DS3 turns off if the ATX power connector is moved

[Thasp]

I have the gigabyte DS3. It is a great overclocker but when I touch the ATX 24 pin power connector it turns off.

 

If I don't have it in the perfect place, twist tied so it puts force at the right angle, the board doesn't turn on. I find out what that is by setting it ot turn on whenever it sees AC power then wiggling the connector.

 

I tried the PSU on an ASUS board, and I could pick the board up by the friggin' connector, and wiggle the cable all I want. I also tried another PSU on the gigabyte and ASUS board, and concluded it was the mobo at fault.

 

I decided to buy a new DS3, rma the old one, and sell the one gigabyte sends me back.

 

Well yesterday I got the new DS3, this morning my computer turned off.. guess what, same problem. If I so much as touch the stupid connector, the power goes off.

 

The board is well cooled, the CPU is well cooled, the GPU is well cooled, the PSU is cold to the touch with a 1600 RPM 120mm fan on it.

 

Is there anything I can do to fix this? The fact that it happened twice in a row is a large motivation for me to RMA both these boards, sell off the new ones, and find something else. I've never had this problem with any other board before.

 

edit: Now I see why this decided to break today..

 

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[Thraxz]

Check for bent pins is really the only advice I can give (and maybe SLIGHTLY bent some so they make better contact.)

[Thasp]

Nothing is bent but visually the connection the end of the connector makes with the board is questionable at best.

[momoceio]

Did you ever find a fix for this? My brand new DQ6 mobo did the same thing last night...it wouldn't turn on so I touched the ATX plug and it turned on...touched it again and it turned off. I was maybe thinking that somehow the pins on the connector were going into the PSUs ATX plug but maybe some of the pins weren't touching the metal contacts...would be a long shot but you never know. The ATX port on the mobo didn't feel loose...

[Branjo]

maybe if you pushed a tiny amount of aluminum foil into the PSU's connector it would make up the difference if any, of course not being able to get it out again would be a warranty gone issue

 

BTW: Usual Disclaimer applies

[momoceio]

I think I figured it out...when I used a paper clip to jumper my PSU to leak test my WC loop I think the paper clip widened the green and black pins i used. I bent them back to the right shape and the problem seems to have gone away.

[Thasp]

Did you ever find a fix for this? My brand new DQ6 mobo did the same thing last night...it wouldn't turn on so I touched the ATX plug and it turned on...touched it again and it turned off. I was maybe thinking that somehow the pins on the connector were going into the PSUs ATX plug but maybe some of the pins weren't touching the metal contacts...would be a long shot but you never know. The ATX port on the mobo didn't feel loose...

 

I bought a better PSU, and the problem went away.

[Kingfisher]

I fixed my gigabyte board's habbit of restarting by returning it and buying an Asus board.

I had nightmare's during my overclocking testing with gigabyte motherboards.

[Guest IAmATeaf]

You really need to check both the mobo and PSU connectors as from the sounds of it there is/are 1 or more pins not making proper contact, leave things as they are and you've the makings of the mobo connector being burnt at some stage due to arching and incorrect contact.