Right so the situation is I ordered a new GPU and set of RAM. A nVidia 560 and 8GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM.
I replaced my old card, and installed the RAM. PC booted fine, installed graphic drivers, restarted, pc booted fine, warned me overclock couldnt be completed or wouldnt work (obviously as the RAM had been replaced), so I selected an option to reset to manual/original timings/settings for something (sorry cant remember exactly). As the old RAM timings would be 5 5 5 12, and the new ones being something like 9 9 9 27. (Before you ask, my MOBO has 4 DDR2 slots, and 2 DDR3 slots, so It can use DDR3)
PC booted, the CPU was back to its stock 2.4GHz. Did some updates, restarted my PC a third time and then it just wouldnt boot.
It just hangs on a blank screen with an orange standby light on the monitor.
Now I thought this ment the GPU was faulty, so I reverted back to my old one, no luck.
I took the DDR3 out and put the old DDDR2 back in, it booted, put the new card back in paired with the DDR2 it booted and I enjoyed a long gaming session on it.
But now, this morning its hanging on a blank screen with the orange standby light again, and I am totally stumped.
[B]Any help or suggestions?[/B]
Did I fry my DDR3 somehow? I dont understand how it would all function fine for 3 boot ups and then randomly not boot unless I stuck the DDR2 back in.
And why did it work flawlessly for hours on end with the new card and old RAM, only to not boot and do the standby thing again this morning?
Does this sound like a PSU problem? I checked to make sure I had enough AMPs on the 12V to run the new card, it needed something like 38 and I have 3 rails at 18a for a total of 54amps on the 12V. And if it was a PSU problem, why did it boot multiple times and run flawlessly for hours on end only to not work today?
This is my PSU: [url]http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=2793#sp[/url]
This is the GPU: [url]http://www.ebuyer.com/267731-asus-gt...ii-oc-2di-1gd5[/url]
[B]Current Specs[/B]
Asus 560 DCII OC 1GB
Intel Q6600 @ 2.4
Asus P5KC aiLifestyle Mobo
4GB Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400
Gigabyte 720W PSU
Anybody? Any idea what this sounds like? Cant really afford to replace anything right now :/
I get the same problem when my memory timings were bad. You need to play with your memory timings (the 9 9 9 27). Try changing them higher. Look up what they have to be compared to your cpu frequency.
But how can I change them when I cant even get past a black standby type screen?
PC powers up, everythings running, but the monitor is blank and on the orange standby light :/
Ill try reverting back to my 7600GT and DDR2, rather than the 560 and DDR2 that is there currently, once I get back from work. Hopefully I can access the settings then perhaps.
Oh boy i didn't think about that. My motherboard goes into a "safe-mode" when it fails to start up, automatically resetting all the timings to their default values.
Find a way to reset your cmos memory.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdp_L5IxaNI[/url]
This should help.
Thanks man, I reset my CMOS and its running fine now. Still cant get it to boot with the DDR3, really wierd. But for now, Ive just got the 560 and 4GB of DDR2 installed and re-overclocked my Q6600 at 2.8.
Runs BF3 effortlessly on high :D
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