost and restored when you turn on and off the surge protector.

 

[Tired of the Bull]

mgc,

I saw that setting, it was set to AUTO. Should i set it to OFF?

 

[LordEdmond]

if its restart after power loss ( not sure what your may say) set it to OFF

note my rig tries to start on pluging in the power cord just for a split sec. cooling fan just turns

I think its a psu feature as the caps charge ( inrush) the psu gets the power on signal

 

[Tired of the Bull]

LordEdmond,

Sounds exactly like the problem I'm having.