GA-890GPA UD3H cold boot issues

[Cullen]

Hello,

I have a new system that has been nothing but issues.  I have an 890gpa-ud3h with 2 adata s599 SSD's in raid 0.  I have 2 2GB OCZ 1333 mhz sticks in both blue slots.  I had to change the timings of the memory and increase the voltage to 1.65 in order to get the system stable.  I also had to update the firmware of the SSD's to get the sleep mode issue fixed.  Now, I can run the system at 100% load for 14 plus hours with absolutely no issues.

However, if I shutdown the PC and let it sit for a while it will act VERY VERY strange on startup.  I would get all sorts of errors.  Programs would reset themselves.  Windows Essentials would stop working, etc.  If I pull the power plug for a while and then start it up, it runs forever again with no issues.   The reason why I think this is a motherboard or configuration issue, is that I have a 3 1/2" card reader that has power lights on it.  When the system runs well, these lights will light up as soon as I start the PC.  If they do not light up, it acts odd and will error on something or another. 

Has anyone ever seen this sort of thing?  I have been trying everything I see regarding CE1, and anything else. 

Thanks,

[Christoph]

do you shut down the computer and then power off the PS by the switch behind it?

when you switch that button on again, wait for a few seconds (15 seconds) before you turn on the computer


and another thing, you didn't mention the PS you have in your computer...

[Dark Mantis]

I have seen a lot of issues caused by these card readers before so it might be worth just removing the connections to it and see if the problem persists.