Hi all...new to the forums here so bare with me if I leave details out.
I have a confusing issue as there is really no red LED that actually stays on.
Basically, the build consists of: Sabertooth Z77 mobo (bought off eBay used), GTX 660 TI (Refurb), i5 3570K, G. Skill Sniper F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR (9-9-9-24 1.5V), Western Digital Black 500GB, cheap PSU that will be replaced in a couple days with a Rosewill 750W, Azza Solano 1000 case.
So, I can boot the computer, I see the main screen and it goes to boot windows. About 5 seconds in, I get three LED flashes and the computer restarts. In order, there's a light by the CPU, then by the Ram, then by the video card. I can get in to the bios and change settings and really have no issues there. The hard drive is good as I am using right now to make this post. Same with video card.
I have tried different ways of having the memory in, such as single channel, dual channel, different channels (A1,B1, A2,B2, etc).
I am a bit baffled about three different LED's coming on though. They don't all come on at the same time either, The CPU one comes on first, then goes off, then the RAM one comes on and off then the video card comes on and off then the computer restarts (does not actually shut off). All the lights go on and off in about 3-4 seconds. Also, with the intel cooler, is there supposed to be a back metal plate on the motherboard? I had to take this off to even have a chance of getting that cooler on. I've seen pictures of the cooler seated from the front but never from behind the mobo so I can't see if anyone has that metal plate on. I am assuming that the previous owner used an aftermarket cooler and this is the mounting bracket/plate that came with the mobo to use.
Steps I've done to try and narrow down my issue:
Taken mobo out of case and put on a box with nothing connected but 1 stick of ram and the PSU (yes, the eight pin IS connected)
Tried to reseat the CPU, but I am having a real hard time getting the stock intel cooler off.
I've always been shady of going intel because of the cost, and I just don't know now. I'm ready to turn around and send everything back and go AMD. I'm not sure how to flash bios and all that and really don't think I'd need to considering I actually get the windows boot screen, but it crashes after that.
Any ideas would be great. I really want to get this build going as I'm really excited about it, but super baffled also.
I have a confusing issue as there is really no red LED that actually stays on.
Basically, the build consists of: Sabertooth Z77 mobo (bought off eBay used), GTX 660 TI (Refurb), i5 3570K, G. Skill Sniper F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR (9-9-9-24 1.5V), Western Digital Black 500GB, cheap PSU that will be replaced in a couple days with a Rosewill 750W, Azza Solano 1000 case.
So, I can boot the computer, I see the main screen and it goes to boot windows. About 5 seconds in, I get three LED flashes and the computer restarts. In order, there's a light by the CPU, then by the Ram, then by the video card. I can get in to the bios and change settings and really have no issues there. The hard drive is good as I am using right now to make this post. Same with video card.
I have tried different ways of having the memory in, such as single channel, dual channel, different channels (A1,B1, A2,B2, etc).
I am a bit baffled about three different LED's coming on though. They don't all come on at the same time either, The CPU one comes on first, then goes off, then the RAM one comes on and off then the video card comes on and off then the computer restarts (does not actually shut off). All the lights go on and off in about 3-4 seconds. Also, with the intel cooler, is there supposed to be a back metal plate on the motherboard? I had to take this off to even have a chance of getting that cooler on. I've seen pictures of the cooler seated from the front but never from behind the mobo so I can't see if anyone has that metal plate on. I am assuming that the previous owner used an aftermarket cooler and this is the mounting bracket/plate that came with the mobo to use.
Steps I've done to try and narrow down my issue:
Taken mobo out of case and put on a box with nothing connected but 1 stick of ram and the PSU (yes, the eight pin IS connected)
Tried to reseat the CPU, but I am having a real hard time getting the stock intel cooler off.
I've always been shady of going intel because of the cost, and I just don't know now. I'm ready to turn around and send everything back and go AMD. I'm not sure how to flash bios and all that and really don't think I'd need to considering I actually get the windows boot screen, but it crashes after that.
Any ideas would be great. I really want to get this build going as I'm really excited about it, but super baffled also.
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