C2D boot wierdness

[TCfromBN]

My rig (in sig) is doing a double take while it starts to boot up. I hit the power button and the lights fans hdd etc turn on. Within a second, everything appears to turn off, and within another second I'm booting again. It finishes the boot and I'm in windows the second "boot" every time. I've run stress tests and everything appears to be just fine. However, when I'm at stock speeds on the cpu, it doesn't do it. Has anybody else experienced this problem, if so do you know a fix?

I've lurked around the nets for a while and some people say its normal, some don't, some think its programed into the motherboard to help relieve the strain on the psu during the initial boot.

/edit: spelled weirdness in title wrong

 

[giant384]

i would think that when you overclock your cpu then it results in the cpu using more power.
what is your psu?

 

[Gunner]

I'd say it's normal, mine does it when I turn the pc on but resets are normal afterwards. I searched various forums and I was told the e6000 series do it depending on the rest of the hardware.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=157482

 

[TCfromBN]

My psu is a Raidmax 630 watt.

Did even more lurking and somebody said that it was the ACHI drivers and it fixed the problem for him after he updated them. I'll give it a try in the morning.

 

[giant384]

eh raidmax isnt a great manufacturer on psu's

 

[Griz]

Not had that problem with mine so far...

I'd also guess that it's a power issue.

 

[The Brick]

This thread will save you many times.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112648

Every P5B Deluxe problem known to man, and every known fix is in there.


Edit: another link for your bookmarks
http://www.altus.co.yu/temp/Q.htm

Edit: found the solution for your problem. Flash your BIOS to 0804.

 

[TCfromBN]

Thank you sir. Much appreciated.

 

[TCfromBN]

Cant edit post, but I updated the bios and it didn't fix anything. I'm still having the same problem. If you could really call it a problem.

 

[exoeight]

edit: gotcha.

 

[The Brick]

exoeight, that bug is not caused by an unstable overclock. It's just one of the many bugs of the P5B Deluxe.


I have mine running at 3.276mhz (7x468) btw.

 

[TCfromBN]

exoeight, I've done all of this overclocking myself. I understand 99% of it all. This is not even close to being unstable, the E6300 has quite a lot of headroom even from this point (from what I understand). My question had nothing to do with overclocking, even though I added the comment that I had, just in case it had something to do with the problem.

My real question is why my system does a "double boot" and if there is any solution. The Brick has already stated previously that it was a problem with the P5B.

Also, while were on the topic of overclocking: My OCZ Platinum ddr800 ram while running at DDR-966 (433 Mhz , also my fsb) is showing up as PC4300, instead of PC-6400 that it displayed before overclocking, at the initial boot screen (the one where it checks the mem etc.). I run CPUz and it displays an operating frequency of 433 Mhz. Is this just another known glitch with the P5B?

 

[The Brick]

No it's because you're running the fsb:ram at 1:1

At default clockspeeds (266mhz), that would be 533mhz ram, which is the default speed of pc4200 memory sticks. The bios checks the chosen strap [memory devider] (1066 in your case) and recognizes is as pc4200. It's perfectly normal.

 

[exoeight]

Yea, I'm wrong, it is the mobo. sorry.

I didn't realize what you were talking about because of a similar effect I experienced with poor memory settings.

My P5B-D does it also.

 

[exoeight]

brick: what are your general idle/load temps? Did you sand or anything?

(edit: I should have edited previous post, sorry)

 

[DEATH eVADER]

My rig (in sig) is doing a double take while it starts to boot up. I hit the power button and the lights fans hdd etc turn on. Within a second, everything appears to turn off, and within another second I'm booting again. It finishes the boot and I'm in windows the second "boot" every time. I've run stress tests and everything appears to be just fine. However, when I'm at stock speeds on the cpu, it doesn't do it. Has anybody else experienced this problem, if so do you know a fix?

I've lurked around the nets for a while and some people say its normal, some don't, some think its programed into the motherboard to help relieve the strain on the psu during the initial boot.

/edit: spelled weirdness in title wrong

Way back in 2001, I had problems with my comp not recognising my HDD at the first boot up, it is only when I reset the computer (not turning it back off) that it boots up to windows. This worked fine for a while, but only when I upgraded my Motherboard that I couldn't get on to windows at all. However changing the jumper settings on the HDD cured this.

If your HDD is IDE and not on the same cable as any other IDE device, then by all means experiment by switching the jumper settings, trying both Master and Cable Select

 

[The Brick]

I'm using a high performance aircooler, the Arctic Freezer 7 pro. It comes with one serving of arctic mx-1 cooling paste pre-applied. My temps are higher than other people have, because my board doesn't seem to like a low cpu core voltage. I'm running higher than normal people have to. Still it never reaches higher than 65?C. Idle is about 43?C. Vcore is set to 1.45V (this means an effective 1.42V because of the Vdrop on these boards). I've seen other people have a solid stability at 1.35V, even at higher frequencies.