GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

[Jugement]

Hi.
I bought this rig for some time now. I boot and it says, BOOT FAILURE.........everytime i start from scratch.

I reset and it starts ok. Then the system is stable and it never fails.

board: GA-EP45-DS3R, BIOS F10.
Ram : OCZ REAPER ,2GB (2x1024) D/C Kit PN - OCZ2RPR11502GK
OCZ DDR2 PC2-9200 Reaper HPC Edition
CPU : Intel dual core 8500.
O/S : Windows XP sp3.
Graphics : Radeon 4850.
Hard disk: samsung spinpoint 250G.
Thanks for the replies.

[profJim]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

Did you load Optimized bios settings before you made any bios changes?
Please post your bios settings using this bios template or the one below it.

1) List your system components in your forum signature.
--> User CP tab (upper left corner of web page)
--> select Edit Signature
--> enter your hardware components (brand, model, etc.)
--> include your bios version
--> preview
--> Save when complete
Be sure to include your bios version, motherboard version, power supply, cpu heatsink/fan setup and the model numbers of all components.

2) Link to your ram's full specifications.

3) Fill in the generic bios template with your bios settings.
--> Fill in Auto where appropriate.
--> Update "??" values with what is displayed in your bios.
For EP4x motherboards, using either of these EP43/45 bios templates.

4) Include a screenshot that displays:
Memset using the SPD and ">>" tabs
cpu-z CPU and Mainboard screens (several instances can be run at the same time)
EasyTune6 --> TUNER tab --> ADVANCE tab --> VOLTAGE tab (only the Voltage tab is needed)

Links for these programs are in the Latest Overclocking Programs, System Info, Benchmarking, & Stability Tools thread.

[Jugement]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

For starters, if i remember correctly, i did this after upgrading the bios to vF10 !

[Chike]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

Does the boot fail when trying to load windows from the disk?
To disable the LOGO screen for more details press the DEL key when powering up, enter advanced bios settings and disable Full Screen LOGO.
When you say reset, do you mean you press the reset button?

[Jugement]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

After dmi pool data success, (which takes a long time, couple of minutes )it says, boot failure, insert boot disk..........
so i press the reset butto
n on the pc and it loads windows alright..

[profJim]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

Are you booting with any USB drives connected to your system?
Posting your bios settings from the linked to template might show the problem.

[Chike]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

After dmi pool data success, (which takes a long time, couple of minutes )it says, boot failure, insert boot disk..........
so i press the reset butto
n on the pc and it loads windows alright..

And this happen on first cold boot or just any cold or warm boot?
In the post screen is the boot disk being ditected before it fails?

[Jugement]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

Every time i do a cold boot , it fails. All i do is press the reset button and windows loads in no time.
This week i installed Windows 7 RC on a second hard drive (thinking it may be my primary hard drive being the problem), and the pc behaves the same way.

Cold boot. I press the on button, the post screen shows correctly my drives, dvd, memory qty and then there is the long list of peripherals . After a good 3 to 5 minutes, i get at the bottom of the screen DMI pool data success.
Then i get...disk boot failure, .
So i press th ereset button on the pc and it loads quite fast and im back on the desktop. From there, the pc runs fine, never fails.

[Jugement]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

Are you booting with any USB drives connected to your system?
Posting your bios settings from the linked to template might show the problem.

No , i am not.

Ok i will post my settings. thank you.

[Chike]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

Where exactly is the delay? BeforeUpdating DMI poll data, between updating and success, or after?

EDIT: BTW does it always write success after updating DMI pool data after a cold boot?

[Jugement]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

It just so happens that it does not write sucess. I saw it once, but retried booting 3-4 times this morning and never saw DMI pool success???.

[Jugement]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

Did you load Optimized bios settings before you made any bios changes?
Please post your bios settings using this bios template or the one below it.

1) List your system components in your forum signature.
--> User CP tab (upper left corner of web page)
--> select Edit Signature
--> enter your hardware components (brand, model, etc.)
--> include your bios version
--> preview
--> Save when complete
Be sure to include your bios version, motherboard version, power supply, cpu heatsink/fan setup and the model numbers of all components.

2) Link to your ram's full specifications.

3) Fill in the generic bios template with your bios settings.
--> Fill in Auto where appropriate.
--> Update "??" values with what is displayed in your bios.
For EP4x motherboards, using either of these EP43/45 bios templates.

4) Include a screenshot that displays:
Memset using the SPD and ">>" tabs
cpu-z CPU and Mainboard screens (several instances can be run at the same time)
EasyTune6 --> TUNER tab --> ADVANCE tab --> VOLTAGE tab (only the Voltage tab is needed)

Links for these programs are in the Latest Overclocking Programs, System Info, Benchmarking, & Stability Tools thread.

Here are the settings

MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Robust Graphics Booster ...............: Auto
CPU Clock Ratio ..........................:9x
Fine CPU Clock Ratio.....................:.+0.5
CPU Frequency ...........................: 3.16GHz

Clock Chip Control
Standard Clock Control
CPU Host Clock Control..................: Disabled
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) ............: 333Mhz
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz) .........:Auto
C.I.A.2 .................................:[Disabled](should it not be 2.1v ???)

[Chike]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

It just so happens that it does not write sucess. I saw it once, but retried booting 3-4 times this morning and never saw DMI pool success???.

That's actually OK, it should report success only if there was some change that required it. I was thinking maybe the CMOS battery is low.
Did boot fail those 3-4 times you have tried?

[Jugement]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

Yep, everytime. It never boots correctly. I have to reset to get to the desktop.

[Chike]

Re: GA-EP45-DS3R wont boot

Just saw your settings, were the changes you made nesessary?
Yes at 1066 ram needs to be set to it's specs for DDR-1066, at stock settings with XMP auto you can leave it on auto, just check BIOS HWmonitor that it is not overvoltedt too much otherwise set it to a values a bit lower then it's specs.