Gigabyte P67A-D3-B3 rev. 1.0 won't boot with i5 3570k

[Duratec]

I have installed the last version of bios - F7 and still, it won't boot with i5 3570k. Tried the stock heatsink and also Freezer 13.

When I turn it on, only fans start and after couple of seconds everything shut downs and it starts again.

Also tried 2 different PSU - Corsair CX 430W and Seasonic SS 650W HT.

I have i3 2120 Sandy bridge here and there is no problem with that processor.

Can you please help me? According to the sites the motherboard should support Ivy bridge architecture.



Edit.: Also tried to flash mother board bios to F6, didnt help


Thank you.

[favas]

Hi Duratec!

It's true that P67 supports Ivy Bridge processors. If you have BIOS F6 (or greater) you were not supposed to have such kind of problems.

Have you tried to unplug anything unnecessary (USB cables/devices, HDD, CD/DVD drives, fans etc) and booting with only the necessary stuff, like VGA and one RAM stick?
If so, did you face the same problem again?

You could also check if there is any bent pin in your motherboard's socket. There is a chance that you might have bent one or more pins while changing processors.

One last thing that comes to mind, is the CPU cooler.
You have checked if it is well placed, and you have also used thermal paste right?
Cause the shut down could be due to high temps.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

I would suggest that you clear the CMOS memory  because I suspect that although you updated the BIOS you didn't clear it then. Follow these instructions please:

Remove the power cable from the mains supply and then press the power switch on the case for a few seconds just to drain any residual energy in the PSU capacitors.

Once done remove the motherboard battery overnight  or for one hour before replacing it.
 
Next plug back into the mains supply and boot.
 
You will now need to enter the BIOS by pressing DEL and load Optimised BIOS Defaults.

Make any other changes to the BIOS settings to suit your self like disabling the floppy drive, disabling the full screen logo and making the HDD the primary boot device and then press F10 to save and exit.

[Duratec]

Thank both of you for your help.

The problem was with the RAM memory. I had it on dual channel and I tried to put the RAM memory only to the right pair of the slots - so it's in single channel and it booted with no problem.

Now I'm fine, but with single channel rams and locked at 38x multiplier, because there is no new bios that would support higher overclock at the moment.