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HI,

I have just built a SG33G5 system, Corsair 1GB Ram, 500GB HD. All was working fine, Vista Premium installed, etc. Then all of a sudden I am having boot issues, which are only resolved by resetting CMOS (doesn't work ALL of the time, but mostly)

Any help appreciated!
 
Are you sure your PSU is able to handle your equipment ?
list all the parts in your shuttle case :D
 
Alf said:
Are you sure your PSU is able to handle your equipment ?
list all the parts in your shuttle case :D
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I think so. It worked all well and this problem came over all of a sudden. Just removed CMOS battery, reset CMOS and it booted. Then restarted and it has failed again!!

Parts:-

SG33G5
NEC ND 4570A DVD +/- RW
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Asus EN8500GT Silent 512MB
Seagate 500GB SATA 3GB 16MB Cache
1GB XMS2 PRO, DDR2 PC2-6400(800MHz)
 
Oh, yea
its definitly the PSU
with the items you have in the machine, i suggest no less than a 400W (decent quality) PSU
i assum its a small form factor?
 
I could also be a heat problem too, but since it happens right away ive ruled that out
 
hmmm, thats kinda tight but should just about cope

whats the actual 'problem' ? if you could describe what happens it would make things a lot easier
 
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Alf said:
Oh, yea
its definitly the PSU
with the items you have in the machine, i suggest no less than a 400W (decent quality) PSU
i assum its a small form factor?
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Yes - it's a small one!

How come it works one minute, then not the next though?
 
Me__2001 said:
hmmm, thats kinda tight but should cope

whats the actual 'problem' ? if you could describe what happens it would make things a lot easier
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The parts I ordered were supposed to work with the Shuttle.

Built Shuttle and first switch on went straight to BIOS screen. Loaded Vista.

Shutdown system. On restarting, power light and HD light came on, lights on RAM start flashing, then lights go out. No drive light. Sometimes no power light. LED on mother board always on. No signal on monitor.

Removing CMOS battery and/or resetting usually solves issue.
 
Your motherboard wouldnt happen to have onboard video does it?
 
i'm thinking what alf is, pull the graphics card out and try to boot using the integrated graphics
 
Me__2001 said:
i'm thinking what alf is, pull the graphics card out and try to boot using the integrated graphics
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Just done the above - now getting no Power light on the front, no HD light, no RAM light, but have LED on M/board.

Rebooted - then get a power light on the front and the m/board LED.

After further investigation, it seems the only way it will boot is if I remove the CMOS battery then reset CMOS. It works, but next reboot fails as discussed.
 
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hmm, does the motherboard require any additional power requirements? like a spot for a 4 pin molex plug?
 
Alf said:
hmm, does the motherboard require any additional power requirements? like a spot for a 4 pin molex plug?
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Not that I can see Alf.

COuld it be anything to do with the CMOS battery???
 
well it could, perhaps you setup BIOS incorrectly? try loading up and option called "failsafe" or something similar
 
have you added anything recently? and if need be replace the CMOS battery - although its unlikely to be the problem
 
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