Issues with new build (booting issue)

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Kris

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I just recently built a new computer. Here are the specs:

AMD Athlon X2 4600+
abit KN9S Motherboard
Gigabyte Geforce 7600GT
2GB (1GB X 2) Corsair DDR2 800
10k RPM WD Ratpor 150GB HD

For some reason only 1 out of every 5 or 6 boots will the computer boot fine (it installed Windows XP in about 20 minutes and seems extremely fast and stable when it actually boots). When it doesn't boot it will either sit on the screen that lists information about your computer and it'll either show just the CPU, just the RAM, both the CPU and RAM or nothing but the title at the top and at the bottom where it says "Press Del to enter Setup"

I can't figure out why it's doing this. Everything seems to check out and everything was reconized when I booted into Windows. It sounds like the BIOS is mis-configured but I can't figure out what. I disabled the floppy (as I do not have one) and changed the boot order to remove floppy. I changed the Halt option from "All, But keyboard" to "All Errors" which I thought would fix it and at first it seemed to as it booted fine twice in a row but now it does it again.

I've cleared the CMOS and even reset the BIOS settings to the Fail Safe settings.

Any recommendations?
 
Not sure what vdimm is but I found the issue: Apparently having USB devices plugged in causes this issue. It shows how to place the jumpers to fix this issue but I tried it on a few and it didn't seem to help, though removing my USB devices makes the system boot flawlessly.

Anyone have this or a similar motherboard with the same/similar issue with advise?

Thanks
 
ta addict#2 said:
vdimm=ram voltage,glad you found the fix
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Oh ok. I haven't needed ot do anything other than change the timings with the ram (it was, by default 5-5-5-18 when it should be 5-5-5-12. It seemed to run fine with the default but I didn't want to risk it).

Thanks
 
Kris said:
Not sure what vdimm is but I found the issue: Apparently having USB devices plugged in causes this issue. It shows how to place the jumpers to fix this issue but I tried it on a few and it didn't seem to help, though removing my USB devices makes the system boot flawlessly.

Anyone have this or a similar motherboard with the same/similar issue with advise?

Thanks
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I used to have an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard that wouldn't boot with my iPod plugged in, but worked fine with my external hard drive plugged in. My solution was just to unplug the iPod when I booted. I didn't boot that often as I kept the machine on 24/7.

Lyquist
 
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