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Overclocking Failed! message...But I'm not!!
Hi, (sorry for the very detailed post)
Hopefully someone can help me, I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure this one out!! I've just recently built a PC using the following components: 640 Intel Pentium=AE 4 LGA 775 CPU (3.20 Ghz 800FSB) HT 2MB Cache Asus P5AD2-E-Premium 256Mb Connect 3D PCI-E X800 Tv/DVI ViVo Arctic Cooling ATI 4 (X800 Series) VGA Silencer 1Gb Twin Pack (2x 512Mb) Value Select DDR2, 533 MH PC4200 200Gb Seagate Barracuda (7200.7rpm, 8Mb) - SATA Samsung Combo Black 52x32X52 CD-RW + 16x DVD-ROM 1=2E44Mb Sony Silver Floppy Disk Drive Arctic Cooling T2 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 350W Seasonic Silent PSU Windows XP Professional SP2 When I press the power button on the front of the case, the pc seems to start with a bit of disk drive whirring, no beeps though, and the monitor does not turn on. I then have to turn off the power off at the wall, turn it back on, press the power button on the front of the case, and then the PC starts and shows the following message: Overclocking Failed! Please enter Setup to re-configure your system. Press F1 to Run SETUP Press F2 to load default values and continue As I haven't changed any settings in the BIOS, if I press F1, the BIOS shows exactly how it was before. The PC then starts fine and I have no trouble whist in Windows. If I press F2, the PC then starts fine and I have no trouble whist in Windows. If I shut the PC down completely, and then press the power button on the front of the case immediately afterwards, the PC starts up fine. If however, I wait few minutes to turn the pc back on, the same issue arises, ie the pc doesnt start up and the monitor doesnt turn on. Obviously, the easiest and cheapest thing is to do the "power on, turn on, power off, power on, turn on" thing every time. However, I don't know if anything is being damaged in the PC when I do this....so this could be costly in the future if for example something melts or blows. The power supply in the Arctic Cooling T2 case is a Seasonic 350W Continous Silent PSU. This has a 20-pin connector on it whereas the motherboard has a 24 pin connector. One of the things I'm wondering is, is whether I need a different PSU with a 24 pin connector, or get a 20-pin to 24-pin adapter that I have read about on some newsgroups. The Connect 3D Radeon X800 PCI-E graphics card does not have a power connector like the later models. I haven't flashed the BIOS, I don't know if its worth attempting an update. The details of the BIOS a AMIBIOS Version: 0404 Build Date: 02/03/2005 To me, this seems like an issue with power, either going to the motherboard or to the graphics card. Maybe some settings in the BIOS should be changed with regard to power, I don't know. If any one can help, it'd be very much appreciated!!!! Thanks, -adam |
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"Desyfa" wrote in message oups.com... Hi, (sorry for the very detailed post) Hopefully someone can help me, I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure this one out!! snip The power supply in the Arctic Cooling T2 case is a Seasonic 350W Continous Silent PSU. This has a 20-pin connector on it whereas the motherboard has a 24 pin connector. One of the things I'm wondering is, is whether I need a different PSU with a 24 pin connector, or get a 20-pin to 24-pin adapter that I have read about on some newsgroups. snip To me, this seems like an issue with power, either going to the motherboard or to the graphics card. Maybe some settings in the BIOS should be changed with regard to power, I don't know. If any one can help, it'd be very much appreciated!!!! Thanks, -adam Adam, I think you're right to suspect power - frankly, I suspect your PSU is not sufficient to run that lot. I have the same board, but I'm using an Antec Trucontrol 550W. Try checking your voltages, either with a DVM (read 12V and 5V from a spare molex), or check with Asusprobe. If any voltage drops below 5% tolerance, then that's almost certainly you problem. Regards, Steve. |
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"Desyfa" wrote in message oups.com... Hi, (sorry for the very detailed post) snipped To me, this seems like an issue with power, either going to the motherboard or to the graphics card. Maybe some settings in the BIOS should be changed with regard to power, I don't know. If any one can help, it'd be very much appreciated!!!! Thanks, Welcome to the club!. This message has to be one of the most annoying features ever invented, especially when it defaults to the 'voice announcement' on some boards... I have often wanted to take electrodes, and attach them to some components of the programmer who designed the POST reporting. Basically, they give this, for any fault that _might_ occur from overclocking, even if the machine is in a 'bog standard' state. So, memory timing issues, video card communication problems etc., will all give this report. Now some of these can be down to configuration (so on some chipsets, you get this when four memories are added, because the timings