rsmittee Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I just built my new rig. In short, here's what's happening.... It started up fine the first time. I set basic Bios info (system time, device boot order, etc.) and Windows loaded without issue. I can restart the box without any problem. If I do a Windows shutdown, I can start it up again within an hour or two, and everything is fine. ***However, if I shutdown and don't power on the box for more than a couple hours, it will not post. Fans spin, and I hear the HDD spin up, but no Post. I have to switch off and back on the PSU before it will post, and at that point I have to go back into Bios and start over as the system time and everything else revert back to defaults. Is this behavior indicative of a defective PSU as I've read elsewhere, or should I be looking at a different component? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted February 18, 2011 Corsair Employee Share Posted February 18, 2011 Not usually, but do you have another PSU you can test with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmittee Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Yes, I'm testing with a Corsair 620W modular, and I'm getting the same strange behavior. Any suggestions? I've already RMA'ed the motherboard for a different issue, so I'm doubtful I got 2 bad boards in a row. I'm at a loss. I've been messing with this for a month (flash a new version of the bios, try different memory, replace the cpu cooler, replace psu, etc, etc) Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmittee Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Turned out to be the motherboard (again). There's something wrong with the PCI-e slots. It works fine with my old PCI video card, but the PCI-e card causes the Bios Amnesia as someone put it on another forum. Hopefully this will help someone else avoid the pain I've had in troubleshooting this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted February 18, 2011 Corsair Employee Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thanks for the update, glad to hear that you were able to isolate the issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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