So, got my parts today and made it as soon as i got home. Spent the last 4 hours doing it, and it's finally done!
Minor problem, I canceled the Graphics Card due to it not being in stock for another month or so, so I built it without the graphics card. The fans spin, everything seems good, just one problem though. I can't seem to get signal from it at all. I thought that the i5 3570k came with a HD3000/4000? Should that not act as the GPU while my 770 comes? Another weird problem is that the fans will spin for around 7 - 12 seconds, will shut down, and restart. I'm guessing that it's because it's noticing it doesnt have a GPU so doesn't bother to boot and shuts down/restarts?
I too built and booted my i5 3570k without a gpu before it arrived. it posted fine, a hdd wouldn't keep the post screen and bios from showing up. Do you have the cpu fan plugged into the correct fan header for CPU, the motherboard could be seeing no cpu fan speed RPM, and shutting down or restarting the system. The fact that it boots and restarts is a semi good sign the the cpu isn't DOA.
I'll begin my questioning with:
Are you using the supplied OEM cpu cooler/fan combo or something aftermarket?
where is the cpu fan plugged in? It needs to be plugged into the fan header labeled CPU FAN to the left of then RAM slots on the top of the board.
What 2 slots are your RAM modules plugged in to?
I too built and booted my i5 3570k without a gpu before it arrived. it posted fine, a hdd wouldn't keep the post screen and bios from showing up. Do you have the cpu fan plugged into the correct fan header for CPUCome to think of it, is the CPU mains cooler a 8pin or two 4 pins?, the motherboard could be seeing no cpu fan speed RPM, and shutting down or restarting the system. The fact that it boots and restarts is a semi good sign the the cpu isn't DOA.
I'll begin my questioning with:
Are you using the supplied OEM cpu cooler/fan combo or something aftermarket? Aftermarket: Silverstone Argon AR01
where is the cpu fan plugged in? It needs to be plugged into the fan header labeled CPU FAN to the left of then RAM slots on the top of the board. It's plugged in top left above the CPU, where the slot is located.
What 2 slots are your RAM modules plugged in to? THe right ones, I 100% checked this isthe mobo manual.
I think I may kow the problem, but could be wrong all together. I have a 23, 8 pin and 2 4pins connected to eachother coming out of my PSU at the start. the 8 pin is currently in the CPU cooler slot, should it be the 2 4 pins instead?
The 8-pin (or more likely 6+2 pin?) is for PCIe power, something you'll need for the 770. The two 4-pins combined are for CPU power and need to be plugged in there. That and FireWire and USB 2.0 headers looking nearly identical are probably the easiest places to screw up a build.
The 8-pin (or more likely 6+2 pin?) is for PCIe power, something you'll need for the 770. The two 4-pins combined are for CPU power and need to be plugged in there. That and FireWire and USB 2.0 headers looking nearly identical are probably the easiest places to screw up a build.
I don't know if the plugs themselves are similar but the headers on the motherboard are. The only way I can distinguish between them on mine is color of plastic. That was an aside though; sorry for the confusion.
Check and make sure you used the right 8-pin plug.
Hook up only the bare minimum required for the system. CPU fan, 24pin power connector, the cpu power connector (4 or 8 pin), 1 hdd, 1 stick of ram, and the ps-on switch. Make sure the ram stick is in the right slot for running a single stick.
Do not connect PCI, PCIE, usb, sound, or any other headers, other drives, etc.
Hook up only the bare minimum required for the system. CPU fan, 24pin power connector, the cpu power connector (4 or 8 pin), 1 hdd, 1 stick of ram, and the ps-on switch. Make sure the ram stick is in the right slot for running a single stick.
Do not connect PCI, PCIE, usb, sound, or any other headers, other drives, etc.
HDD & Cpu fan are both spinning, haven't tried connecting it to the TV yet, will do that in 1 moment. I'll edit this when I do.
Possibly a dead stick of ram?
Everything runs 100% without one piece of RAM. I thought I checked this earlier, strange. Shows up on screen, and everything works fine. Going to try it with the other stick of ram.
This is extremely strange. The system doesn't stop and start when I have 1 4GB of either RAM in there, so they're not DOA. But as soon as I put the both of them in, it doesn't work? Any ideas?
This is extremely strange. The system doesn't stop and start when I have 1 4GB of either RAM in there, so they're not DOA. But as soon as I put the both of them in, it doesn't work? Any ideas?
Motherboard: GA-Z77-D3H (Rev 1.1) here
Ram: G.SKILL ARES 1866 MHz 16 GB
HDD: 1 TB Caviar Blue
etc.
F23b works great, (even if it's beta).
What you need to do is download the bios file, chuck it into a fat32 formatted memory stick, go into BIOS with the memory stick plugged in, use the QFlasher thats built into the motherboard's BIOS itself.
Note: Make sure the bios you're getting is from the same revision.
Let it flash the BIOS, should be done after this.
This is weird, I'm clueless as to how why this would happen.
Flashed the bios, and the dual ram still isn't working, it seems as if the motherboard is having trouble with it, maybe the mobo is partly defective..
I think the MoBo came broken. Ram is 100% fine, and both sticks work, MoBo works until you try dual memory, I've googled this a quite a few things have happened to the same people, so I need to return the motherboard I think. Any other ideas before I take apart and return it?
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