have to be reduced to cope with the extra loading), while others could be hardware problems. In your case, the PSU, could easily be the cause. The chip you have, drinks a lot of power, as does the video card, and the fairly large amount of memory. Now unfortunately, many of the 'power saving' features only activate once the machine is fully running, and during initial 'bootup', when the disk drive spins up, as does the DVD, and the machine performs it's memory tests (which while not exhaustive, are quite CPU intensive), tending to show up any problems. The 24pin connector is really required for this CPU (basically the pins on the 20pin ATX connector _will_ be overloaded when the processor is working hard). I'd say a larger supply is really required for this system. Best Wishes |
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"Desyfa" wrote: Hi, (sorry for the very detailed post) Hopefully someone can help me, I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure this one out!! I've just recently built a PC using the following components: 640 Intel Pentium=AE 4 LGA 775 CPU (3.20 Ghz 800FSB) HT 2MB Cache Asus P5AD2-E-Premium 256Mb Connect 3D PCI-E X800 Tv/DVI ViVo Arctic Cooling ATI 4 (X800 Series) VGA Silencer 1Gb Twin Pack (2x 512Mb) Value Select DDR2, 533 MH PC4200 200Gb Seagate Barracuda (7200.7rpm, 8Mb) - SATA Samsung Combo Black 52x32X52 CD-RW + 16x DVD-ROM 1=2E44Mb Sony Silver Floppy Disk Drive Arctic Cooling T2 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 350W Seasonic Silent PSU Windows XP Professional SP2 When I press the power button on the front of the case, the pc seems to start with a bit of disk drive whirring, no beeps though, and the monitor does not turn on. I then have to turn off the power off at the wall, turn it back on, press the power button on the front of the case, and then the PC starts and shows the following message: Overclocking Failed! Please enter Setup to re-configure your system. Press F1 to Run SETUP Press F2 to load default values and continue As I haven't changed any settings in the BIOS, if I press F1, the BIOS shows exactly how it was before. The PC then starts fine and I have no trouble whist in Windows. If I press F2, the PC then starts fine and I have no trouble whist in Windows. If I shut the PC down completely, and then press the power button on the front of the case immediately afterwards, the PC starts up fine. If however, I wait few minutes to turn the pc back on, the same issue arises, ie the pc doesnt start up and the monitor doesnt turn on. Obviously, the easiest and cheapest thing is to do the "power on, turn on, power off, power on, turn on" thing every time. However, I don't know if anything is being damaged in the PC when I do this....so this could be costly in the future if for example something melts or blows. The power supply in the Arctic Cooling T2 case is a Seasonic 350W Continous Silent PSU. This has a 20-pin connector on it whereas the motherboard has a 24 pin connector. One of the things I'm wondering is, is whether I need a different PSU with a 24 pin connector, or get a 20-pin to 24-pin adapter that I have read about on some newsgroups. The Connect 3D Radeon X800 PCI-E graphics card does not have a power connector like the later models. I haven't flashed the BIOS, I don't know if its worth attempting an update. The details of the BIOS a AMIBIOS Version: 0404 Build Date: 02/03/2005 To me, this seems like an issue with power, either going to the motherboard or to the graphics card. Maybe some settings in the BIOS should be changed with regard to power, I don't know. If any one can help, it'd be very much appreciated!!!! Thanks, -adam Your computer case is reviewed he http://www.ap0calypse.com/showthread.php?t=1642 The review says the built-in PSU has these limits: +3.3V@28A, +5V@30A, +12V@17A If I try a few numbers, like 8-9 amps for the processor, 3+ amps for the video card, 2 amps to spin up the hard drive, 1 amp for case fans, I cannot quite exceed the 12V rail of the PSU. (CD drives shouldn't be drawing any 12V unless there is media present.) Unless there is something wrong with the Seasonic, it looks like it should work. Testing with a slightly more powerful PSU would be a good test (mainly as I cannot think of any other tests to run). I suppose the odds of having one just sitting around are pretty remote, but a cardboard test of all your components sitting on a table top, and using a different PSU would be educational. You would want a PSU with a bit more +12V. (If you use an ATX 2.0 style PSU, where the 12V is split into a couple of separate rails, you need even more current, as the two rails don't share. 