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Afternoon all,
I've been having this intermittent problem with my PC (see signature for specs) for a while and I'm desperate to sort it.
Day to day it works absolutely flawlessly. When its in Windows its rock solid. Temps are fine (min 30's max 60's), it can run Prime 95 for days with no errors and ive never had it crash when playing games or when watching various types of media.
However, every so often it won't post or get past the BIOS screen, it will then cycle through a few reboots and eventually stop and make a beeping sound. This problem usually happens after the comps been restarted either through the start menu or by physically pressing the reset button on the tower or sometimes after Windows has updated itself and automatically restarts.
To temporarily fix the problem and make the computer post and loads Windows as normal all i have to do is go into the BIOS and reload the saved overclocked BIOS settings i have then save and exit the BIOS. After doing this the comp boots normally...for a while anyway...Fairly simple to rectify but its annoying as i have to swap cables to see the BIOS screen as the TV i have it hooked upto doesnt show it (different resolution), plus its not ideal and i want it to boot normally all the time dammit.
Im sure its something to do with the overclock because when the problem occurs and before reloading my saved BIOS settings, if i go into the MIT section of the BIOS a warning in a red box pops up saying the following "The system has experienced boot failure becuase of overclocking or change of voltages. Last settings in this page may not coincide with current H/W states. Press any key to continue."
There's obviously an instability of some sort going on but i'll be damned if i know where it is or how to fix.
I have been told that it might be the mobo battery that's running low but i replaced it and problem persists. I also have the latest BIOS available from Gigabytes website (F13d).
Does anyone have any ideas about what's happening and how to stop it?
Cheers.
EDIT: I can post my current BIOS setting's and a CPU-Z report if that will help to diagnose any problems.
I've been having this intermittent problem with my PC (see signature for specs) for a while and I'm desperate to sort it.
Day to day it works absolutely flawlessly. When its in Windows its rock solid. Temps are fine (min 30's max 60's), it can run Prime 95 for days with no errors and ive never had it crash when playing games or when watching various types of media.
However, every so often it won't post or get past the BIOS screen, it will then cycle through a few reboots and eventually stop and make a beeping sound. This problem usually happens after the comps been restarted either through the start menu or by physically pressing the reset button on the tower or sometimes after Windows has updated itself and automatically restarts.
To temporarily fix the problem and make the computer post and loads Windows as normal all i have to do is go into the BIOS and reload the saved overclocked BIOS settings i have then save and exit the BIOS. After doing this the comp boots normally...for a while anyway...Fairly simple to rectify but its annoying as i have to swap cables to see the BIOS screen as the TV i have it hooked upto doesnt show it (different resolution), plus its not ideal and i want it to boot normally all the time dammit.
Im sure its something to do with the overclock because when the problem occurs and before reloading my saved BIOS settings, if i go into the MIT section of the BIOS a warning in a red box pops up saying the following "The system has experienced boot failure becuase of overclocking or change of voltages. Last settings in this page may not coincide with current H/W states. Press any key to continue."
There's obviously an instability of some sort going on but i'll be damned if i know where it is or how to fix.
I have been told that it might be the mobo battery that's running low but i replaced it and problem persists. I also have the latest BIOS available from Gigabytes website (F13d).
Does anyone have any ideas about what's happening and how to stop it?
Cheers.
EDIT: I can post my current BIOS setting's and a CPU-Z report if that will help to diagnose any problems.
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