PC Restarting Before Boot

[PsychoPigeon]

would a p31-p43 mobo not work? they are cheaper than the p45's

 

[BananaDunka]

Something like this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-101-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1485

Would be fine yeah.

 

[PsychoPigeon]

orderd,will let you know how it turns out, thanks for the help

 

[PsychoPigeon]

Got the motherboard, connected everything up and still no boot. No beeps. Nothing. However the graphics card is restarting itself, the lights on the graphics card i'm assuming it uses like a post beep are flashing on and off in sequence with the fan. It wasn't doing this with the old motherboard. I have no idea what's going on.

 

[BananaDunka]

The PSU connectors are all in? if so then it's a puzzler that

 

[PsychoPigeon]

i did actually forget to put the 2 x 6 power connectors into the card, but have done that and get the same result. Also if i turn the board off using the power button on the case then it just starts up again(it's all still out of the case and i have been using a screwdriver to start the board up).

 

[VARDY]

when you say theres no beeps, are you making sure that there is a speaker plugged in? most boards these days do not come with a speaker which i find rather strange considering most enthusiasts would want them.

it could be the CPU, if possible you could try to find another to test it out

 

[ben90]

Hey dude is that the ripsaw memory modules?

I am getting a similar problem where my PC restarts for 9 seconds, then restarts again for another 9 seconds and then once more, it will then boot up perfectly normal.

 

[Locke]

Sounds like your memory isn't compatible with your Motherboard.

 

[PsychoPigeon]

Are you talking to me Locke or the person above?

I have a friend lending me his gfx card so once i test that it has to be the CPU.

 

[PsychoPigeon]

tested the other graphics card and it made no difference. Took it down to a local PC shop and although the guy looked clueless he did think it was the CPU. Does it sound like a CPU issue?

 

[PsychoPigeon]

i put everything back in the case and am getting 3 short beeps then the system restarts then it continuously does short beeps. Still no BIOS screen

 

[PsychoPigeon]

The PC has booted up, i'm still using the old motherboard and it's worked fine, i have no idea what so ever what went wrong.

 

[Evil^]

Your not alone, i too have had this before when i first built my pc i had a Asus P5B but then swiftly moved on to a P35C-DS3R and the thing just wouldnt boot up, my card would be on full my drives would tick but nothing would show and at this point i got really annoyed so i unplugged everything connected to the board and plugged it all back in and it started fine after that until i installed 7 if i left it and it hibernated it wouldnt come back all my fans would stay on until i unplugged everything, happend 4 or 5 times

i tried to dig a bit deaper on what had happend but couldnt find anything

 

[Locke]

Are you talking to me Locke or the person above?

I have a friend lending me his gfx card so once i test that it has to be the CPU.

To you, that motherboard does have some compatibility issues with 2gb ram modules, so I was just letting you know that it could be the ram.

 

[biuro74]

During bootup motherboard beeps, if there's something wrong with any of the components installed on it (except BIOS responsible for beeping).
So try to take out some components (or all of them) and see if mobo beeps or not. If it it doesn't with no components, it means mobo or BIOS is corrupted. Otherwise you can specify which part causes not beeping - and that must be a culprit.

 

[Evil^]

that motherboard does have some compatibility issues with 2gb ram modules

Where did you find this out if you dont mind me asking?
about to buy some hyper x and this has slightly put me off