HELP!, Computer restarts like 4 times before booting/bios!(COLD BOOT?)

[alfong00]

Hi!

I just upgraded my pc some days ago. From amd to intel.
I have an overclocked intel es cpu on 4.1 ghz.(its like an i7 6700k now).

Gigabyte mob, r9 280x, psu 650w. 12gb ddr4(I got 16gb but computer wont start with the 4rth stick, I think that its broken).

Now to the problem. Overclocking is stable, when i restart computer its fine. But if i turn off the computer and leave it off for a while and then want to start it, i push the power button. Everything turns on, no screen because computer just dies like, like if you removed the power cord to the computer, 2 sec after i turn it on. The computer restarts by itself, turns on, no bios, dies after some sec, it does this 3-4 times before finally booting(starts and dies beforwe bios), and then the overclock works too. Like cold boot or something. The first time the computer dies before bios, it shows code 19- pre memory South bridge initialization is started on the motherboard and quickly dies. I only click on the power button once too.

Does someone know how to fix this?. First time this happened the computer said like overclocking failed and another time it sayed bios failed/failure and downclocked my cpu. But after i updated bios to the secound latest bios(in the latest they block you from downgrading so i dont know if i want to update to the latest), the error disappered and the motherboard didn't downclock the cpu. But the problem with cold boot remains. The computer did almost the same with the broken ram stick. But with the broken ram stick it were stuck in infinitive loop if i remembered it correctly, not sure maybe it just died. Ran memtest 64 no errors now so it cant be ram?. If the psu is too weak or something i can maybe try to remove my gpu and see if the problem is still there. Could it be bad motherboard or what do you guys think?.

Hope that you have time to read this .
Thx

 

[andy_Man]

If you use default bios settings, no overclock is it fine?
What motherboard do you have and what OC settings?

 

[ingtar33]

sounds like a ram issue. (originally) 18 GB of ddr4, now it's 14GB? Which means you mixed and matched the ram. your problem is the mixing and matching. it doesn't work. drop down to your bigger kit. just one kit. if you want more ram in the future, buy the full kit of what you want. don't just add ram to your system.

 

[andy_Man]

sounds like a ram issue. (originally) 18 GB of ddr4, now it's 14GB? Which means you mixed and matched the ram. your problem is the mixing and matching. it doesn't work. drop down to your bigger kit. just one kit. if you want more ram in the future, buy the full kit of what you want. don't just add ram to your system.

I agree this is most likely the problem. Sometimes even with 4 stick kits, voltage to the memory controller needs a slight bump.

 

[alfong00]

sounds like a ram issue. (originally) 18 GB of ddr4, now it's 14GB? Which means you mixed and matched the ram. your problem is the mixing and matching. it doesn't work. drop down to your bigger kit. just one kit. if you want more ram in the future, buy the full kit of what you want. don't just add ram to your system.

Aha so you dont think that all 4 sticks come from the same kit? Maybe it sn't how do i check it?. I just bought them used as 4x4gb crusial ddr4 2133mhz. But now i use 3 of them.

 

[alfong00]

If you use default bios settings, no overclock is it fine?
What motherboard do you have and what OC settings?

Im using Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 / Z170. It does the same thing with default settings/clock. Problem only comes when the computer is cold/have been off for a while. Baseclock and multiplier. 1.25v multiplier x24 buss speed 175 i think. 4.08ghz exactly.

 

[alfong00]

sounds like a ram issue. (originally) 18 GB of ddr4, now it's 14GB? Which means you mixed and matched the ram. your problem is the mixing and matching. it doesn't work. drop down to your bigger kit. just one kit. if you want more ram in the future, buy the full kit of what you want. don't just add ram to your system.

I agree this is most likely the problem. Sometimes even with 4 stick kits, voltage to the memory controller needs a slight bump.

Yes, i think that it could be ram too, it's like if they lose the power the problem comes, when i have it off for a while maybe?.I need to test it tomorrow with only 1 stick. Btw where do i raise voltage to memory controler if i have to and how much. It isn't the ram voltage?

My fried says that there don't use to be any problems if the ram are the same speed, brand but you think that it could be?

