I was among the many who experienced and had to deal with early Gigabyte DS3 problems. Originally had OCZ ram, had to get Patriot ram instead. Everything had been working great and completely stable for months, until a couple days ago.
My Sony DVDRW drive was no longer showing up, so I opened the case up and checked the connections. The IDE into the motherboard seemed a little loose, so I pushed it in tight and started the computer up. It started normally, but there was 'No Signal' to my monitor. Very strange. Turned it off, checked the video card, made sure I hadn't bumped it, turned the computer back on. At this point, I get a series of rapid beeps, then it shuts down and repeats. Manual says this is a DRAM error. WTF? I hadn't even touched the RAM.
So I start going through the kind of crap that I did when I got the board. Try one stick of RAM in different slots, two sticks in secondary slots, etc. Depending on where I put the RAM, I get either the DRAM rapid beeps, or a long continuous beep (power error). Very confusing! Time to reset the CMOS. No change. Same crap.
So I go from having a perfectly functioning and stable computer to having a computer that will not start up, and all I did to trigger that was push the IDE cable back in a little bit.
What. The. Hells. Is. Going. On. ???
Any help?
BTW: The computer is not overclocked at all, and the PSU is a Seasonic 430w.
My Sony DVDRW drive was no longer showing up, so I opened the case up and checked the connections. The IDE into the motherboard seemed a little loose, so I pushed it in tight and started the computer up. It started normally, but there was 'No Signal' to my monitor. Very strange. Turned it off, checked the video card, made sure I hadn't bumped it, turned the computer back on. At this point, I get a series of rapid beeps, then it shuts down and repeats. Manual says this is a DRAM error. WTF? I hadn't even touched the RAM.
So I start going through the kind of crap that I did when I got the board. Try one stick of RAM in different slots, two sticks in secondary slots, etc. Depending on where I put the RAM, I get either the DRAM rapid beeps, or a long continuous beep (power error). Very confusing! Time to reset the CMOS. No change. Same crap.
So I go from having a perfectly functioning and stable computer to having a computer that will not start up, and all I did to trigger that was push the IDE cable back in a little bit.
What. The. Hells. Is. Going. On. ???
Any help?
BTW: The computer is not overclocked at all, and the PSU is a Seasonic 430w.
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