965P-DS3 Problem...

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TitaniumZX

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I just built a new system with the following: E6400 CPU, Gigabyte 965P-DS3 motherboard, 2 GB OCZ PC6400 RAM, Antec 550 watts, and an ATI X800XL. I currently have it clocked at 3008 MHz (376 X 8) and can prime all day without any errors. However, when I reboot, the machine will shutdown, restart, shutdown, restart, shutdown, and finally boot into Windows Vista, all on its own. If I perform a shutdown, it will boot up normally.

Is this normal and do you all think the problem is with the motherboard? I'm thinking I got a returned/used motherboard because the time and date were current in the BIOS. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
TitaniumZX said:
I just built a new system with the following: E6400 CPU, Gigabyte 965P-DS3 motherboard, 2 GB OCZ PC6400 RAM, Antec 550 watts, and an ATI X800XL. I currently have it clocked at 3008 MHz (376 X 8) and can prime all day without any errors. However, when I reboot, the machine will shutdown, restart, shutdown, restart, shutdown, and finally boot into Windows Vista, all on its own. If I perform a shutdown, it will boot up normally.

Is this normal and do you all think the problem is with the motherboard? I'm thinking I got a returned/used motherboard because the time and date were current in the BIOS. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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What BIOS are you on? Supposedly the F7 is still the best. fewer "boot" issues, possibly what you're talking about.

Have you tried a different FSB setting, like 8x400? The FSB strap gets reset at 400 FSB so its easier to boot there. Right under 400FSB, like you are is a little bit more stressful on the computer.
 
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