 

[ingtar33]

sounds like a ram issue. (originally) 18 GB of ddr4, now it's 14GB? Which means you mixed and matched the ram. your problem is the mixing and matching. it doesn't work. drop down to your bigger kit. just one kit. if you want more ram in the future, buy the full kit of what you want. don't just add ram to your system.

I agree this is most likely the problem. Sometimes even with 4 stick kits, voltage to the memory controller needs a slight bump.

Yes, i think that it could be ram too, it's like if they lose the power the problem comes, when i have it off for a while maybe?.I need to test it tomorrow with only 1 stick. Btw where do i raise voltage to memory controler if i have to and how much. It isn't the ram voltage?

My fried says that there don't use to be any problems if the ram are the same speed, brand but you think that it could be?

It might be a dual channel kit, in which case you need to remove the "pair" to the dead chip of ram to make it work right.

I assumed you were mixing and matching because you said you had 18GB and now 14, when in reality you had 16 and now 12.

 

[alfong00]

sounds like a ram issue. (originally) 18 GB of ddr4, now it's 14GB? Which means you mixed and matched the ram. your problem is the mixing and matching. it doesn't work. drop down to your bigger kit. just one kit. if you want more ram in the future, buy the full kit of what you want. don't just add ram to your system.

I agree this is most likely the problem. Sometimes even with 4 stick kits, voltage to the memory controller needs a slight bump.

Yes, i think that it could be ram too, it's like if they lose the power the problem comes, when i have it off for a while maybe?.I need to test it tomorrow with only 1 stick. Btw where do i raise voltage to memory controler if i have to and how much. It isn't the ram voltage?

My fried says that there don't use to be any problems if the ram are the same speed, brand but you think that it could be?

It might be a dual channel kit, in which case you need to remove the "pair" to the dead chip of ram to make it work right.

I assumed you were mixing and matching because you said you had 18GB and now 14, when in reality you had 16 and now 12.

Aha sorry m8, mixed the numbers. Will try this tomorrow, thank you all.

 

[alfong00]

If you use default bios settings, no overclock is it fine?
What motherboard do you have and what OC settings?

Yes it does the same with default bios settings.

 

[alfong00]

sounds like a ram issue. (originally) 18 GB of ddr4, now it's 14GB? Which means you mixed and matched the ram. your problem is the mixing and matching. it doesn't work. drop down to your bigger kit. just one kit. if you want more ram in the future, buy the full kit of what you want. don't just add ram to your system.

I agree this is most likely the problem. Sometimes even with 4 stick kits, voltage to the memory controller needs a slight bump.

Yes, i think that it could be ram too, it's like if they lose the power the problem comes, when i have it off for a while maybe?.I need to test it tomorrow with only 1 stick. Btw where do i raise voltage to memory controler if i have to and how much. It isn't the ram voltage?

My fried says that there don't use to be any problems if the ram are the same speed, brand but you think that it could be?

It might be a dual channel kit, in which case you need to remove the "pair" to the dead chip of ram to make it work right.

I assumed you were mixing and matching because you said you had 18GB and now 14, when in reality you had 16 and now 12.

sounds like a ram issue. (originally) 18 GB of ddr4, now it's 14GB? Which means you mixed and matched the ram. your problem is the mixing and matching. it doesn't work. drop down to your bigger kit. just one kit. if you want more ram in the future, buy the full kit of what you want. don't just add ram to your system.

I agree this is most likely the problem. Sometimes even with 4 stick kits, voltage to the memory controller needs a slight bump.

Yes, i think that it could be ram too, it's like if they lose the power the problem comes, when i have it off for a while maybe?.I need to test it tomorrow with only 1 stick. Btw where do i raise voltage to memory controler if i have to and how much. It isn't the ram voltage?

My fried says that there don't use to be any problems if the ram are the same speed, brand but you think that it could be?

It might be a dual channel kit, in which case you need to remove the "pair" to the dead chip of ram to make it work right.

I assumed you were mixing and matching because you said you had 18GB and now 14, when in reality you had 16 and now 12.

