[b.thompson1986]

I have a asus p5k3 deluxe wifi motherboard, a intel quad core Q6600, visiontek 3870 graphics card, dual channel ocz 1024MB DDR3 memory an western digital 500g hard drive, a ultra x3 1000w power supply and a liteon sata dvd burner and when i had everything installed i booted up and began to install the os which is vista home premium 32 bit and it started to download and after about a minute the computer powers off.

So i tried multiple things, i went into bios as fast as i could and changed the ram voltage to 1.9v thinking it needed more volts saved and exited and same thing happened, then i went into bios and checked the temperature and it wasnt running hot and have plenty of fans the pc already has the grease applied so it was overheating and then i went into bios and underclocked everthing and saved and exited and the same thing happened. so i figure it to be the mobo and returned it to asus they said they fixed it and when i got it back still same thing it powers off after a minute....also i borrowed my friends powers supply and still have the same problem and tried different cables...i have no idea what to do. any ideas?

 

[Tumbleweed36]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

Bench test this rig after you set the bios back to factory defaults if possible. If not possible, then test it that way:

Bench Test Your System

 

[b.thompson1986]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

yeah i have everything back to factory settings and i just did the bench test and I have the mb cpu graphics card and one ram stick hooked up and i fired it up and was in bios and was checking the temp it looked good and then it shut off again so that pretty much confirms that is has to be the mb again, all the fans are running fine and and the graphics card is running fine too so.....and my system is built for a 32bit so i dont know..

 

[dai]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

have you updated the bios
do a cmos reset
turn the computer off
remove the power lead from the back
take the side off
remove the cmos battery
move the cmos jumper from pins 1 and 2 to pin 2 and 3 and the back to pins 1 and 2
replace the battery
put the side on
replug in the power lead
boot the computer

there can be 2 solder points you touch with a screwdriver
2 pins you touch with a screwdriver or use a jumper
a cmos clear switch or button
there will be a diagram and instructions in your manual

 

[b.thompson1986]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

ok I will give that a try and can I update the bios even though i dont have an os installed yet

 

[dai]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

yes you can but you don't want to do it until it is stable,if it goes down mid flash you will be in a worse position than you are now
see if the cmos reset stabilises it

 

[b.thompson1986]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

Yeah i was just reading about that so i dont want to do that and I reset the cmos but my system is still unstable

 

[dai]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

what
video card
cpu
m/board
power supply
brand
wattage
are you running

 

[b.thompson1986]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor BX80562Q6600 - 2.40GHz, 8MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB, Kentsfield, Quad-Core, Retail, Socket 775,

Visiontek Radeon HD 3870 Video Card - 512MB GDDR4, PCI Express 2.0, CrossFireX Ready, Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI Support, Video Card

Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi-AP Motherboard - Intel P35, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, CrossFire Ready, PCI Express, WiFi, Dual Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, USB 2.0 & Firewire, Serial ATA, RAID

Ultra X3 ULT40064 1000- Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready,
Energy Efficient, Modular-

 

[dai]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

i am running the same m/b core duo 7600gs 650w psu
the only query is the pcie2 video
have you a none pcie2 card you can try in it otherwise rma the m/b

 

[b.thompson1986]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

no i don't have one, why would that be a problem? and this would be the second time sending m/b back to asus i was hoping to get this running it seemed like a good m/b but its sure has been giving me a lot of trouble

 

[dai]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

mine runs like a dream and thats the only real difference between the 2 systems i can see
so thought it worth checking
try it out of the case
set it up out of the case on a piece of cardboard with
cpu
video
ram
speaker
and see if you get post
check you have the correct amount of standoffs no more no less
that they line up with the holes in the m/board
usually 9

 

[b.thompson1986]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

Yeah i just did that and got a cpu ucode error press F1 to continue or F2 to enter setup pressed F1 and got a screen that said to insert or load hardware or reboot or something like that went into bios checked temp cpu was at 83 deg and mb was 34 degrees and then it turned off again

 

[dai]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

redo the paste on the cpu with some arctic silver
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm
check if one of the securing pins has popped up causing the increase in temp
the max is 60c
should be running at not much more than half that

 

[b.thompson1986]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

Ok i cleaned and redid the paste on the cpu with the arctic silver 5 and the standoff is fine and the temp is 36 on cpu and raised to 44 and seems to be stabilized has been on for at least 10 minutes now....i think that it may be ok now, i will let you know when i get everything set up on it and how it goes, but thanks alot for all your help and everyone else that helped out too i definitely learned a lot, this is my first time building a computer if you couldn't tell but live and learn ya know, thanks again

 

[b.thompson1986]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

also, when i boot up i am still getting the message cpu ucode loading error, i heard i just need to update my bios is this true?

 

[dai]

Re: Asus p5k3 deluxe motherboard powers off after a minute

yes a bios update glad you have it sorted

 

[b.thompson1986]

i tried to do a bios update in ez flash and i got a message boot block file is not valid and i could not update the bios i heard i need to short the bios or something when booting up is that safe?

 

[dai]

never heard of that i am running 0812 just put it on a usb stick and it ran no problem
have a read here
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/showthread.php?t=373

 

[b.thompson1986]

i got it, just put in support cd for mb and downloaded the asusupdate and loaded the bios through a file and the cpu ucode loading error is gone she is running perfect