GA-H57M-USB3 will not boot up

[fufu457]

Just bought a new motherboard. With nothing else plugged in except for the 24 pin ATX connector, when you try to turn it on, it starts up then immediately turns off. Then about one to two seconds later it turns on again then turns off. Tried it with the EPS connector plugged in and the same scenario. The same with or without CPU. The same with a different power supply. Could this be a faulty motherboard?

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.
Well a nice easy one for a change. You need to also plug in the connector block near the CPU for the 12V. It won't work at all without the CPU/heatsink/fan assembly

[fufu457]

Had both the ATX 24 pin connector and the ATX_12v_2X4  connectors plugged in and the same problem. It starts up then shuts down.

[Dark Mantis]

OK then can you list your hardware please including the PSU make/model?

[fufu457]

Thermaltake Lanbox Lite,
GA-H57M-USB3,
i5-655K processor,
Thermaltake Slim3 CPU cooler,
OCZ Stealth Stream 400w Power Supply,
4G OCZ OCZ3G1333LV4GK memory

[Dark Mantis]

Thanks that gives us more to go on.

I take it you are using onboard graphics?

The PSU is  less than recommended to run this board.

It sounds like a power or overheating problem so these would be the things to look at first.
 
Did you remember to use a good quality thermal paste when installing the heatsink/fan?

What beeps do you get when trying to POST?

[fufu457]

The system never even goes thru post. it turns on for one second then shuts off, waits about two seconds and turns on and then shuts off repeating the cycle. Also can you please tell me where inthe manual I can find the specifications for the recommend power supply size.

[Dark Mantis]

Well I don't have the revision of your motherboard so I can't give you the exact page but this will take you to the right area:

http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/support-downloads/download-center.aspx?kw=GA-H57M-USB3&ck= 

Page 23 of the manual.

I can tell you though that the recommended size is 500W minimum.

[Lsdmeasap]

Do you have the memory in the white slots?  If not please move it there.

Then try clearing the CMOS, if that does not help remove the CPU and check to be sure you do not have any bent pins.

A larger PSU would be ideal, but I think you should be able to boot with no graphics card installed and that PSU, I could be wrong though and that PSU may be too small or even not compatible.

Test with another PSU if you can borrow one, before you remove the CPU to check for bent pins.  That would be a last resort unless you aren't sure about it, if you check be careful so you don't bend any while trying to check.

[yashoshah]

Hi fufu457 - I am new to this forum and going through the same plight as you were in regarding this board.
Just wanna know-- is the booting problem fixed? if yes - How? Please give detailed info.

My specs are:

Intel Core i3 540
GA-H57M-USB3
Corsair-4 GB XMS3 RAM
i-Ball ATX Power supply- 400 Watt
SATA 160 GB & SATA 500 GB
No Graphics Card.

[yashoshah]

Got the board from RMA- there were some bent pins. Now the system is booting up, goes thru POST and am able to enter in BIOS, but it shuts down while loading OS and restarts, this goes on and on in loop till i switch off the power. Is there still a problem with Motherboard or is it something to do with BIOS?

System Specs are:

Core i3 540
GA-H57M-USB3 Rev. 2.0
Corsair CMPSU-750 TX 750 Watt Power Supply
Corsair 4 GB RAM

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

I would say make sure that you are running the latest BIOS version. (use QFlash if you need to update)

Clear the CMOS  completely.

Make sure that memory is in the correct slots and check with Memtest86+ for at least ten loops each. (any errors and the memory fails)

Make sure that all power plugs are connected properly.

[yashoshah]

Thanks for the reply, now i am not annoying you by PMing.

I checked the BIOS- it is latest F9- though i used Q-flash to re-update with latest ver. (F9) available on website.
I cleared the CMOS.
All my power connectors are OK.

Still the problem is there. I tried loading both Win 7 32 bit and XP SP3 32 bit on two separate partitions on HDD (160GB SEAGATE), but the system reboots after the windows graphical image pops up on screen.

[yashoshah]

And of course, the memory is in correct slots, though i have not checked it with memtest.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

Well I think it would be worth testing that memory like I said with Memtest86+.

Perhaps you could give us a complete list of your components in your system please? Makes/models.