12V2 powers the processor and 12V1 powers everything else. Maybe 12 amps on 12V2 would give a bit of breathing room. The 12V1 wouldn't need nearly as much, and should be sized according to the number of 12V peripherals. Due to the lack of sharing between 12V1 and 12V2, you end up buying more PSU capacity.) Which is 12V1 and which is 12V2, is documented on page 37 he http://www.formfactors.org/developer...public_br2.pdf As your video card only draws slightly more than 3 amps on +12V, and that current is coming from the single pin on the ATX power connector, there is no reason to panic, about the 20 pin versus 24 pin thing. If the motherboard needed more +12V, then buying a proper 24 pin power supply would be a good idea, but I don't see the 6 amp limit of the single +12V pin on the 20 pin ATX connector being an issue for you. You might be using 4 amps of the 6 amps of allowed current flow through the pin. I don't see a particular damage mechanism waiting for you, if this problem is not fixed. You have about the same odds, as if you were using a cheap power supply. Seasonic is not a bad brand, and their forward converter designs only seem a bit strange (their S12, for example, seems to have a weak 3.3V, and the voltage drops on 3.3V more than it should). Other than that, their forward converter design seems to be pretty efficient, which is a good thing. So, the evidence so far, doesn't point to a "smoking gun". Your config should work, but one of the two parties (mobo and PSU) is not happy. This could be a cold boot problem (of which there are many possible root causes), or it could be the motherboard Vcore regulator shutting down because it thinks there is a problem. One of the potential problems with Vcore designs these days, is the use of a switching regulator with "latchoff" on overload. Some of the older converter designs (from P3 days) operated in "hickup" mode. What that means, is if a problem occurs, the Vcore converter will try to start again, at a low repetition rate. Say, once a second, it tries to power the circuit, and if the current is still too high, it might shut off the current after 50 milliseconds. The advantage of the hickup mode, is if there is poor transient response of your ATX PSU during the first second or two of operation, a couple of "hickups" and you are "away to the races". With the current generation of "latchoff" designs, you have to press the power switch on the front of the case, and turn the power off, for the Vcore fault detector to clear. This means, if there is some weird behavior at startup on the PSU, the Vcore regulator circuit can be intolerant of the behavior, and you'll never get anywhere. At least one Asus motherboard design had trouble with a bunch of different models of Antec power supplies, due to a problem like that (at least the symptom descriptions suggested that mechanism). Only the initial production run was affected, and I think a component change on later motherboards fixed it. I could be wrong, but for the "overclocking failed", the processor has to detect that initialization did not succeed on the last attempt. I don't think the algorithm is documented anywhere - it could be something like setting a bit in CMOS eariy in the initialization sequence at POST, and clearing the bit just as boot is completing, or perhaps even during the computer shutdown sequence. If the computer wakes up, and finds the bit is set, the implication is the computer crashed during POST or later, on the last powerup. But, this algorithm also implies that the CPU got to execute some instructions, which would not happen if Vcore shut down when the power was first applied. Using those lines of thinking, I cannot see a nice neat theory to explain it all - it is less likely that the board would run for a fraction of a second, only to have a power problem at that instant. It would be really handy to have a precise definition of how "overclocking failed" is detected, as that would make it easier to figure out whether the CPU actually got to run for a fraction of a second or not. So, the only thing I can suggest, is a cardboard test using a different PSU. One problem I have with these cases with the bundled PSUs, is you don't get a say in what size of PSU is used. Your current PSU is adequate for the job, without a lot of spare margin. If your PSU brand was say, Leadman, I'd suggest replacing it immediately. With PSU specs these days, the tough part is figuring out how much margin is needed, to get the actual power you need (i.e. correcting for power number fudging). HTH, Paul |
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Cheers for all your comments. I realised that this was a common
problem, and I've only just realised that ASUS boards aren't as good as the rest. I'm going over to maplins in a bit to see what 550W PSUs they've got. |
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"Desyfa" wrote in message oups.com... Cheers for all your comments. I realised that this was a common problem, and I've only just realised that ASUS boards aren't as good as the rest. I'm going over to maplins in a bit to see what 550W PSUs they've got. I'm not sure where you got the 'Asus boards are not as good as the rest' part. I have yet to find _any_ board manufacturer who always produces perfect products (or supports them till they do work right), but Asus are in the top few of the current crop, with some models better than others. They have some features that are annoying, but so do just about every other board I can think of... Best Wishes |
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I didn't get anything from Maplins...they're rubbish and expensive.
