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This is an advanced issue. I work in IT so I'm not a novice but I have no idea about overclocking/ram timing.
I cannot boot a lot of OS installation discs/live cds. This is what I've tried so far:
Ubuntu Live version 5.0(32 bit)-10.04(64 bit)
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit or 64 bit.
Daurik's boot and nuke
What it does at some point while loading the installation is it restarts. It doesn't matter if I have a hard drive plugged in or not (I shouldn't need one to boot an Ubuntu Live CD). With Ubuntu it restarts while trying to load, and with Windows it restarts after I pick my language and click next. I have tried a different CPU, clearing the CMOS, taking out the CMOS battery, different video card, different DVD drives (IDE and SATA), and different sticks/types of RAM. No matter what I do, it always restarts where I say. I have tried loading optimized defaults and loading failsafe defaults. I feel like it might be a RAM timing issue.
Interestingly enough I installed a Hackintosh version of OS X snow leopard with these parts and it seems to boot fine without restarting ever. Didn't have issues with the install, but it was installed from a USB drive. I can still boot into it without issues when I load the correct bios settings. I don't know why it can boot this and not Windows or Linux.
I'm out of ideas. This is going to require either a replacement or help from someone high up most likely. Maybe it's a RAM timing issue? Maybe I need to reflash the bios, but how can I do that without a Windows installation?
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Model Name : GA-EP45-UD3P(rev. 1.6)
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M/B Rev : 1.6
BIOS Ver : FE
Serial No. : 100xxxxxxxx
Purchase Dealer :
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VGA Brand : Nvidia Model : some dell one
CPU Brand : Intel Model : Q9450 Speed : 2.66
Operation System : Windows 7 and Linux and Mac OS X SP :
Memory Brand : Corsair Type : DDRII
Memory Size : 1x4 GB Speed : 800MHz
Power Supply : 1000 W
I have a Sata HD & DVDRW.
Could a crappy bios flash do this or is it timing issues? I'm not the first owner of this board, so maybe they screwed it up but I don't see how a cmos reset wouldn't fix that. Thanks guys, this forum looks like my best bet. I'm not some noob who isn't willing to give this a shot.
I cannot boot a lot of OS installation discs/live cds. This is what I've tried so far:
Ubuntu Live version 5.0(32 bit)-10.04(64 bit)
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit or 64 bit.
Daurik's boot and nuke
What it does at some point while loading the installation is it restarts. It doesn't matter if I have a hard drive plugged in or not (I shouldn't need one to boot an Ubuntu Live CD). With Ubuntu it restarts while trying to load, and with Windows it restarts after I pick my language and click next. I have tried a different CPU, clearing the CMOS, taking out the CMOS battery, different video card, different DVD drives (IDE and SATA), and different sticks/types of RAM. No matter what I do, it always restarts where I say. I have tried loading optimized defaults and loading failsafe defaults. I feel like it might be a RAM timing issue.
Interestingly enough I installed a Hackintosh version of OS X snow leopard with these parts and it seems to boot fine without restarting ever. Didn't have issues with the install, but it was installed from a USB drive. I can still boot into it without issues when I load the correct bios settings. I don't know why it can boot this and not Windows or Linux.
I'm out of ideas. This is going to require either a replacement or help from someone high up most likely. Maybe it's a RAM timing issue? Maybe I need to reflash the bios, but how can I do that without a Windows installation?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model Name : GA-EP45-UD3P(rev. 1.6)
--------------------------
M/B Rev : 1.6
BIOS Ver : FE
Serial No. : 100xxxxxxxx
Purchase Dealer :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VGA Brand : Nvidia Model : some dell one
CPU Brand : Intel Model : Q9450 Speed : 2.66
Operation System : Windows 7 and Linux and Mac OS X SP :
Memory Brand : Corsair Type : DDRII
Memory Size : 1x4 GB Speed : 800MHz
Power Supply : 1000 W
I have a Sata HD & DVDRW.
Could a crappy bios flash do this or is it timing issues? I'm not the first owner of this board, so maybe they screwed it up but I don't see how a cmos reset wouldn't fix that. Thanks guys, this forum looks like my best bet. I'm not some noob who isn't willing to give this a shot.
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