Yo, Built a computer for my friend last night, as his old one exploderated. Anyway, we used the parts listed below, and whenever we cold-boot (from power off) it boots up fine, but if we restart/reboot (using software - i.e. windows reboot or save-settings in bios) it won't re-start - it just sits there with all the fans going at full pelt. Nothing changed in the bios, just standard settings. I did notice that the CPU was only running at 1.12~ volts, but as we hadnt changed anything, I presumed it to be correct. It's one of the 45nm jobbies, which I've never had before. Any ideas? Spec: XFX 750i mobo Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz 2gb Ballistix ram (also tried 2gb Corsair XMS) Seasonic 600w PSU nVidia 7950 GX2 Graphics card No sound card - onboard. Cheers in advance!
Dose the board have any error codes displayed? when i see C1 i cry. Considering that the Q6600 stock volts are about 1.2v, i would say 1.12v seems right for a 45nm
Does it need a BIOS update before it can use 45nm CPUs? [edit].. ignore me... it wouldn't boot at all if that were the case. Still.. check if there's a BIOS update to be had before anything else.
I think the Nvidia 700 series chipset was ment for the 45nm range straight out the box, but the lastest bios flash shouldn't be any harm. Having said the Q8200 is new to the family, so its booting but maybe not 100% compatible until bios flash.