I've just seen the TruePower 550W on Overclockers, but its around =A390...I was hoping to spend =A350 max. Does anyone have any suggestions? Theres an Enermax 535W for about =A365 this week on overclockers, which doesn't look too bad. -adam |
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Your power supply unit is too underpowered for that combination of high
power components. I would upgrade to a MINIMUM of a 450 Watt PSU, and you may get more reliable starts. -- DaveW "Desyfa" wrote in message oups.com... Hi, (sorry for the very detailed post) Hopefully someone can help me, I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure this one out!! I've just recently built a PC using the following components: 640 Intel Pentium® 4 LGA 775 CPU (3.20 Ghz 800FSB) HT 2MB Cache Asus P5AD2-E-Premium 256Mb Connect 3D PCI-E X800 Tv/DVI ViVo Arctic Cooling ATI 4 (X800 Series) VGA Silencer 1Gb Twin Pack (2x 512Mb) Value Select DDR2, 533 MH PC4200 200Gb Seagate Barracuda (7200.7rpm, 8Mb) - SATA Samsung Combo Black 52x32X52 CD-RW + 16x DVD-ROM 1.44Mb Sony Silver Floppy Disk Drive Arctic Cooling T2 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 350W Seasonic Silent PSU Windows XP Professional SP2 When I press the power button on the front of the case, the pc seems to start with a bit of disk drive whirring, no beeps though, and the monitor does not turn on. I then have to turn off the power off at the wall, turn it back on, press the power button on the front of the case, and then the PC starts and shows the following message: Overclocking Failed! Please enter Setup to re-configure your system. Press F1 to Run SETUP Press F2 to load default values and continue As I haven't changed any settings in the BIOS, if I press F1, the BIOS shows exactly how it was before. The PC then starts fine and I have no trouble whist in Windows. If I press F2, the PC then starts fine and I have no trouble whist in Windows. If I shut the PC down completely, and then press the power button on the front of the case immediately afterwards, the PC starts up fine. If however, I wait few minutes to turn the pc back on, the same issue arises, ie the pc doesnt start up and the monitor doesnt turn on. Obviously, the easiest and cheapest thing is to do the "power on, turn on, power off, power on, turn on" thing every time. However, I don't know if anything is being damaged in the PC when I do this....so this could be costly in the future if for example something melts or blows. The power supply in the Arctic Cooling T2 case is a Seasonic 350W Continous Silent PSU. This has a 20-pin connector on it whereas the motherboard has a 24 pin connector. One of the things I'm wondering is, is whether I need a different PSU with a 24 pin connector, or get a 20-pin to 24-pin adapter that I have read about on some newsgroups. The Connect 3D Radeon X800 PCI-E graphics card does not have a power connector like the later models. I haven't flashed the BIOS, I don't know if its worth attempting an update. The details of the BIOS a AMIBIOS Version: 0404 Build Date: 02/03/2005 To me, this seems like an issue with power, either going to the motherboard or to the graphics card. Maybe some settings in the BIOS should be changed with regard to power, I don't know. If any one can help, it'd be very much appreciated!!!! Thanks, -adam |
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"Desyfa" wrote in message oups.com... I didn't get anything from Maplins...they're rubbish and expensive. I've just seen the TruePower 550W on Overclockers, but its around £90...I was hoping to spend £50 max. Does anyone have any suggestions? Theres an Enermax 535W for about £65 this week on overclockers, which doesn't look too bad. -adam Adam, Sorry, but as has been said many times both on this newsgroup and elsewhere, it's false economy to spend hundreds of pounds on processor, memory, video card, etc., and then scrimp on the PSU. Like everything else, you get what you pay for (to some extent, at least). The reason I went for the TrueControl is specifically because it allows me to adjust the voltages precisely; PSUs in general tend to err on the safe side, and provide power at 2-3% below stated values. I had an Enermax 435, which should have been OK, but which would occasionally drop (I think it was 5V) slightly below 5% tolerance, so I decided to bite the bullet and get a supply which should keep me going for some years to come. Having said that, the Enermax 535 should be fine, and the price sounds quite good. Regards, Steve. |
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Before I go and spend some omey, I think I'll do a few tests.
I think I might go and get one of those 20-pin to 24-pin converters and try that and see what happens. Does anyone know what they actually do?? I've also got an old unbranded 550W 20-pin PSU to test with at the weekend. I'll try this with and without the converter. -adam |
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