Startup trouble with GA-P67A-UD4

[Per.C6]

I'm having some trouble with the start up of my PC.

The problem is that when I press my power button, the PC starts up, then powers down, and then fully starts up. That little powering down joke in between starting up sometimes happens 1x, sometimes 2-3x.
It really concerns me and I have no idea why it does this. I hope someone can help me out? Thanks in advance.

Specs: Intel i7 2600K, Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (still running the F3 bios), Corsair 8Gb  DDR3, Gigabyte 560 TI Nvidia, 128Gb SSD sata3 (OS drive), 2x 1TB WD Sata2 raid0stripe, 600Watt Cougar. (hope that is enough info).

Cheers

Per.C6

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

I seem to remember you posting this same question a couple of days ago ?
Did you not get a reply then ?

[Per.C6]

This is my first post ever, I did originally send this question just to you. And you advised me to post it so everyone could read and help.

[Dark Mantis]

Oh that's right I thought I remembered it.

Are you still using the original BIOS version that was supplied with the motherboard ?

[Per.C6]

Yes It still runs on F3, is that known to cause this trouble?
Also does it matter if I use a fancontroller (meaning the CPU fan is not directly linked to the Motherboard)?

[Dark Mantis]

The use of the fancontroller shouldn't present a problem but you will need to turn off the CPU Fan Alarm in the BIOS so it doesn't just think it has failed. I guess that you haven't got a buzzer installed. If I am correct I would advise putting one in as they are very useful. I really don't know why manufacturers have stopped supplying them for the next to  nothing cost involved.

The BIOS would be a good idea to update to the newest version. However it is a little more complicated the first time on this board as the BIOS and utility have a bug. What you must do is go to the download page for your motherboard and download the latest @BIOS program and use that to run the update. After the first time you can revert to the usual recommended way of using QFlash for updates.

[Per.C6]

What do you mean by 'Buzzer'?

[Per.C6]

Ow nevermind I guess this is what you mean, http://cgi.ebay.nl/Motherboard-Case-Speaker-Buzzer-BIOS-Beeps-UK-/220642698710

[Dark Mantis]

Yes that is exactly what I meant. They are available from nearly any computer store as well as Ebay.

[Per.C6]

Hey there, I did a bios update (after trying a million times, because of that startup problem is failed allot of gave errors and therefore resetting it with the backup bios) but the problem is not completely gone yet. When the computer is on and I restart it (due to updates or just to test) it works fine. It restarts in a single try. But when my computer was off overnight and I wanted to turn it on again in the morning it took 3 or 4 times to startup. Any other idea's?

[Dark Mantis]

What BIOS version are you running now ?

Have you synchronised both BIOSes with the same version ?

[Per.C6]

Bios version is now F7 (just F7 not the F7B beta ), I have not synced them, so the backup bios is still F3 then. Guess I will try that next then. Fingers crossed. Didn't think that would matter since it will only use the backup bios when there is trouble with the normal bios, or does it still have some influence also in normal situations?

[azzbarb]

i'm having the very same issue with my Intel i7 2600K, Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4, f7 bios,
 it restarts about 5 times before it lets me get into win7, it was fine when i put this system together for a few days on the original bios,
 i'm getting sick of it now i should of stuck with my old trusty asus board with a core2duo

[Dark Mantis]

I think it would be worth trying to synchronise the two BIOSes as they can have a bearing on each other.

To do that, reboot and where you would normally press DEL to enter the BIOS, instead press Alt + F12, this will flash the Backup BIOS with the MAIN BIOS contents.   Do not worry when you see a recovery comment, that is normal and means it is flashing the backup BIOS.

[Per.C6]

That is weird, so you did not have any bootup trouble with the original F3 Bios?
I already had the bootup problem with the F3. with the F7 it got slightly better.
At first (with F3) I had this problem all the time: at first startup, when rebooting after updates, or just rebooting, turning it Off and then On again.
With the F7 so far the problem only occurs when the computer has been turned off for a longer time. Rebooting gives no issues anymore.