mikerand Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 I have a system which seems to boot sometimes and not at other times. when i turn the computer on the two leds on the motherboard for memory and system standby go on the fans all start-the one for the cpu and the powersupply, the hard disks wirr up when it works i get a beep and a solid power light and a blinking hard disk light and a bios message on the screen as the computer continues to boot up into windows but when it doesnt work like now: i get a blinking power light that stays blinking and no beep the hd lisk stays solidly on and the drives whir on. and the system just sits there. i dont see the bios message on the screen. any suggestions on what is happening or how to trouble shoot the system? taking componants out of the loop does not seem to help e.g. going to one stick of memory and no hard drives. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branjo Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 What kind of PSU do you have and whats the amps on each rail? and what version of All in wonder is it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branjo Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 , what Chipset drivers are you using. I also had that Hard drive LED being constantly lit, it drove me nuts but I changed to the NF3 remix drivers and added an extra PSU and it fixed it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPDMF Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Give the memory 2.7 volts and the chipset 1.7 volts. My rigs would only do that at stock speeds if I had the memory timings too tight or not enough voltage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerand Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 DFI LANParty UT nF3-250Gb Phoenix AwardBios AMD 64 3000+ 2x512mb value select DDR-400 Ram ATI AGP 9600 all in wonder video card <<<< Maxtor 250 gig eide drive western digital 160 gig drive coolmax 500x power supply <<<< thanks for the help so far Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branjo Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Just a few more things BIOS version? Chipset Version? Have you added any new hardware lately? and What are your RAM timings? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerand Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 Just a few more things BIOS version? Chipset Version? Have you added any new hardware lately? NO<< and What are your RAM timings? bios version is recent if not most recent not sure what chipset other then nforce 3 250 mb it now booted up when i held the recet switch in could it be temperature related? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branjo Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 sorry I mean the Chipset drivers like nVidia 5.11 Chipset driver because the drivers on my CD the board came with gave me nothing but problems. And I updated my BIOS the day I got the board because my temp sensors said the board was 10 degrees C higher than what they actually were. What kind of HeatSink Fan are you using to cool your CPU? and If you have your RAM is in slots 1+2 try switching them to 1+3, 1 being closest to your CPU and see if that helps any Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerand Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 your question: sorry I mean the Chipset drivers like nVidia 5.11 i am using 511 although i downloaded a newer version which i have not tried yet. i am using a artic cool freezer cpu cooler i have ram in 1 and 2 and tried moving them around even using slot 1 and 3 it did not seem to make a difference although if i go down again i will try it two other peculiarities: i tried using 3 512mb ram sticks all the same kind but the computer did not seem to like that so i have stuck with just 2 also given the problems i know not to shutdown completely recently when i needed to reboot but when i used restart it was like shutdown. in the past the system would restart as long as i did not actually shut it down. you said: What kind of HeatSink Fan are you using to cool your CPU? and If you have your RAM is in slots 1+2 try switching them to 1+3, 1 being closest to your CPU and see if that helps any Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branjo Posted December 23, 2005 Posted December 23, 2005 Ok do not use your ram in 1+2 use it only in 1+3 loads of people including myself have found better stability that way, Im not saying it will solve your problems but it surely wont be adding to them Check this post out " http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33581 " look at how many things this guy tried and the suggestions he was given only to find out that it was his ram in slot 1+2. Also the 5.11 drivers are a very large cause of instability try a search of the fourm for 5.11 drivers and you will see how many people had issues with them, So try the older 5.10 version or download the nVidia NF3 Remix drivers from here http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1271 I use the Remix drivers like I said because the IDE drivers on the 5.11 gave me extremely poor transfer speeds and gave me the HDD led always being lit. I did a google search for your PSU and the it looks like a good one so I wouldnt think power was your issue. Did you try also what CPDMF said and give your RAM and Chipset a little more voltage? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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