Hi all, thanks for reading this. This window ate my nice long post... grr.
The problem:
I just built a system.
I used a new Motherboard, Ram, and DVD burner. I bought a Q6600 SLACR from here on the FS forum. I used a year-old power supply that has been perfectly stable since day one.
Clocks are all at stock when it reboots, and it doesn't matter if it is under load or not.
There are no errors, no suspicious problems cropping up, just a instant black screen and then it calmly boots again.
It does this about once a day.
The system:
This is the PSU (Obviously the first suspect):
FSP Group AX500-A 500w
The Q6600 CPU doesn't need any introduction
The HDDs are generic IDE drives that worked in the last build.
The DVD Burner is a generic LG drive
It is built on a ASUS P5Q board, with 2x 2gb sticks of G.SKILL PC28000 @800mhz (Default for the board, I'm not regularly overclocking anything yet so I've left them at that).
The video card is a ASUS HD4850 (EAH4850).
The CPU is cooled with a Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer
All PSU leads are connected snugly: 24-pin to the board, 12-pin also to the board, PEG lead and peripherals.
GPU and CPU temps are normal, if not cold.
Reboots don't come any faster when using the included EPU-6 software to overclock and slightly up the vcore on the CPU.
CPU-Z (html, zipped): http://filebeam.com/3662adab3b8dafdb1f0ab3f2fb6388e0
GPU-Z: http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/08/10/25/cbz.png
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I've looked around, and most problems seem to only happen when overclocking on this board... But I'm not doing that =\... I did see mention of the PEG voltage in a stability fix, but I can't find the page I saw it on.
I've tried drivers, tried seeing when it happens, but nothing adds up.
Obviously the first suspect is the power supply, but I did a bit of research on it when I bought it, and even if it isn't one of the oft-recommended Corsairs, it was listed as a very stable one.
From what I can tell, the second 4-pin lead on the motherboard is only required when seriously loading system.. Am I wrong?
Again, thanks anyone who reads and gives input, if there's any other information you think might help you or I figure it out, ask and I'll try to get it.
The problem:
I just built a system.
I used a new Motherboard, Ram, and DVD burner. I bought a Q6600 SLACR from here on the FS forum. I used a year-old power supply that has been perfectly stable since day one.
Clocks are all at stock when it reboots, and it doesn't matter if it is under load or not.
There are no errors, no suspicious problems cropping up, just a instant black screen and then it calmly boots again.
It does this about once a day.
The system:
This is the PSU (Obviously the first suspect):
FSP Group AX500-A 500w
The Q6600 CPU doesn't need any introduction
The HDDs are generic IDE drives that worked in the last build.
The DVD Burner is a generic LG drive
It is built on a ASUS P5Q board, with 2x 2gb sticks of G.SKILL PC28000 @800mhz (Default for the board, I'm not regularly overclocking anything yet so I've left them at that).
The video card is a ASUS HD4850 (EAH4850).
The CPU is cooled with a Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer
All PSU leads are connected snugly: 24-pin to the board, 12-pin also to the board, PEG lead and peripherals.
GPU and CPU temps are normal, if not cold.
Reboots don't come any faster when using the included EPU-6 software to overclock and slightly up the vcore on the CPU.
CPU-Z (html, zipped): http://filebeam.com/3662adab3b8dafdb1f0ab3f2fb6388e0
GPU-Z: http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/08/10/25/cbz.png
-------------------------------------
I've looked around, and most problems seem to only happen when overclocking on this board... But I'm not doing that =\... I did see mention of the PEG voltage in a stability fix, but I can't find the page I saw it on.
I've tried drivers, tried seeing when it happens, but nothing adds up.
Obviously the first suspect is the power supply, but I did a bit of research on it when I bought it, and even if it isn't one of the oft-recommended Corsairs, it was listed as a very stable one.
From what I can tell, the second 4-pin lead on the motherboard is only required when seriously loading system.. Am I wrong?
Again, thanks anyone who reads and gives input, if there's any other information you think might help you or I figure it out, ask and I'll try to get it.
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