repeated reboot. help troubleshooting the problem.

[thetechfreak]

@Sam
I think you are getting closer to run your PC. Reset CMOS again and try. You should really try with another Psu if possible. Properly refit everything again including processor to see if it helps in any way. Was the hard drive attached when you used my RAM?

 

[coderunknown]

reseted cmos 2-3 times. but at least the select CMOS setting page should have came. psu can be the culprit. but only way to test it is to take it to a pc shop.

i read about no display problem on this board on tom's h/w. once with a FX proccy.

just now i tried TF's ram on all slots & PC nicely boots up. tried installing windows but as it shows loading windows, BAM!!! reboot. its so much unpredictable

Was the hard drive attached when you used my RAM?

nop. only ram.

sent a mail to Gigabyte support. lets see if they can pinpoint what can be the cause of this whole mess.

UPDATE: connected GPU & 1 of my corsair stick on slot1 and dvd drive. inserted a linux live cd & it ran fine till files load then reboot. but loaded back to bios immediately. second reboot & monitor went blank. reset button as ever won't work. turned off ups & turned on again. pressed power button. cpu fan working but monitor remained blank. parents are asking me to take pc (cabinet only) to pc shop & get it sorted out there.

thinking of getting a cheap 400-500 bucks psu & testing my system without GPU. advisable?

 

[topgear]

You better test the PSU IMO.

 

[coderunknown]

thats exactly what i am gonna do today.

 

[thetechfreak]

Update
Sam actually switched PSUs and now everything is fine
he is using a beat up Psu from my download machine and just called to confirm that everything is smooth as silk. Looks like my 3 year old iBall is proving to be more durable than a infinitely better Fsp Saga

 

[coderunknown]

lol. update came from you. not unexpected. thanks man for the PSU. will buy a cheap one tomorrow. today i'll let my pc run on your PSU to confirm that old PSU was defective. maybe some loose cable. will send it for RMA soon. i read yesterday aditya infotech deals with FSP RMA.

hope this is the end of all trouble for me (the PC i mean). struggling with study & over that a bad PC.

thanks everyone & special thanks to techfreak

 

[CA50]

^ so the final culprit is the PSU

 

[coderunknown]

yes man. i tested everything except PSU till now. maybe some loose cable.

 

[topgear]

Nice to know that you have pin pointed the trouble maker

BTW, when did you bought that FSP PSU ? and FSP offers 2 or 3 years warranty ?

 

[coderunknown]

yup. in that process got a new motherboard & maybe a new HDD (in RMA process now). next is what, a new PSU?

i brought PSU along with rest of my system on July 2010 from ITWares. Saga II series carries only 2yr warranty.

UPDATE: got a call from courier company that my hard dive has arrived. but they failed to deliver today. maybe tomorrow.

 

[topgear]

Use a cheap PSu as a temporary unit and send the FSP PSU for RMA and see it they gives you a new one as replacement or not - think about anything else later

 

[coderunknown]

using techfreak's spare PSU. will buy a temporary one tomorrow & give the FSP for RMA. i just hope their system too runs unstable when they test it. i have not tested the PSU on anyone else PC.

 

[thetechfreak]

@Sam
will you come tommorow? My old pc has same problem as this. So hopefully if you come we can fix it

 

[coderunknown]

sure. will return your PSU too. call me in morning time.

received hard drive. more details here