Gigabyte Z68P-DS3 Rev 1.0 Power On Issue

[merovingian]

Greeting folks,

I've made this rig a little while back -

Gigabyte Z68P-DS3 Rev 1.0
Intel Core i3-2100
2 x 2GB G.skill DDR3 1333

The basic stuff, machine has been running for a good 10 months.
But now if I was to power down the machine and leave it off for a while, it won't power on again.

Did the basic troubleshooting, testing the powersupply with my LCD PSU tester. Everything seems in order with the power supply.
So did a clear CMOS, load default settings, starts up just fine, boots into windows no problem and goes about it's daily routine.

Shut it down, leave it off for a bit and bingo does it again.
Time to do some research, Bios version was @ F7 - went and checked for bios updates. F9 was available.
Flashed the bios to F9 - Default settings. Turns on just fine and boots into windows 7.

Shut it down, leave it off for a bit - won't power on. The moment I shut it down and leave it off for just a bit I can't get it back up unless I clear the CMOS.
I thought about the CMOS battery and I've used 3 different ones I had available, even one that was from a working system. It still does the same thing.

The computer works fine if I keep restarting it, but the moment I shut it down it's all over.
I reverted the BIOS and flashed it to F8 to see if there was any difference. Same deal.

I've put the bios back to F9 being the latest on the official Gigabyte support site, I came here to see if there was a new "beta" available but doesn't seem like it (unless I missed it).

So where I'm up to now is, I have good working hardware apart from the Mobo it seems as I've tested everything else seperately. It will post if I clear the CMOS, I can access the bios menu, I can flash and load into windows as long as I keep resetting and not shutting it down.

I'm gonna try the load optimized settings just for the hell of it now but yeah... Help please.

Mero

[wazza300]

what memory are you using and how much dram,cpu vtt voltage? seemslike a cold boot issue with your ram

[merovingian]

G.skill
F3-10666CL8D-4GBBRM
DDR3-1333 PC3-10666 2GBx2

Sorry I can't give you the voltage I can't get the thing to power on anymore.
This is starting to be painful lol

[merovingian]

I've changed CMOS battery and I was able to get it to power up, but 1 second later she'll power down.
What the hell...
I think I'm going to go buy some brand spanking new batteries.

[wazza300]

was that memory carried over from an older system? p55 x58? if so then that might be the cause,and are you running 32bit or 64bit? might be worth trying an 8gb dual channel 1600mhz kit?

[merovingian]

haaa, it was a brand new kit and it's been running for 10 months on that very system in dual channel.
Also I'm always running 64bit :)

[wazza300]

haaa, it was a brand new kit and it's been running for 10 months on that very system in dual channel.
Also I'm always running 64bit :)

ahh yeah i forgot about the 10months

seems strange that once shut down it wont power back on again,do you have another psu to try? i think its a case of ruling out components,seemslike its causing the mb not to boot up?

[merovingian]

I guess I will try a different PSU - but I did test most of the hardware including the PSU separately and they work just fine. I'll hook another PSU when I get home

[officekrc]

Greeting folks,

I've made this rig a little while back -

Gigabyte Z68P-DS3 Rev 1.0
Intel Core i3-2100
2 x 2GB G.skill DDR3 1333

The basic stuff, machine has been running for a good 10 months.
But now if I was to power down the machine and leave it off for a while, it won't power on again.

Did the basic troubleshooting, testing the powersupply with my LCD PSU tester. Everything seems in order with the power supply.
So did a clear CMOS, load default settings, starts up just fine, boots into windows no problem and goes about it's daily routine.

Shut it down, leave it off for a bit and bingo does it again.
Time to do some research, Bios version was @ F7 - went and checked for bios updates. F9 was available.
Flashed the bios to F9 - Default settings. Turns on just fine and boots into windows 7.

Shut it down, leave it off for a bit - won't power on. The moment I shut it down and leave it off for just a bit I can't get it back up unless I clear the CMOS.
I thought about the CMOS battery and I've used 3 different ones I had available, even one that was from a working system. It still does the same thing.

The computer works fine if I keep restarting it, but the moment I shut it down it's all over.
I reverted the BIOS and flashed it to F8 to see if there was any difference. Same deal.

I've put the bios back to F9 being the latest on the official Gigabyte support site, I came here to see if there was a new "beta" available but doesn't seem like it (unless I missed it).

So where I'm up to now is, I have good working hardware apart from the Mobo it seems as I've tested everything else seperately. It will post if I clear the CMOS, I can access the bios menu, I can flash and load into windows as long as I keep resetting and not shutting it down.

I'm gonna try the load optimized settings just for the hell of it now but yeah... Help please.

Mero

Same thing happened to me today.. Just goes in boot loop.. Was working great until i shut it down.. not powers on for 8 seconds no video..restarts.. I replaced CPU, Memory, Power Supply and Video card.. Unplugged all HD's.. Still notta!!