Computer Issue (PSU/Motherboard/SSD?)

[MattGameDev]

So, i recently built myself a new computer and half of my old parts (minus a few things i sold) went to building my dad a decent PC compared to what he had (an old dell dimension). I was using the computer before my new hardware arrived, and up until the day my new hardware got here, i only removed the graphics card, RAM and SSD and HDD's from the machine.

 

At first, the computer for some reason in the BIOS wouldn't pick up the SSD he had put in (Mushkin 120GB) as the default boot device; however after a little fooling around and a couple times saving the BIOS settings, i managed to get rid of that issue. Then problem i ran into was that the computer sometimes gets stuck in a "loop", where the PC will start-up (fans will go full blast) for a few seconds, then click off. After about a second or so, the computer will turn back on and keep going in that loop. I figured it was his super ghetto surge protector he had, figuring it was just barely allowing his old PC from doing the same, but then he plugged the machine directly into the wall to test it and all seemed fine until one day it began to do the "loop" again.

 

I don't own another power supply high enough wattage for the GTX 480 (my old GPU) in his PC to test if the power supply is the issue, and i can't see it being the motherboard or SSD as the motherboard worked perfectly before i removed my components and put in his, and the SSD ran smooth during set-up and installation. Specs are listed below;

 

Power supply - OCZ 1000W Gold Cert. (aprox. 4 years old)

Motherboard - ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 (aprox. 4 years old)

GPU - EVGA GTX 480 (aprox. 5 years old)

CPU - i5-3330 (bought used less than 4 months ago)

 

 

 

Any advice/suggestions/comments please help me out!

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

Nofatchx

[MattGameDev]

Bump.

[caddi daddi]

start by checking every connetor on the motherboard, pull it out and plug them all back in.

[MattGameDev]

start by checking every connetor on the motherboard, pull it out and plug them all back in.

 

I've tried this, yet i still had the same result. As of recently, i haven't seen the issue a whole lot, but i'm worried it may come back sometime

[caddi daddi]

_{try reseating the ram.}

[Necrodead]

Look up 'boot looping'

 

I had a similar problem a while back and after I found out what it was called it was way easier for me to find the solution. Unfortunatly there are a lot of reasons for boot looping, but maybe a google search would narrow it down.

[MattGameDev]

_{try reseating the ram.}

 

I've tried reseating and different RAM.

 

Look up 'boot looping'

 

I had a similar problem a while back and after I found out what it was called it was way easier for me to find the solution. Unfortunatly there are a lot of reasons for boot looping, but maybe a google search would narrow it down.

 

Hmm.. i'll have to check it out, thanks!