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Gavin78 · 30-01-2011, 22:20

Hi yeah I tried different cables I have around 8/9 different ones.

So this is the Story so far....before I start all I can say is for years I have built PC's with very little problems but this by far has to be the worst time ever.

I got my New AM3 board on saturday along with 2x2gig of DDR3 ram 1333, I installed the board along with the new PSU I got....I also installed the AM3 CPU 965BE.

Board boot up and CPU fan kicked in along with DVD light coming on, black screen and rebooted as heard dvd drive reset and then again 4 seconds after reset and kept doing this.

Odd I thought so I checked all the connections and it was still doing this so I tried individual sticks of ram in different slots and same problem. So I tried a couple of stick of DDR 3 my brother has, named ones that are listed on the gigabyte site as compatable with the board and it was doing the same so I though um maybe its the power supply.

So i took out my old 850watt cheap crap brand I got for £25 and it did the same with that. so *******s I've had enough of this.

I then tried my old PSU on my old Board that I have been having problems with especially installing windows and what do you know perfect works like a charm.

The problems I had with it sticking at 20% went away and installs no problem I did also try a couple of different bios updates with the board but it was still locking up untill I tried my old PSU and works like a charm.

SO I went back to try this new PSU on the board and back to locking up again. I've just built the new tower with my old board, quadcore cpu and old PSU that doesn't fitn this new tower right as its massive had to have PSU half in the case for power cable to reach but it works.

So really I dont know what the problem is....I've contacted Ebuyer asking to return the PSU (RMA) with fault problem but I have to ring them now its submitted....

As for the AM3 board I think it maybe DOA powers up as said but thats as far as it goes just stays as a black screen and keeps re-booting....I've had to contact Ebuyer and report that as faulty.

Not too happy makes me look like a right amateur I've built 3 desktops in this house no problems and upgraded mine so many times I've lost track.

30-01-2011, 22:20	#11
Gavin78 Ice Cold Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West Yorkshire Age: 47 Services: XL TV M Phone 1000MB BB Posts: 1,566	Re: cont....from psu thread pc wont install..... Hi yeah I tried different cables I have around 8/9 different ones. So this is the Story so far....before I start all I can say is for years I have built PC's with very little problems but this by far has to be the worst time ever. I got my New AM3 board on saturday along with 2x2gig of DDR3 ram 1333, I installed the board along with the new PSU I got....I also installed the AM3 CPU 965BE. Board boot up and CPU fan kicked in along with DVD light coming on, black screen and rebooted as heard dvd drive reset and then again 4 seconds after reset and kept doing this. Odd I thought so I checked all the connections and it was still doing this so I tried individual sticks of ram in different slots and same problem. So I tried a couple of stick of DDR 3 my brother has, named ones that are listed on the gigabyte site as compatable with the board and it was doing the same so I though um maybe its the power supply. So i took out my old 850watt cheap crap brand I got for £25 and it did the same with that. so *******s I've had enough of this. I then tried my old PSU on my old Board that I have been having problems with especially installing windows and what do you know perfect works like a charm. The problems I had with it sticking at 20% went away and installs no problem I did also try a couple of different bios updates with the board but it was still locking up untill I tried my old PSU and works like a charm. SO I went back to try this new PSU on the board and back to locking up again. I've just built the new tower with my old board, quadcore cpu and old PSU that doesn't fitn this new tower right as its massive had to have PSU half in the case for power cable to reach but it works. So really I dont know what the problem is....I've contacted Ebuyer asking to return the PSU (RMA) with fault problem but I have to ring them now its submitted.... As for the AM3 board I think it maybe DOA powers up as said but thats as far as it goes just stays as a black screen and keeps re-booting....I've had to contact Ebuyer and report that as faulty. Not too happy makes me look like a right amateur I've built 3 desktops in this house no problems and upgraded mine so many times I've lost track.