boot looping, occasionally?

[Oliver davies]

my specs are 

xeon x5650 overclocked to 4Ghz (boot looping still happens when not over clocked)

Gigabyte x58 USB3 motherboard

16Gb DDR3 ram

Gtx 1050 overclocked to 1962 mhz

500w generic PSU

 

i think that the PSU is not enough to power the system at boot but by flicking the psu switch it sometimes turns on? when boot looping the post LEDs on the mother board do not light whereas the lights instantly when it is not boot looping. Any ideas on what else might be happening?

[manikyath]

Just now, Oliver davies said:

500w generic PSU

ellaborate?

 

i'm sensing this is at least part of the issue..

[Oliver davies]

4 minutes ago, manikyath said:

ellaborate?

 

i'm sensing this is at least part of the issue..

The psu is a integrator 500w 80 plus bronze PSU caqn be found here: http://www.ebuyer.com/774868-aerocool-integrator-500w-80-certified-builder-psu-acp-i500hg-oem?mkwid=s_dc&pcrid=51482424299&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=CPirxZ3NjdUCFYIaGwodisEPAw

[PineyCreek]

Does it give any other warnings, such as when it does actually start does it display a message like something has been reset to defaults?  I'd lean towards the PSU, but I've had systems try restarting several times before booting due to the system not liking memory or timings, that's why I ask.

[BestPCBuilder2017]

3 hours ago, PineyCreek said:

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I'm thinking about asking about post codes, but I'm not sure if that would apply exactly 

[Oliver davies]

7 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

Does it give any other warnings, such as when it does actually start does it display a message like something has been reset to defaults?  I'd lean towards the PSU, but I've had systems try restarting several times before booting due to the system not liking memory or timings, that's why I ask.

When it does post it works just fine no error message and i can put in under load such as 3D mark and gaming.

[Oliver davies]

9 minutes ago, NCIX Lampy said:

I'm thinking about asking about post codes, but I'm not sure if that would apply exactly 

Unfortunately not. the post leds are just a few red to green leds (on the motherboard) that turn on during a successful post.

[PineyCreek]

1 minute ago, Oliver davies said:

When it does post it works just fine no error message and i can put in under load such as 3D mark and gaming.

When it fails to fully start, do you ever get the chance to get into the BIOS, or does it never make it to that prompt?

[Oliver davies]

9 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

When it fails to fully start, do you ever get the chance to get into the BIOS, or does it never make it to that prompt?

my monitor does not even recognise a input and my Hdd & fans only start to spin up.(boot drive is an old ssd)

[PineyCreek]

I don't think your system is underpowered.  Try removing the OC from the graphics card to see if maybe PCIE doesn't like the extra juice its pulling (total guess).  Otherwise, considering it only seems to be affecting startup, may be a bad PSU, like it just can't deliver the initial juice at start consistently.  Test it with a multimeter?

[Oliver davies]

11 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

I don't think your system is underpowered.  Try removing the OC from the graphics card to see if maybe PCIE doesn't like the extra juice its pulling (total guess).  Otherwise, considering it only seems to be affecting startup, may be a bad PSU, like it just can't deliver the initial juice at start consistently.  Test it with a multimeter?

Thank you. I need a new PSU anyway as the fan has died on the original ( I have replaced it with a cheap 120mm) and I needed to check if it was the psu or some other component that needed to be replaced/upgraded.