965P-DS3 boot up behavior?

My 965P-DS3 boots up in a way that is different from all my computers prior.
When the power button is pushed on, the hard drives spin up and the fans get
a slight voltage. After about 2 seconds, the rest of the computer turns on
and the fans get full voltage, and everything works normally. All the comps
I've seen prior turn everything on at once. Is this soft-boot some special
feature brought on by the new ATX specification? Or have things been this
way for a long time and I'm just out of the loop? Or is my mobo a weird
one?

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Phil

It's not normal; the issue may well be in the power supply, not the
motherboard.


Phil, Non-Squid wrote:
> My 965P-DS3 boots up in a way that is different from all my computers prior.
> When the power button is pushed on, the hard drives spin up and the fans get
> a slight voltage. After about 2 seconds, the rest of the computer turns on
> and the fans get full voltage, and everything works normally. All the comps
> I've seen prior turn everything on at once. Is this soft-boot some special
> feature brought on by the new ATX specification? Or have things been this
> way for a long time and I'm just out of the loop? Or is my mobo a weird
> one?
>

I considered that, too, but I had good luck with my previous build under
this same PSU without this weird boot-up behavior.

--
Phil

"Barry Watzman" <> wrote in message
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> It's not normal; the issue may well be in the power supply, not the
> motherboard.
>
>
> Phil, Non-Squid wrote:
>> My 965P-DS3 boots up in a way that is different from all my computers
>> prior. When the power button is pushed on, the hard drives spin up and
>> the fans get a slight voltage. After about 2 seconds, the rest of the
>> computer turns on and the fans get full voltage, and everything works
>> normally. All the comps I've seen prior turn everything on at once. Is
>> this soft-boot some special feature brought on by the new ATX
>> specification? Or have things been this way for a long time and I'm just
>> out of the loop? Or is my mobo a weird one?
>>

Well, all of the voltages ... as well as the "power good" signal (the
motherboard isn't SUPPOSED to start until this indicates all voltages up
and stable) all come from the power supply, not the motherboard. All
that the motherboard does is tell the power supply to turn on or off.


Phil, Non-Squid wrote:
> I considered that, too, but I had good luck with my previous build under
> this same PSU without this weird boot-up behavior.
>

Barry Watzman wrote:
> Well, all of the voltages ... as well as the "power good" signal (the
> motherboard isn't SUPPOSED to start until this indicates all voltages
> up and stable) all come from the power supply, not the motherboard. All
> that the motherboard does is tell the power supply to turn on or
> off.
>
> Phil, Non-Squid wrote:
>> I considered that, too, but I had good luck with my previous build
>> under this same PSU without this weird boot-up behavior.

It doesn't seem to be the PSU. I replaced the 965P with a MSI P6N, which is
stable, better-behaved, the audio works properly, and I don't lose my OC
settings upon each reboot. I'm done with buying used.

--
Phil

Here's a wild guess...you OC settings are too high.

"Phil, Non-Squid" <> wrote in message
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> My 965P-DS3 boots up in a way that is different from all my computers
> prior. When the power button is pushed on, the hard drives spin up and the
> fans get a slight voltage. After about 2 seconds, the rest of the
> computer turns on and the fans get full voltage, and everything works
> normally. All the comps I've seen prior turn everything on at once. Is
> this soft-boot some special feature brought on by the new ATX
> specification? Or have things been this way for a long time and I'm just
> out of the loop? Or is my mobo a weird one?
>
> --
> Phil
>

It had this behavior while OCing or not.

Phil

Whifferdill wrote:
> Here's a wild guess...you OC settings are too high.
>
> "Phil, Non-Squid" <> wrote in message
> news:465519a9$0$9876$...
>> My 965P-DS3 boots up in a way that is different from all my computers
>> prior. When the power button is pushed on, the hard drives spin up
>> and the fans get a slight voltage. After about 2 seconds, the rest
>> of the computer turns on and the fans get full voltage, and
>> everything works normally. All the comps I've seen prior turn
>> everything on at once. Is this soft-boot some special feature
>> brought on by the new ATX specification? Or have things been this
>> way for a long time and I'm just out of the loop? Or is my mobo a
>> weird one? --
>> Phil

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Phil