THE DREAM SYSTEM WHICH I HAVE PUT TOGETHER

[jlerm]

:disgust:
THIS IS MY SYSTEM
Motherboard Gigabyte Ga-965p-DQ6
CPU Intel X6800 2.93GHZ Duo Core Extreme
video card:Leadtech Winfast PX7900GTX THD Extreme 512MB
Runs 275/828MHZ Pipe cooled.
Ram OCZ PC2-8000 1000MHZ 2X1024 Titanium modules matched.Running as ps26400 800mhz.
Power Cooler Master 600w conections for 6 sata drives.2x6 for 2xpci express
1x8 for cpu.1x4 for cpu to save power.also 6xplugs for ide drives.
1x floppy drive
4x250gb segate sata11 h/drives 7200 (3gb)
2x160gb segate sata1 h/drives 7200 (1.5gb)
screenolyview 19" lcd screen with dual input.
one digital and one anologue conections.

 

[rogue1979]

Unplug everything but one stick of ram, one hard drive and your video.

Try to get into the bios and see what's up. I would start with loosening the ram timings and go from there.

 

[myocardia]

I would guess it's your psu. What are your voltages reading, in the BIOS? That's what usually causes a system to restart before it hit Windows, assuming that your cpu's heatsink is seated properly.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

I agree with the above poster, try and boot with the minimum components.

I suspect the power supply, of all your components it is the weakest link. And reboots prior to post are almost always a power issue.

With the heavy load of components you have you definately need a higer quality PS. Here's a quote from one of the reviews I've read about that PS.

"There has been a great deal of talk about this particular power supply having a rather bad habit of shutting down unexpectedly as well as not being able to power-on certain high-end systems."

A <$100 PS is not a good idea for such a high end system, the PS is the heart and soul of a PC

 

[Conky]

Try some different RAM. Lots of people have trouble with Gigabyte boards and OCZ. Here is the officially supported RAM for your motherboard.

You also have a lot of drives. Try with one to start.

 

[Baked]

The correct way to setup a Gigabyte C2D mobo and OCZ RAM is install ONE stick of RAM in the 1st RAM slot. Boot the system and go to BIOS, flash to newest BIOS, set the RAM timings manually. Install OS. Confirm system stability w/ Orthos. Then put in the 2nd piece of RAM. That's how I did it w/ my DS3 and OCZ Plats. Works for me.

 

[customcoms]

I'd be replacing that power cooler. http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10854

If its not on that list, I wouldn't be powering that tol system with it!!! The ram is probably the culprit for the time being though.

 

[Zap]

How about testing the setup outside the case?

 

[Corporate Thug]

another vote for PSU

 

[jlerm]

ROGUE 1979

thank you for your help but I have already done that
jlerm

 

[jlerm]

ZAP


thanks for your help this is what I have done since day one.
jlerm

 

[jlerm]

To all those who think it is psu
have tested other psu's with same result.
thank you very much for your help something else to look into.
jlerm

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: jlerm
To all those who think it is psu
have tested other psu's with same result.
thank you very much for your help something else to look into.
jlerm

It's your $75 psu that's causing the problems, man. You can't run a $2,000 computer with a $75 psu. You can believe us, or you can choose not to believe us, but we know from experience. Your "600 watt" Coolermaster psu has less power on 3 of it's 4 rails than the 500 watt psu that I'm using to power an X2 4400. And I'm not trying to run a ~150 watt video card with mine.

 

[customcoms]

What are the other psu's you are using to test? Probably not good units like OCZ or FSP etc. If you are using HIGH QUALITY KNOWN GOOD psu's to test, then RMA your board.

 

[theteamaqua]

lol teh problem with those expansive part is that u dont have guts to OC ... unless ur relaly reach

like me i have a cheapo $250 cpu so i just give it a lot of voltage n OC

 

[theteamaqua]

but ur board is not so good from what i have heard ... seriosly, get P5B DLX thats the best board for single card or Asus P5WDG WS PRO (it has to have pro or it doesnt support conroe , the non pro version) or P5W 64 WS PRO for multi GPU

 

[jlerm]

Thanks for all who tried to help the problem has been solved.
One little thing,I have been building computers for last 25 years but this problem had me tossed so as a last resort Gigabyte came to the party and replaced motherboard guess what computer works terrific now so it seems all the help was helpful but everybody was barking up the wrong tree but to all I am very thankful for your help.
Kind Regards:John.F.Lerm

PS:Till next time

 

[myocardia]

Haha, I've been wrong before. Glad to hear that it's working now. I would still check my rails; just because it's functioning doesn't mean that your expensive components are getting the voltage that they require.

 

[The-Noid]

All they did was give you an updated bios that works with that ram . They oculd have just sent you a new bios chip thouogh. For some reason the DS3 and all 965 boards at first couldn't support OCZ ram, because it needs to much voltage to start. But I guess that is what OCZ deserves for being one of the first to use D9GKX instead of D9GMH. Costs about 10$ per IC more and shows very little increase in performance. Oh well I am going off on a rant, hurray for all of us that spent 450$ on ram modules only to see Team's 3-3-3-8 D9GMH do the same speed.

 

[imported_Husky55]

Originally posted by: jlerm
Thanks for all who tried to help the problem has been solved.
One little thing,I have been building computers for last 25 years but this problem had me tossed so as a last resort Gigabyte came to the party and replaced motherboard guess what computer works terrific now so it seems all the help was helpful but everybody was barking up the wrong tree but to all I am very thankful for your help.
Kind Regards:John.F.Lerm

PS:Till next time

Wow!!! Thanks for posting this. I think I have the same PS, Coolermaster eXtremPower 600W which was pretty well reviewed!!!

 

[Ketchup]

I am glad you posted this and got it resolved. For those of you who obviously don't know, Cooler Master makes good power supplies and 600 watts is more than plenty for his system. Actually I did a little calculating and a 400-500 watt would have sufficed as well. I am also glad to hear the Gigabyte came through and replaced the board for you.