So why do I suspect a voltage fluctuation? The battery draining this fast is obviously suspicious. It's inconsistent in what it does, so it isn't a stuck/dodgy button or something similar. When the machine turns on or randomly reboots, it boots, goes straight into bios, or I see a message "Overclock unsuccessful" or something like that. Either this corrupts the part of the CMOS which is responsible to store flags to signal to power the machine on in certain scenarios (sets flags for booting up after a memory/cpu reconfiguration, etc) or simply the microcontroller that is responsible for these things is struggling. I think there is a voltage fluctuation/instability/drop somewhere. My thoughts on why the machine turns on/off: The symptoms were the same before and were fixed by the battery swap, and a new battery certainly helps for a while. The off button is not to be blamed, disconnecting the front panel connectors makes no difference. Without CMOS battery, the system boots, but after a short period, it powers down, like someone had pressed the off button. The solution so far is swapping the CMOS battery on a daily basis in order to use the machine. Since the issue was known at this point, and the battery I put in was some cheapo from the closest keystore, I just popped a new, better quality one in there and all was good.For approximately 14 hours, after which the machine started by itslef, then went into a random on-off cycle.Īt this point you probably ask "well what the hell are you complaining about, you know the solution". The random on-off issues started shortly after I built the new machine. However, it seems to have gotten mad at me for becoming the second. I also keep this machine running, it is very useful to extend my workflow, I have a good use for it. Happy machine again, no problems whatsoever.Ī month or two ago, for justifyable reasons I decided it's time to upgrade, I bought a new case, mobo, cpu, all the fancy stuff. Popped a new one in and Bob's your uncle. After taking the entire motherboard apart to get to the bloody battery (cheers Asus.) I pulled it out, measured it and sure, it was flat. Bummer.Īfter a lot of scratching me head, browsing reddit, I noticed someone having similar issues due to a flat CMOS battery.
Then I woke up at 1AM hearing the beeping again. I had little time to investigate in detail, also, my PSU was a CoolerMaster GX750 which I never trusted from the beginning (was given instead of a Corsair that I ordered but the retailer went out of stock) so I thought after 5 years I might as well get a new one. I looked around on the interwebs and my findings mostly pointed at the PSU. Not very pleasant waking up at 3AM to the geezless thing beeping like a happy bird.īack then I had many suspicions.
#Maximus viii extreme formula problems windows
It randomly turned off while being used (regardless of the operating system, I have been dual booting Linux and Windows on it the whole time) and interesting enough, it also randomly turned on from being shut down (power off proper, not sleep). It has been a very dependable workhorse over the years.Ī year or two ago, I started having issues with the system. I bought this board back in 2013 with a 4770K which I later upgraded to a 4790K which I could overclock to 4.8Ghz all core without it breaking a sweat, I was very happy with the machine. Hell, at least it might start an interesting conversation. Also, describing the process though which I arrived where might help out others having similar issues. Someone here might be able to help out with a few ideas, pushing me closer to a solution to this puzzle. I have an issue with my good old Maximus VI formula and I'm kinda stuck with my investigation. I brought a rather lengthy post to you lovely lads and lasses.
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