Recty Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I'm not sure what the issue is here, so I'll explain what is happening and hopefully someone knows what might be causing this. Basically, I push the power button on my computer and all the lights turn on for about half a second, then it all goes dim and quiet for about 3 seconds, then all the lights come on and everything starts up. It does this all the time, not just sporadically. So... it's still starting, but it just seems weird that it totally cuts off after a quick power on, then start up fully 3 seconds later. Is this normal? No overclocking, standard cooling. Any ideas? I'm thinking its the motherboard but also possibly the power supply, so if anyone could help me narrow it down that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 14, 2010 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 14, 2010 This is normal for some motherboards. You might just try updating the BIOS and loading defaults, but if it still does it, it may be normal for that board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recty Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 OK, thanks Ramguy. I'm having a hard time finding out information about it, I would think this would be all over Gigabytes forums but I'm not finding anything. Anyway, thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recty Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 And I'm just guessing from your reply that there is nothing in the 750TX that would cause this behavior? No sort of "power saving" procedure? This is not actually my computer, this is my friends computer I built for him a week ago. While I was building it, the slow startup didnt bother me a bit, it just seemed like a feature. He, an electrician, feels like it's having an electrical problem, OR that the power supply is so smart that it detects a spin up load (hard drives drawing more amps initially to get spinning) so it's shutting down power to most components except hard drives, then getting them spinning up to speed, then returning power to the rest of the build. Power supplies dont do that, correct? I've built computers for years and never seen this behavior so I cant 100% tell him that isnt what happening, but it's my educated guess that it does not work like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 16, 2010 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 16, 2010 The on/off functionality is controlled entirely by the motherboard. The PSU requires a signal from the motherboard to both turn on and to turn off. Unfortunately there are no settings in the BIOS or anything that can be altered with the PSU to change this behavior. The only likely thing that could change this behavior would be a BIOS update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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