[SOLVED] Fans start then stop on new build

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xgesh

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Hi! Im from Poland, and i have these same problem, i bought new parts, went to home and start build.

My configuration:

Motherbord x79-up4
CPU 4930k 3,40Ghz
GPU GTX 760 Gigabyte Windforce 2GB
Cooler corsair h100i + 2quiet edition corsair fans
SSD Kingston hyperx 120gb
Power supply Corsair HX650
DDR VenegancePro Series 1866Mhz 16GB
Case Carbide600T

I setup all parts together and problem was the same like you, computer start and stop, all the time.
I connected H100i for short to my second old computer to sata supply, and to cpufan connection on motherboard and its doesnt work, and i think that could be a problem. Does h100i should light led on waterblock ? I think it does, so i decied to give him on warranty,also motherboard for sure goes to warranty...
What do You think so? What colud be a problem ? Waiting for Your help, and replay.

p.s sorry for my bad english ;)
 
Re: CPU/PSU Fan Spin For a Second and Stop on New Build

Did the CPU come with a Intel heat sink and fan?
If so clean off any thermal paste on the CPU and test using the Intel unit.

Also I'll move you over to a thread of your own.
 
Re: CPU/PSU Fan Spin For a Second and Stop on New Build

CPU came without Intel cooler, i bought Corsair H100i water cooler, and motherboard restarting all the time, i think that is the problem, that cooler was damaged, but I do not know what is the behavior of the motherboard without connecting the fan? It will restart all the time? Now waiting 2weeks for parts from warranty, if they came i will check everything one more time. Corsair H100i has preaplied termal paste on water block.
 
If the CPU is overheating it'll shut down, but restarting may have more to do with ram.

Try using 2 sticks only in slots DDR3_1 and DDR3_2
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I had the same problem with the same board. The steps I used to get the board to work:
  1. Shut down the system.
  2. Switch off your PSU via its switch.
  3. Remove the power cord from the PSU.
    • If your PSU does not have a switch:
    • After removing the power cord from the PSU, hold down your power button to drain all power from the components.
  4. Remove the CPU Power (ATX-12V 2x4 input) while making sure to follow anti-static safety procedures.
  5. Turn on the system and allow it to boot.
  6. An error should occur since no CPU power is in place. Let the system restart itself a few times for that error.
  7. Go through 1-3 again to make sure all power is drained from the motherboard.
  8. Assemble your system normally and see if the motherboard now boots.


For reference:

 
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Currently cooler and motherboard were placed on the warranty, but I think unnecessarily, maybe it will start as writhziden wrote. But i dont have certainty that H100i cooler was efficient.
Thats the set:
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Digerati said:
I had the same problem with the same board.
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:( Hmmm, coincidence or a pattern? Not good either way. I hope your solution works here.
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It seems to be a pattern with X79 boards. Not sure if it is all boards or just a handful that have issues, but I have read a lot of boot issues with the X79 line from Gigabyte and experienced some strange boot behavior with an ASUS X79 board at my work.

Whatever the case, it is not limited to Gigabyte and seems to me to be the X79 set itself. I am hoping with future BIOS updates, things will reach a more stable point for X79 boards. The technology is still relatively new, but usually these quirks are worked out after 1+ years with a product line. The F4 BIOS seems to have less issues than F2 (based on my experience and other reviews I have read), but I had the strange CMOS state issue mentioned in my thread with F4, too.

My system has been running smooth hardware-wise for nearly a week now. The true test is whether it can go more than 6 weeks without a hiccup using the F4 BIOS version. F2 usually failed within 2-6 weeks with some strange hardware behavior that required a PSU cycle.


To the OP: Once you get things running, I would advise updating to the F4 BIOS, assuming Windows is stable enough to do so.

The QFlash does not work with F4 and needs a new flash utility installed. Unfortunately, there are tons of posts out there that even updating the QFlash before trying to install F4 does not work and the BIOS flash has to be done through Windows. Another strange phenomenon with the BIOS for this board...

Warning

Make sure Windows is running stable before attempting a BIOS flash. Any power loss or Windows crash during a BIOS flash can result in your motherboard no longer working and requiring Gigabyte to re-flash the BIOS in house.

 
Thanks for advice writhziden. Maybe when the board comes from warranty f4 bios will be installed by factory... I do not know what version was now installed.
 
it is not limited to Gigabyte and seems to me to be the X79 set itself.
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I just heard from a colleague about a MSI X79 board and an i7-4930K Ivy Bridge-E having the same problem. I am a bit relieved it is not just Gigabyte (my preferred board maker) and now with ASUS and MSI too, it is likely to get Intel's attention. I note the X79 has been around for 2 years and Gigabyte already recalled them once. So it is troublesome these problems are still surfacing. But this late in the game suggests that it is a problem with the chipset and the newer CPUs (the i7-4930K just came out a couple months ago).

Any power loss or Windows crash during a BIOS flash can result in your motherboard no longer working and requiring Gigabyte to re-flash the BIOS in house.
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The only time I have had a motherboard totally "bricked" on me during a flash update was when the power went out in the middle of the update. The good news is that was also the final and convincing justification I needed to have the boss finally approve funding for the UPSs I had been requesting for 2 years. :)
 
Yeap it could be a problem with 4930K. We will see, after mobo back from warranty. May be they update bios and evertyhing would be ok.
 
I read on other forums that x79-up4 has a problem with new intel processor's like ivy bridge on x79 and bios must be updated to F4 version.

"Without BIOS update the system just goes into a never-ending on-off loop."

New BIOS:

GA-X79-UP4 - F4
GA-X79-UD3 - F16

- Support IVB-E CPU
- 05.Sep 13

(Note) Please update @BIOS to ver.2.33 and be sure to reflash this BIOS through @BIOS ver2.33.
(Note) To Support IVB-E CPU, the Intel driver must be updated in advanced.
 
Yeap it could be a problem with 4930K
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I don't think the 4930K is the problem (unless that specific sample was faulty). That is, I think the design and manufacturing of the 4930K is good as they work on other systems. I think the problem is simply compatibility issues with the X79 chipset.
 
The x79 is the only supporting chipset for the 4930K, unless you are referring to Xeon chips and C602 server chipsets?
 
Mobo return from factory with new bios F4, and all problems gone. H100i was replaced for new one. Now everything works fine. :) Thanks for help.
 

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