Intermittent failure to POST

[whiteGloveReview]

Hi, I'm noticing a recurring issue with my computer. Well, two problems, but I'll keep this to just the one.
I've noticed that when I go to reboot my PC, sometimes it won't POST, sometimes it will.

Do you think this is a problem with the mobo?

 

SPECS

 

Mobo: Ecs A960M-M4 

CPU: AMD FX-6100

[STRESSMASTER]

8 minutes ago, whiteGloveReview said:

Hi, I'm noticing a recurring issue with my computer. Well, two problems, but I'll keep this to just the one.
I've noticed that when I go to reboot my PC, sometimes it won't POST, sometimes it will.

Do you think this is a problem with the mobo?

 

SPECS

 

Mobo: Ecs A960M-M4 

CPU: AMD FX-6100

it sounds like a issue with the bios. did you clear it and/or update it?

[whiteGloveReview]

Just now, STRESSMASTER said:

it sounds like a issue with the bios. did you clear it and/or update it?

Not since I first got it. It's an old mobo for an old socket. Last bios update was back in 2013.

[STRESSMASTER]

I had a asus 990fx mobo do the same thing. it turned out that i was to aggressively OC'd even though it was stable in OS

[STRESSMASTER]

@whiteGloveReview

also I found that the fx8120 didn't like RAM speed higher than 2000Mhz

[whiteGloveReview]

6 minutes ago, STRESSMASTER said:

I had a asus 990fx mobo do the same thing. it turned out that i was to aggressively OC'd even though it was stable in OS

no, CPU is running at stock speed. 3.3GHz.

 

4 minutes ago, STRESSMASTER said:

@whiteGloveReview

also I found that the fx8120 didn't like RAM speed higher than 2000Mhz

it's old ddr3 at, from what i can tell 667 MHz.

 

I don't tinker w/ the speeds.

[STRESSMASTER]

@whiteGloveReview

you double that number. so the DDR3 RAM speed is 1333

[STRESSMASTER]

@whiteGloveReview

FX CPU's as a general rule (IMHO) I have found love to run RAM at 1600 but 1333 is a fall back. you may need to go into bios and configure it so it runs at 1600.

[whiteGloveReview]

1 minute ago, STRESSMASTER said:

@whiteGloveReview

FX CPU's as a general rule (IMHO) I have found love to run RAM at 1600 but 1333 is a fall back. you may need to go into bios and configure it so it runs at 1600.

i haven't tweaked any of the numbers. it's remained as is since i've installed the motherboard.

[STRESSMASTER]

Spoiler

Just now, whiteGloveReview said:

i haven't tweaked any of the numbers. it's remained as is since i've installed the motherboard.

 

i believe you. what you need to realize is RAM can run at slower speeds that it's rating speed. XMP setting it to 1600 may actually fix it and maybe not. It will not hurt it to try as it doesn't affect your CPU and worst thing that can happen is having to clear the bios

[Stefan Payne]

1 hour ago, whiteGloveReview said:

Hi, I'm noticing a recurring issue with my computer. Well, two problems, but I'll keep this to just the one.
I've noticed that when I go to reboot my PC, sometimes it won't POST, sometimes it will.

Do you think this is a problem with the mobo?

 

SPECS

 

Mobo: Ecs A960M-M4 

CPU: AMD FX-6100

PSU

Memory 

Graphics card?

[whiteGloveReview]

On 9/17/2018 at 2:43 AM, Stefan Payne said:

PSU

Memory 

Graphics card?

didn't think they were relevent.

PSU: EVGA 500W

Mem: ? 8GB ddr3

GPU: Zotac 1060

[Stefan Payne]

17 minutes ago, whiteGloveReview said:

didn't think they were relevent.

PSU: EVGA 500W

Mem: ? 8GB ddr3

GPU: Zotac 1060

Everything is important, we need to know everything to give a good educated guess, especially when it comes to problems with Booting. There is nothing you can exclude. Harddrives and SSDs are also an issue that might cause this!

 

Anyway: Your PSU is garbage and should be replaced anyway, with something of good quality. Might be the issue here, as its rather low quality.