Aha sorry m8, mixed the numbers. Will try this tomorrow, thank you all.

Ok, I have tried too boot the computer with 1 ram stick. Now the computer starts, dies and boots, showed no code just 0 on intergrated bios code on motherboard. Before it restarted 4 times but now it restarts 1 time. What could be wrong with it?. First time it died at code B6- Clean-up of NVRAM. Hum?. First time it starts for like 2 sec bios code think on motherboard just shows 0 and then it restarts and works normally.

Strange, if i let the power be on to the psu and then want to start it, it starts at first try with 1 ram stick. But if i remove the power from the psu, put it back, start then it takes 1 try with kode 0.

 

[alfong00]

update, starts at first try without my gpu. Maybe my powersupply isn't enough?

 

[ingtar33]

a 650W psu should be enough for a r9-280x and a i7

unless it's dying.


As for ram, let me clarify.

WHAT motherboard do you have? this sorta matters.

 

[alfong00]

a 650W psu should be enough for a r9-280x and a i7

unless it's dying.


As for ram, let me clarify.

WHAT motherboard do you have? this sorta matters.

Yes thx for the help. I wrote that before to you, its Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 / Z170.
Now it dies once on code 19 code pre memory South bridge initialization is started.
Could be bios update too but strange that it started first try without gpu every time. I can hear some low beeep,buzzing from the psu i think. Maybe it's dying?.

 

[JustEthan]

Yup that's Gigabyte for you

 

[JustEthan]

Increase the vcore man. I had that issue with my last build. It was a Sandy Bridge i7 with Giga mobo. Everytime I'd wake it from sleep it did that too. It's not getting enough voltage initially, at least that was my experience. Make sure since you are running only 3 sticks of ram that the three slots closest to the cpu are the ones you have filled. Also take that ram back. All of it. And get a quad kit, one that has all four sticks in one kit. I personally have to dual kits but they are the exact same and I got them at the same store at the same time and I have had no issues with them.

 

[JustEthan]

Make sure your boot drive is plugged into your drive 0 port on your mobo, psu could be an issue as well. If it's buzzing, my philosophy is if you're going to dump hundreds of dollars into a new build then primary components like your psu, which many mistake as "not important" is indeed very important. Your psu is vital. Anytime you are skipping 2-3 generation or more always replace your psu as well. That is how I operate. Maybe these days with a psu you buy in 2015-2016 you may be able to skip 3 gen and be ok but anything older man get a new one they are so cheap it's unbelievable. You can get a corsair semi modular 750w pau for 89$ at best buy maybe cheaper right now.

 

[alfong00]

Make sure your boot drive is plugged into your drive 0 port on your mobo, psu could be an issue as well. If it's buzzing, my philosophy is if you're going to dump hundreds of dollars into a new build then primary components like your psu, which many mistake as "not important" is indeed very important. Your psu is vital. Anytime you are skipping 2-3 generation or more always replace your psu as well. That is how I operate. Maybe these days with a psu you buy in 2015-2016 you may be able to skip 3 gen and be ok but anything older man get a new one they are so cheap it's unbelievable. You can get a corsair semi modular 750w pau for 89$ at best buy maybe cheaper right now.

Ok thx for answer will try. Btw all, the pc starts without problems on default settings, only overclocked it restarts with code 19 once every boot.

 

[alfong00]

Increase the vcore man. I had that issue with my last build. It was a Sandy Bridge i7 with Giga mobo. Everytime I'd wake it from sleep it did that too. It's not getting enough voltage initially, at least that was my experience. Make sure since you are running only 3 sticks of ram that the three slots closest to the cpu are the ones you have filled. Also take that ram back. All of it. And get a quad kit, one that has all four sticks in one kit. I personally have to dual kits but they are the exact same and I got them at the same store at the same time and I have had no issues with them.

Thank you m8. I think that its working now. I increased the vcore and now it seems to start first try. Need to try it after the computer is cold but i think you solved the problem.

 

[JustEthan]

Glad to hear it man, have a good day. If you have any more questions let me know.

 

[alfong00]

Glad to hear it man, have a good day. If you have any more questions let me know.

