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922 views 24 replies 8 participants last post by  Mhyles 
#1 ·
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?

Thanks lads.
 
#3 ·
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Originally Posted by Master__Shake View Post

does it chirp at all? Nope, no speaker came with the Mobo, so I couldn't test that.

maybe a post code on the board led readout?

Nope, nothing shows on the board.

are there lights on the board that indicate where the post is hanging?

Nah, no lights at all.

maybe post your system specs?
Sorry lol,

i5 3570k
Silverstoe Argon AR01
Gigabyte Z77 D3H
G. Skill Value Series 8GB
1TB Caviar Blue
Seasonic 620w M12II

I think it may be the HDD, the tutorial I watched wasn't clear at all on what do with it, should I upload pictures of the insde?
 
#4 ·
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?
 
#5 ·
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Originally Posted by Angrychair View Post

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?
 
#6 ·
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.
 
#7 ·
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Originally Posted by CynicalUnicorn View Post

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'm almost certain mine didn't come with a firewire header. It was meant to come with the case right? I couldn't see it at all.

Case is BitFenix Shinobi White Core.
 
#9 ·
Just monitored it a bit.

The CPU fan stops before anything else, if that makes a difference. Using a HDMI to connect the computer to the TV, also.

Another thing, once the power switch is pressed, I can't press it again to turn it off while the PC does this cycle.
 
#12 ·
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.
 
#13 ·
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Originally Posted by Imitationcrabme View Post

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.
Runs 100% solid this way.

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.
 
#16 ·
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Originally Posted by Mhyles View Post

So, I need help.

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?
Try different slots and make sure you are running them in dual channel.

I had this happen on a board. wouldn't post on 1/3 but on 2/4 would post.

So on your board it would be DDR3_1 and DDR3_2 sockets or DDR3_3 and DDR3_4.



http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-z77(h77)-d3h(-mvp)_e.pdf
 
#19 ·
My specs are very similar to yours,

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.
 
#20 ·
I hate to break it to you but it could very well mean your RAM slot is dead. Happened to my motherboard when i first got it.

You're running 2 sticks right?

Try sticking them in the "other" slots, or rather the other colored slots, see if it POSTs.

I'm not familiar with your motherboard but I'm sure they included some diagnostic tool in there like a hex display or LED's? You could check those.

Hope this helps.
 
#21 ·
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Originally Posted by BiG StroOnZ View Post

Did you try flashing to the newest bios?

http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4140#bios

Newest is F23b.

Here's how to do it on your motherboard:

http://www.gigabyte.us/webpage/20/HowToReflashBIOS.html
ill try this when i get home, any ideas as to why its doing it?
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Originally Posted by Lovidore View Post

I hate to break it to you but it could very well mean your RAM slot is dead. Happened to my motherboard when i first got it.

You're running 2 sticks right?

Try sticking them in the "other" slots, or rather the other colored slots, see if it POSTs.

I'm not familiar with your motherboard but I'm sure they included some diagnostic tool in there like a hex display or LED's? You could check those.

Hope this helps.
Tried it in all slots, doesn't work no matter way I do it. Although it's fine with 1 stick of RAM, which is weird. no LEDs o
 
#22 ·
Sounds like it can't run in dual channel mode (the motherboard).
 
#25 ·
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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