PCBONEZ wrote:I have seen something similar on Abit IP-35 series boards.
On cold boot they will appear to be starting up then reset and start […]
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swaaye wrote:When I had one of these boards, it would take like 15 seconds before it would display anything on the screen when it had a Core 2 installed. I think I had a R2.0. I tried 3-4 different Core 2 CPUs in it and behavior was always the same. It seemed to be doing some kind of configuration + self-reset before starting up.
Do other people see this?
I have seen something similar on Abit IP-35 series boards.
On cold boot they will appear to be starting up then reset and start up a second time. (Double boot.)
- Case lights and CPU fan come on. Then all goes dead for a second or two. Then it all comes on again and it boots into the OS.
- Really freaky until you get used to it.
I read somewhere that it has something to do with BIOS timing conflicting with the chipset timing.
My take was that they miss their "hand-shake" the first time around so one or the other has to be reset.
- That will obviously slow down boot times.
I've since heard that other brands of boards with other socket 775 Intel chipsets can have similar issues.
Perhaps ASRock's attempt at working around the problem is a bunch quieter than Abit's solution.
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About 1/2 that is speculation. Never seen a really really good explanation for it.
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That was a P35 issue. My IP35-Pro and my MSI P35 Platinum had it, also a friend's MSI P35 Neo-2 FIR and a gigabyte P35- DS4 (or DS3R). I have no experience on 965, it is possible that this problem existed there too.
If you overclocked, most of them did it a bunch of times. I mean, start, lights on, system off, lights on, system off, lights on, system off, lights on, BOOT!
This is totally different with the 775i65G, but I can confirm that the POST screen is displayed with delay.
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