New Rig: Intel i5-2500k

sygnus21 said:

Lordbob75 said:

Tews said:

Dear Lord of Bobs... I hate you!!!


j/k ... Nice rig!!

Thanks Tews, running real nice like right now (except for that RAM issue)

~Lordbob

Did you get that BIOS updated yet? Results?

BIOS didn't seem to fix it, but I flipped the TPU switch on the motherboard and now Windows uses all 8 gb.... I really have no idea what the problem is there.

I also am still getting the issue where when I turn on the computer it starts, the turns off, then starts back up a few seconds later. Alternatively, it will turn on then sit there pre-BIOS without loading.... This happened 4 times this morning.

I am wondering if my power supply is going or something, as this happened with my last parts too.

~Lordbob

sygnus21 said:

Honestly it might be a BIOS issue. That's the one bad thing about new tech - the growing pains. I would spend lots of time at Asus forums posting and learning about that board. I did this when I got my Gigabyte board as I had to learn its quirks and whatnots. I do this anytime I get new hardware, that's me.

I'm sure you're not the only one experiencing issues with the board. Not saying it's a bad board, just a new socket design.

Aside from that, yeah it doesn't hurt to double-check the other components (including power supply) just to be sure.

Good luck.

This is the same issue I had with the old hardware though.

~Lordbob

According the Spec sheet 1.5V is safe for the SandyBridge CPUs.
http://download.intel.com/design/pro...hts/324641.pdf

Think Id play it safe with the voltage limits of 1.36V we all know as well.

At least untill more testing has been done.

sygnus21 said:

Well..... perhaps it's time to look at those items common to both systems. PS?

That's what I am wondering, but I don't know how to test it.

~Lordbob

If its acting the same, and the only part that was re-used was the PSU, it would certainly be my suspicion.