I have:
EVGA 730i motherboard
C2D E7400 cpu (stock cooler)
GSkill GSK F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ R DDR2 800 (purchased 2x 4gb kits, 2packs of 2x 2gb sticks)
EVGA Nvidia 275gtx FTW edition gpu
WD 2x 160gb sata hdd raid0 (operating system)
WD 3x 1tb sata hdd raid5 (storage)
Corsair 1000watt psu
Windows 7 x64 RC
I have RMA'd the motherboard with EVGA because I cannot run all 4 dimms of memory and a gpu in the pci-ex slot; the same problem persists on the new one.
it power loops prior to post before the bios choices come on the screen,
when I remove 1 dimm of memory it boots but cpu is always at 100%
If I remove the gpu and use 4 dimms everything is fine
I have reinstalled the os multiple times on single drive, jbod, and raid0; all equal the same result
All memory and Dimms test good as does gpu
Ive contacted EVGA again in an attempt to get resolution on the issue and they recommended changing timings and voltages in the bios and contacting ram manufacturer for recommendations.
I have turned down stock voltages and stepped them up one at a time until things were to the point of me being uncomfortable going any farther and the system temp on the board was higher than i was comfortable with also. Each incriment on the voltages when i was changing them needed a total of 3 reboots for a good controlled test (1:boot into bios change settings, 2:reboot to make sure settings work and dont cause another issue on their own, 3:reboot with four dimms full and gpu), all of which resulted in the same conclusion.
I also changed timings but not as thoroughly.
All of this testing has left me greatly frustrated and without any more ideas any help would be greatly appreciated.
(this is a copy of the email i sent tech support, they recommended a forum post)
EVGA 730i motherboard
C2D E7400 cpu (stock cooler)
GSkill GSK F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ R DDR2 800 (purchased 2x 4gb kits, 2packs of 2x 2gb sticks)
EVGA Nvidia 275gtx FTW edition gpu
WD 2x 160gb sata hdd raid0 (operating system)
WD 3x 1tb sata hdd raid5 (storage)
Corsair 1000watt psu
Windows 7 x64 RC
I have RMA'd the motherboard with EVGA because I cannot run all 4 dimms of memory and a gpu in the pci-ex slot; the same problem persists on the new one.
it power loops prior to post before the bios choices come on the screen,
when I remove 1 dimm of memory it boots but cpu is always at 100%
If I remove the gpu and use 4 dimms everything is fine
I have reinstalled the os multiple times on single drive, jbod, and raid0; all equal the same result
All memory and Dimms test good as does gpu
Ive contacted EVGA again in an attempt to get resolution on the issue and they recommended changing timings and voltages in the bios and contacting ram manufacturer for recommendations.
I have turned down stock voltages and stepped them up one at a time until things were to the point of me being uncomfortable going any farther and the system temp on the board was higher than i was comfortable with also. Each incriment on the voltages when i was changing them needed a total of 3 reboots for a good controlled test (1:boot into bios change settings, 2:reboot to make sure settings work and dont cause another issue on their own, 3:reboot with four dimms full and gpu), all of which resulted in the same conclusion.
I also changed timings but not as thoroughly.
All of this testing has left me greatly frustrated and without any more ideas any help would be greatly appreciated.
(this is a copy of the email i sent tech support, they recommended a forum post)
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