Endless reboot with x48-ds4?

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Rydawg5143

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So everytime i would shut my computer off, whenever I would turn it back on it would power up for a few seconds then shut off it would then turn back on clearing bios and resetting my OC.

In trying to remedy this I was told to reset cmos. So I pulled the battery out and reseated the cpu and HSF. Reinstalled all the hardware and plugged it back in. Now it just reboots after powering up after a few seconds. I get to the Gigabyte logo screen and thats it. I can hit tab to get to the post screen but nothing happens ( it shows my memory and cpu but wont couple my sata drives like normal) It just sits at that screen. I hit delete to get into bios and nothign happens.

Please help. I have my 2nd GPU coming monday and would liek to fix this :p
 
What were you doing before this happened? Trying to OC? Came back from work/school to this problem?
 
ive had the board a week and its been doign it since. It does it when oc'd and when at stock speeds. I read somewhere that someone had this issue and turned out they had a bad PSU. Well my 750 corsair is rock solid and worked fine with my previous mobo at 4.0 GHZ with 0 problems.
 
i finally got it to reboot.
I took out the mobo and saw that not all the contacts where grounded where the screws go in. Would this be an issue?
I got the comp to start and windows at stock seems fine. will start by adjusting 2-3 bios setting at a time
 
Glad you were able to fix it.

Double-check the contacts before you close your case and ensure that all unnecessary contacts are removed from the case. (Unless you reverted all of your settings back to stock, I doubt that you'll have to make many changes.)
 
i wish i could find a good guide on this mobo bios settings. i've found some of what i need but not all :p Damn i cant wait till monday and 2nd 4870 comes in! wait did i say that already.
 
I take it that the online manual was just as useless as the paper one?
 
about the same.

Im runnign into the same issue again, except everythign at stock is fine.
I set up everything outside of MIT and start computer, al stock with the other setting tweaked it runs fine and when i reboot it doesnt reset bios.
Soon as i start messing insdie of MIT once i restart it will double boot and reset bios...
 
Like prevously. I can set my overclock and save/exit and it boots up fine with the setting. but soon as i restart or turn off, whenever i power it on next i'll get a power on then off and 2nd boot will reset my OC back to stock. I'm lost. I can't even set a .01 OC and have it reboot with the OC.

Is there some setting in bios that im missing that says my shit wil reboot as stock each time?
 
Most motherboards use a CR2032 watch battery for the CMOS. You can find those almost everywhere. (But don't buy them from electronic/computer stores as they tend to overcharge for them.)
 
Try this:

BillParrish said:
For the other stuff I am guessing (and thats all it is, a guess) its the hibh voltage memory it does not like. Clear the bios with the jumper on for at least 1 full minute with the power off or unplugged. Load "failsafe defaults" from the bios, reboot and go right back into the bios and load "optimized defaults" and save and reboot. Go back into the bios and leave everthing alone except the memory. When I say leave everything alone I am mainly talking about in the MIT overclocking menu, in the other menus set the stuff that is normally set based on your hardware. In the MIT menu set the timings to manual 5 5 5 15 and set the voltage to +.4 (you might have to boot with just one stick until you get the memory voltage set). Make sure everytime you go in the memory multiplier is set to 2.0. On automatic reboots/resets it like to change that, lock it down/check it every time to 2.0.

Do that and let us know. The idea here is to:
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Reset all the boards timings and voltages (there are a bunch automatically set you cannot see) back to factory except the main memory timing which we set loose and the needed memory voltage.
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Also, flash the BIOs to the newest stable BIOs revision.
 
i reset the bios twice via taking out the battery and same problem happening. Would using the jumper be any different?

Also I have the latest bios
 
this sucks. guess im going to have to return this board.

searching google n such pretty much shows that other people have this issue. Not one person i have seen shows how to fix it unless RMA. People talking about gettign 2-3 RMA's before getting a good board. Dunno how this board gets such great reviews on the egg :( anyways

What other x48 boards are really good. Is Rampage really that good. Egg has it for a few bucks off? Any other ideas ?
 
Man, such bad luck.

