Re: Troubleshooting newly built GA-M57SLI-S4

In article <xtrasico.35wpxr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
xtrasico.35wpxr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...

Hi people. I am new. My first language is spanish, so I apologize for
any error.

First about me: I am an auditor / fraud investigator. I have been
working / playing / building / fixing PC's since 1988, but I am not a
certified tech nor a programmer. I just do what is needed to be done. I
have fixed a lot of PC's, from software to hardware problems. I use the
www for almost every troubleshooting diagnostic I have to perform, so
you know I am not an excellent technician.

For the past 6 months I have been buying parts for my new PC. I just
built it last night and I have a "little" problem. It boots/POSTs and
sends the video signal which turns on the monitor, identifies video card
bios, identifies the mobo, id's the CPU, id's correct RAM amount and
type, and detects drives. Right after this fast detection process it
just turns off, about ten seconds after I turn it on. If I turn it on
immediately it wont send the video signal and the monitor wont turn on.
It just stays there with all fans working, power led on, and the LAN
card leds working (yellow and green leds blinking). I have to disconnect
the power and let it rest for a couple of minutes. Then it can be
rebooted, but the same error occurs again in the same 10 seconds. If I
press DELETE I can get into the BIOS and I can see the hardware monitor
section and it reads 24-25 degrees, so it is not overheating. Anyway, it
is not going to develop a lot of heat in ten seconds so I think we can
rule that one out. Since it stays on when I reboot I think we can rule
out power supply issues. (This happens when I use video cards in SLI
with both PSU's and with a PCI cheappo card with a single PSU.)

Right now it has only the minimum hardware required to boot (mobo/cpu,
main PSU, one stick of ram, cheappo pci video card) because I am trying
to find the problem. Still the same problem. I don't have a spare
motherboard and CPU to test them.

Here is my PC configuration:
mobo: Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4
CPU: AMD X2 5600+
RAM: Two sticks of 1GB of G-skill DDRII PC2-6400 CL 4-4-3-5 2.0v-2.1v
(2gb)
Video: Two nVidia 8800GTS 320MB PCI-e in SLI
Add Video: nVidia FX5200 128MB PCI for testing purposes.
Drives: Two Hitachi 250GB SATA 7200rpms non-raid setup
DVD: LG DVDRW-DL
PSU: Logisys 575w
Video cards PSU Thermaltake W0099 Power Express 250w

I can't get to the memory timing menu on the BIOS because it turns off
very fast. I have cleared the BIOS settings with the mobo jumper. I have
loaded optimum settings and failsafe settings from the BIOS because
that is easy and I can do it in under ten seconds. It just does the
same.

Thanks for any help you can provide to me. I really appreciate it.



Only white collar criminals don't like *Fraud Auditors.*:confused:
I wonder why... :D


My guess. The motherboard is sensing something getting hot and
shutting down. Check to make sure the processor fan is plugged
into the correct header on the motherboard.

Check to see that the heatsink grease was properly applied and
any heatsink plastic coverings were removed.

Try another heatsink fan. Maybe the one you are using doesn't
provide enough of or the proper signal for the motherboard.

Remove the side cover and use a desk fan to blow air at the
motherboard. If it's an overheating problem it may allow your PC
to run cool enough for long enough to get into the Bios and check
your settings.

Bill
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