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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: BradA on April 01, 2014, 11:38:26 pm
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I am having the exact same problem noted in http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?PHPSESSID=l8dhkl8bsa128k8sqg8ekua2c5&topic=6264.15
Though it warned me against replying to an old topic, so I am opening a new one. I bought the components a long time back, so I am almost certain it is out of warranty. I have a 500W power supply and it will startup properly if I short the pins that tell it to do so. The systems starts for a couple seconds and stops long before any beeps happen and no POST is shown. I am running with 2 memory sticks (Corsair) and a dedicated XFX graphics card. I currently have the battery pulled to see if it can reset.
I will enter all the information if that has value, but I wanted to see if I have any point in doing so at this point. Or should I just trash it and try with something else since it is long past normal warranty periods? The system has not been used. It just got set aside almost built until a week or so ago.
The odd thing is that it did startup to the BIOS screen once. I stopped it, packed everything in the case and then it was back to this weird behavior.
Can I do anything or did I wait too long?
EDIT: I only have the power supply (Silverstone SST-ST50f-p) connected to the video card and both motherboard connections to try and get to the BIOS menus. I should probably try the onboard video to remove one more thing. I have not hooked anything in other than the case (Silverstone HTPC GDO6B) to simplify what is trying to start up. It should fail with the lack of a boot drive, but it doesn't get that far. Could I boot without memory at all?
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You can try what smashly is posting and it might kick in the backup bios. http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,12165.0.html
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This gave me the knowledge to tell a friend.
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You can try what smashly is posting and it might kick in the backup bios. http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,12165.0.html
I will try that, thanks. I tried a new PSU and it will boot with only one memory chip in, seeming to like only one of the pair I had. It cycles before properly starting even then. Really annoying as I replaced everything but the motherboard, CPU and cooler. I am not impressed to far and I suspect I should just scrap it and start with something more current.
EDIT: Those steps didn't help, it still repeatedly tries to startup, but it does seem to eventually startup if I leave it alone long enough. I am not sure how to tell what the current BIOS version is, but I can get to either the BIOS setup or Flash utility loader so I will try patching it to the latest BIOS. I have not tweaked any values and just used it as it was.
EDIT2: It is Rev 1.3. Manual tells where to look. I am going to try and boot with both memory sticks in later and see if it will finally startup. I briefly got the boot screen for a short bit earlier, but then it went back into the reboot cycle. Annoying.
How do I know what revision I have? Is it 1.0 if it is not labeled? Where is the label? Nothing near the name that I could see.
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Rev is listed lower left hand corner of the board right next to the mounting screw hole.