Hi,
This is my first post to this forum and i thank you very much in advance....
My problem: Intermittently, machine will not POST ? (CD/DVD drives keep flashing/resetting forever)? no ?beep?, and pc needs 4sec hold of power to shut down (don?t know if this gives any detail in sequence of post or not).
My Config:
K8N Neo2 Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Corsair Dual (Twin) DDR 1GB PC3200XLPRO ? in ?Auto? originally, now in 2-2-2-5 with 2.75 volts
Antec TRUE POWER 450 (modular PSU)
2x Seagate 200MB HD in Raid 0 (stripe) (on SATA 0 and 1)
Floppy
Sony 4x DVD+/-R and LG 52x CDR on IDE 0
EVGA NVIDIA 6800GT 256
BIOS 1.2 (as shipped)
- NO Overclocking
Sequence of issue:
I built the machine last weekend and hooked everything up (I know a mistake) and machine would not post?. So I started unplugging, started with IDE-0 and it posts fine. So I think ? ok so my issue is here?.replace IDE cable and move drives to IDE 1 and I am fine. Installed windows?soft rebooted many times, fully installed my whole system, programs, drivers, etc. THEN ? I did a HARD REBOOT. Problem comes back. I move CD Drives to IDE 0 and it boots fine again!.... Install games, play games for 5+ hours no problems.
Now I get this non-post issue every 3 hard boots or so. First boot after the problem, bios tells me I have a failed OVERCLOCK, adjust in setup?which is BS but I have to go to bios settings, change nothing, then it boots fine.
One other thing ? the memory is supposed to be a 2.75 volts according to Corsair, so I changed that (bios seting is RED ? not recommended) and this change does not seem to affect anything (can post and operate normally for a while then get no post again).
I have built 10+ systems and this is the most frustrating issue ever for me!!! My guess was:
1) loose connection ? nope ? reset everything 3x
2) Power ? tried using different power connectors for 6800GT card but don?t know if there are any specific issues here (maybe the card needs a connector with nothing else on it?)
3) RAM / CPU / MB issue: I have tried moving ram in slot 2/3 but same issues. I reeeeely don?t want to have to re-seat the athlon64.
THANKS FOR ANY/ALL INPUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is my first post to this forum and i thank you very much in advance....
My problem: Intermittently, machine will not POST ? (CD/DVD drives keep flashing/resetting forever)? no ?beep?, and pc needs 4sec hold of power to shut down (don?t know if this gives any detail in sequence of post or not).
My Config:
K8N Neo2 Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Corsair Dual (Twin) DDR 1GB PC3200XLPRO ? in ?Auto? originally, now in 2-2-2-5 with 2.75 volts
Antec TRUE POWER 450 (modular PSU)
2x Seagate 200MB HD in Raid 0 (stripe) (on SATA 0 and 1)
Floppy
Sony 4x DVD+/-R and LG 52x CDR on IDE 0
EVGA NVIDIA 6800GT 256
BIOS 1.2 (as shipped)
- NO Overclocking
Sequence of issue:
I built the machine last weekend and hooked everything up (I know a mistake) and machine would not post?. So I started unplugging, started with IDE-0 and it posts fine. So I think ? ok so my issue is here?.replace IDE cable and move drives to IDE 1 and I am fine. Installed windows?soft rebooted many times, fully installed my whole system, programs, drivers, etc. THEN ? I did a HARD REBOOT. Problem comes back. I move CD Drives to IDE 0 and it boots fine again!.... Install games, play games for 5+ hours no problems.
Now I get this non-post issue every 3 hard boots or so. First boot after the problem, bios tells me I have a failed OVERCLOCK, adjust in setup?which is BS but I have to go to bios settings, change nothing, then it boots fine.
One other thing ? the memory is supposed to be a 2.75 volts according to Corsair, so I changed that (bios seting is RED ? not recommended) and this change does not seem to affect anything (can post and operate normally for a while then get no post again).
I have built 10+ systems and this is the most frustrating issue ever for me!!! My guess was:
1) loose connection ? nope ? reset everything 3x
2) Power ? tried using different power connectors for 6800GT card but don?t know if there are any specific issues here (maybe the card needs a connector with nothing else on it?)
3) RAM / CPU / MB issue: I have tried moving ram in slot 2/3 but same issues. I reeeeely don?t want to have to re-seat the athlon64.
THANKS FOR ANY/ALL INPUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
