GA-EX58-UD3R failure - TWICE!!

[jon.brewerton]

Core i7 build in September. Worked fine for 2mths.
Switch computer on - Fans spin and MOBO lights on for 1 second  - switches off for 2 seconds - Fans spin and MOBO lights on for 1 second - in a continuous loop. No beeps, nothing on screen.
New power supply, New Processor - no better
Only solution a new motherboard (same model)
Worked fine for 2 weeks then - Then exact same problem.
Looks like others have the same problem - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-256094_12_0.html
But am I the first to have this problem twice?
Could the RAM damage the motherboard?

[ETNiES]

Have you ran memtest86 on your ram? You should of done this first before replacing anything as its the easiest thing to check.

[jon.brewerton]

A good idea. I've given up on this Gigabyte MOBO though. I've ordered an Asus one. So when I get it, I'll do  memtest and report the result here for future info.

[jon.brewerton]

Installed new ASUS P6T SE MOBO. 3D Mark 06 reports it is significantly slower (13677) than the Gigabyte board (15881- not overclocked)
Memtest86 doesn't seem to like my 64-bit WIndows 7 system, so I can't check the RAM - but all seems to be working fine. I didn't even need to do a fresh install - presumably because it is the same chipset.

[oggmonster]

OS doesn't matter when it comes to memtest, you should just be able to burn the image to disk using nero image burner, or similar, then set to boot from CD http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

[jon.brewerton]

Thanks
I did Memtest86 and the RAM checked out fine - so I must have just had to fauulty boards - from different companies. What bad luck!
Jon

[Pottypete]

Hi,
Thats a bummer m8, mr murphys law,
Happy you got it sorted anway,
Cheers