Official GIGABYTE X38-DQ6/X38T-DQ6 Info/BIOS Thread

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The other annoyance is a cold boot bug (I think). As I'm not exactly sure what the 'cold boot bug' is, I'll describe the symptoms. If the PSU is disconnected, then the 1st boot after reconnecting fails. Lights come on briefly and then go off. The system then automatically reboots and this time it is successful. Now, seeing as I don't normally disconnect my PSU, and also considering that this problem requires no intervention on my part and only adds a fews seconds to the boot process, I'm not all that bothered about it. However, if someone knows of a fix to this, then I'm willing to give it a try.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

I get the same thing - and I have to cut the PSU current, because it consumes 34 Watts doing NOTHING , PSU is on but PC is off (I contacted Thermaltake about this, asking them if they ever heard about things like energy efficiency or global warming or stuff like that). Never in my life I'd let something consume 34 Watts doing nothing, so I pull the plug. When rebooting, I get the same symptoms. Bios is F4b

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Thanks for that. It's good to know it's not a problem.

I know what you mean about the PSU consuming power when the PC is off. However, I wouldn't blame the PSU manufacturer. It's the motherboard that is consuming the power, and keeping things like:
- USB ports active for charging stuff
- sensors to allow power on by keyboard/mouse/etc..

These are gimmicks that some people like to have. Until we change peoples mindset, this isn't going to change sadly

[victor_c26]

Thanks for that. It's good to know it's not a problem.

I know what you mean about the PSU consuming power when the PC is off. However, I wouldn't blame the PSU manufacturer. It's the motherboard that is consuming the power, and keeping things like:
- USB ports active for charging stuff
- sensors to allow power on by keyboard/mouse/etc..

These are gimmicks that some people like to have. Until we change peoples mindset, this isn't going to change sadly

Can't the power supply throttle itself down until something requests power consumption? Why does it have to use 34 watts constantly, where does all that power go to?

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Can't the power supply throttle itself down until something requests power consumption? Why does it have to use 34 watts constantly, where does all that power go to?

I agree that the board consumes power when the PC's off, but I had a 500W Seasonic PSU before and I measured 11 watts (PSU ON, PC OFF) and 6 watts (PSU OFF). So I do blame Thermaltake for the 34 Watts (it's 16 watts when PSU OFF). It's just that I've got a fileserver running 24/7 that consumes 45 watts @ 10% CPU load, so the Thermaltake ToughPower 700 uses 75% of that amount for nothing - seems pretty insane to me. BTW: never got an answer from Thermaltake customer care