Desperate with failure in my equipment, help please!!

[incub0]

Hello everyone!!

First of all, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this since it's about the team in general and I didn't know where to put it, if it's in another place I'll change it

The fact is that I'm desperate, I built my computer in February 2010 and I've had the following problem for over a month, when I turn on the computer the CPU turns on but the monitor doesn't get a signal, the first thing you think is that it's the graphics card but I've changed it and nothing, the fact is that when you turn it off and on several times it finally starts, sometimes it's 10 or 15 attempts and others 30 or 40, there's no pattern.

I thought it could be the power supply since sometimes it would start by touching the power cables but I put a Thermaltake 700W and nothing, another €60 spent

My conclusion is that it's the motherboard, but of course if it were completely wrong it would never start and that's my doubt, it's a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 socket 1366 and it's a bit expensive so I would like to be sure before changing it (bought in February 2010 at pccomponentes)

The fact is that the motherboard has error code messages, it stays on "C1" which according to the manual is a RAM issue, but I took out the 3 modules I have and supposedly it should start beeping like crazy for not having memory but to my surprise it didn't do anything, it stayed the same, with the "C1", on and no signal on the monitor.

I should also mention that once it turns on, if I restart or turn it off and on it already works perfectly, that is, if I leave it off for a long time the problem comes back.

It's through a UPS but I've tried it directly on the power and it's the same.

I'm desperate I also updated the BIOS and nothing… I would really appreciate some advice

I'll leave you my configuration bought in February 2010 to which you have to add an ATI-Radeon 5850 1GB DDR3

I'M UPDATING BY PUTTING THE MANUAL OF THE BOARD WHERE IT SPECIFIES THE ERROR "C1":

http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Manual/motherboard_manual_ga-ex58-ud5(p)_e.pdf

"C1h Detect memory

• Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC"

I would appreciate any advice before risking buying another motherboard and spending another €200… and if you advise me a better one, I mainly use the computer for photography and graphic design.

Thank you very much!!

Best regards from Madrid,
Arturo

[krampak]

Have you tried to plug in 1 single RAM module? And if it doesn't work, try with another module? If it still doesn't work, it seems to be the motherboard. Before changing it, you could also check if there is any new BIOS for your model and update it.

[incub0]

@krampak:

Has probado en pinchar 1 solo módulo de RAM? y si no va probar con otro módulo? si así no va tiene toda la pinta de ser placa base. Antes de cambiarla también podrias mirar si hay alguna BIOS nueva para tu modelo y actualizarla.

Muchas Gracias Krampak, y si si, probé con 2 y con 1 solo módulo, lo de la BIOS lo he comentado también, la actualicé y nada…

Gracias de nuevo!

[Fassou]

Besides cleaning the slots of dust, and making sure which is the first boot slot (motherboard manual), try giving the memory a bit more voltage in manual (max +0.08V).

Salu2!

[ferelxyx]

try another source

regards

[incub0]

@Fassou:

Besides cleaning the slots of dust, and making sure which is the first boot slot (motherboard manual), try giving the memory a bit more voltage in manual (max +0.08V).

Salu2!

I'll try this afternoon, thank you very much ^^

@ferelxyx:

try another power supply

regards

I bought a new one yesterday, a Thermaltake 700W and nothing… :nono:

[KELHS]

I have the same problem.

By changing the RAM for another one that I know works well, I have managed to get the PC to always start up correctly, but error C1 continues to appear when it starts up.

However, the PC is running terribly and is newly formatted, everything is very slow.

Does anyone know if there is a solution to the problem? Now that my PC starts up, could I do something in the BIOS to try to fix it?

Thanks