*avoid* gskill 2GBZX with DS3

[mayakindaguy]

Yeah, this seems like it might be narrowing down to a DS3 issue. Not definitively, but that defaulting to cas3 thing is . Although I'm thinking that's just a glitch reading in the BIOS no? Isn't the main issue the vdimm? because people have been able to POST with very cheap generic DELL RAM.

I think some complaints to Gigabyte are in order to look into this.

Not sure if it is the RAM or DS3 actually, but here's another case.

Problem

Here is my build:

Intel® Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe Processor 1.86GHz, 1066FSB, LGA775, 2MB Cache Retail
OCZ OCZ26672048ELDCGE-K 2GB Kit DDR2-667 PC2-5400 Gold Edition Enhanced Latency Dual Channel Memory Retail
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 P965 Express Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Duo 1066FSB LGA775 DDR2 ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail
Sapphire X1900XT 512MB
Antec 550 Neo HE (brand new today)

Okay so here is what I did... I took EVERYTHING out of my case, and plugged in my motherboard, 1 stick of RAM (each independantly), and my video card. I plugged in the 12V rail and motherboard power, then used a screwdriver to turn the PC on. NOTHING!

I swapped video cards to an X300 PCI-E I had lying around -- NOTHING. Same thing for the 6800GT OC I have -- NOTHING!

A point to note... the PC turns on for about a second then turns RIGHT OFF. Then it turns on again and stays on. I had an episode on the PC where it rebooted every 3 seconds -- would not stay on. I heard of problems with Antec PSUs but I am not sure... can't seem to find supporting details.

I am really frustrated and wanted to put my PC together today.... and I've built a zillion before so I can't think what's wrong

Please help

Solution: bought some cheap generic RAM and booted. =P