After the computer have been off for a couple of hours it came back. Code 19 dies. I had vcore on 1.27v instead of 1.25v. Now i put 1.28v. I will try to downgrade bios too. If this won't work i don't know what the problem is.

 

[JustEthan]

Well give a little more than that. I don't think there's a chip in the world you wouldn't safe giving it 1.30-1.35. Make sure you don't have any xmp profiles on for your memory. Try going down to one stick (the slot closest to the cpu) of ram. Try with one, if it boots shut down and try with a different stick in the smae slot. If there is a stick that you can't boot with set it aside. After successful boots, try with two sticks. ( the one closest to the cpu and the third from the cpu (skip a slot. If you can succesfully boot with 2 sticks keep rotating them. If you run into a problem you may be able to narrow it down toa memory issue. Memory does fail. And if you're trying tp oc your ran try without. Feed a little more voltage to your cpu then maybe even your ram but bump it to 1.3 and see what happens. I'll go back and read this whole thread but I'm not sure if you're trying to oc anything if you are list your settings so I can get a better idea of what's going on.

 

[alfong00]

Well give a little more than that. I don't think there's a chip in the world you wouldn't safe giving it 1.30-1.35. Make sure you don't have any xmp profiles on for your memory. Try going down to one stick (the slot closest to the cpu) of ram. Try with one, if it boots shut down and try with a different stick in the smae slot. If there is a stick that you can't boot with set it aside. After successful boots, try with two sticks. ( the one closest to the cpu and the third from the cpu (skip a slot. If you can succesfully boot with 2 sticks keep rotating them. If you run into a problem you may be able to narrow it down toa memory issue. Memory does fail. And if you're trying tp oc your ran try without. Feed a little more voltage to your cpu then maybe even your ram but bump it to 1.3 and see what happens. I'll go back and read this whole thread but I'm not sure if you're trying to oc anything if you are list your settings so I can get a better idea of what's going on.

Thank you for you time. Will try that. I got the i7 6400t es cpu stock 2.2ghz boost to 2.6ghz but i got it overclocked to 4.08ghz. Memory speed stock 1333 i think but i have it at a bit lower to get it to work with baseoverclock/ the higher buss speed.

Here is a picture of it stock http://cdn.overclock.net/d/da/da674c1f_stock.PNG
Here is a picture overclocked score:http://cdn.overclock.net/9/90/9018a58b_Skrmbild21.png
Here is a picture of speed ghz:http://cdn.overclock.net/b/b2/b2f324bf_Skrmbild23.png

Not the latest settings but close to them. At the moment 4.08 as i said. I can have 1.25v and run stable on 4.08 in for example aida 64. Strange that i need so much more volt to get it to start on the first try.

 

[JustEthan]

Ya, I'm not entirely sure why either it was just a problem I encountered with an older Gigabyte board. I had to make sure pretty much all apps were closed and that I didn't have the high performance power plan set in windows when I put ti to sleep or it would wake into a boot loop. Then I gave it more voltage. I really think there is a good chance it may be how you have your memory running if your mobo allows you to raise the voltage of your memory put it at 1.35 or 1.355 it should be just fine there. I'm still getting my new rig set up right too, it's not always the quickest process. It only took a few days with my Sandy Bridge setup first time ever overclocking. I have thisone pretty stable but I think I can squeeze a little more out of it lol.

 

[alfong00]

Ya, I'm not entirely sure why either it was just a problem I encountered with an older Gigabyte board. I had to make sure pretty much all apps were closed and that I didn't have the high performance power plan set in windows when I put ti to sleep or it would wake into a boot loop. Then I gave it more voltage. I really think there is a good chance it may be how you have your memory running if your mobo allows you to raise the voltage of your memory put it at 1.35 or 1.355 it should be just fine there. I'm still getting my new rig set up right too, it's not always the quickest process. It only took a few days with my Sandy Bridge setup first time ever overclocking. I have thisone pretty stable but I think I can squeeze a little more out of it lol.

Hello, i tried to raise vcore to 1.3v. But the computer wont boot with so "high" voltage. Gets code 19 restarts like 5 times and reset bios settings.