I am the one that recommended the DS4 to you so go ahead and take my recommendation with a grain of salt but this mobo looks promising:
DFI LANPARTY DK X48-T2R Intel X48 Motherboard - $220

I personally don't think the Rampage is that good. But since you just had a bad experience with a mobo I thought would be good, the Rampage may not be a bad choice.
 
So i talked to Gigabyte, they told me nothign will fix it, and return it to vendor ( Egg).
So i take out old ds4 and put back in my ep35-ds3l. It wont boot into anything, just turn on for a couple secs and reboots and does this forever. Reseated cpu and checked all wiring, took out soundcard/gpu etc to see if it was somehting liek that, no go. I'm about to loose my mind.
 
well I went to MC and got a EP45-ds3r. seems to be running great. all stock with only 1 GPU in gives a score of 13445. I'll be returning the ds4 and getting my money back. my ds3l will be RMA'd and when it gets back ill probably build a new comp for gf. Gigsbyte = 1/3... so far.......
 
Rydawg5143 said:
So i talked to Gigabyte, they told me nothign will fix it, and return it to vendor ( Egg).
So i take out old ds4 and put back in my ep35-ds3l. It wont boot into anything, just turn on for a couple secs and reboots and does this forever. Reseated cpu and checked all wiring, took out soundcard/gpu etc to see if it was somehting liek that, no go. I'm about to loose my mind.
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Ok, I have the exact same issue with my ds3 board, e6600, 2 gigs of ram (OCz platinum), HD 4870 and a Antec 850W PS. So I was wondering how did you fixed the endless reboot? I would really appreciate it.

And 2nd... so this is an issue with Gygabyte not liking ATI cards?
 
I unplugged my External HD and it fixed it. Something about Gigabyte doesnt like some Ext HD and cause the start up to look at the External HD for bios and OS... i know dumb but thats what works
 
Rydawg5143 said:
I unplugged my External HD and it fixed it. Something about Gigabyte doesnt like some Ext HD and cause the start up to look at the External HD for bios and OS... i know dumb but thats what works
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LOL! Still the funniest fix I've heard of in a long time. :D
 
Isnt it a feature of the board? If the system is not stable it will reset the CMOS instead of you having to remove the battery for a bit.
 
Rydawg5143 said:
I unplugged my External HD and it fixed it. Something about Gigabyte doesnt like some Ext HD and cause the start up to look at the External HD for bios and OS... i know dumb but thats what works
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YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME?!?!?! omFG damm gygabyte... gg I will try that once I get out of work
 
I had the same problem which turned out to be the OCz DDR2-800 Titanium ram.
The memory will not run at 1.8V which the board defaults to after a CMOS reset and causes endless rebooting with the very occasional successful boot.
Using different memory to change the memory voltage I got the machine running but decided to replace the ram.
The problem is gone.

I am using OCz DDR2-1000 Titanium which does not have this problem.
 
I have OCZ Gold which runs at 2.0V. Comp won't even post. I stuck in some generic DDR2 533 that I currently use and finally got the Gigabyte load screen, but nothing works after that. TAB doesn't get me to anything, DEL doesn't get me to BIOS. It was extremely frustrating last night. But F12 did get me to boot menu. It's a new build, so I need to install Vista, but the only drive with a + was my HD. DVD drive didn't load anything.

And sometimes, I get non-stop reboots, Gigabyte load screen, reboot, Gigabyte load screen, reboot. I'll check the grounding stuff like you said.
 
When I get a chance, I'll read this thread and see if I can help. reply for sub. :p

Laxx said:
I have OCZ Gold which runs at 2.0V. Comp won't even post. I stuck in some generic DDR2 533 that I currently use and finally got the Gigabyte load screen, but nothing works after that. TAB doesn't get me to anything, DEL doesn't get me to BIOS. It was extremely frustrating last night. But F12 did get me to boot menu. It's a new build, so I need to install Vista, but the only drive with a + was my HD. DVD drive didn't load anything.

And sometimes, I get non-stop reboots, Gigabyte load screen, reboot, Gigabyte load screen, reboot. I'll check the grounding stuff like you said.
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This sheds some light onto your issue. Your board does not support DDR2-533, so its likely OC'ing it to DDR2-667 and thats where your endless reboots occur. I should probably post this in your thread, lol.
 
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