Bad Bios or Bad Motherboard?

[SirTurtle]

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]I Got a fun one for the boys and girls of the OC3D Forums. [/font]

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]*System (Everything except HDD is new)[/font]

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]CPU - 3820 Intel (Stock Clock)[/font]

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]MB - GB X79 - UD5[/font]

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Ram - 16gb T1 Hyper X Kingston[/font]

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]VGA - Dual 6970HD PowerColor[/font]

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Cooling - XSPC RX360 Rad, X2O 750 12V Pump/Reservoir, clear 7/16" tubing (*Approx 1.5m), RayStorm XSPC waterblock, 11 120mm "Silent" 90CFM CoolerMaster Fans.[/font]

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]PSU - SilverStone 1200W Gold[/font]

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]HDD - Hitachi 2TB 7200rpm[/font]

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]SSD - 120 Kingston Hyper X[/font]

Problem.. ITS EVOLVING!!!

It started off that randomly , 1 in 5 times when i turned on my computer, the bios would look like it was loading(Without touching keyboard or trying to open bios) then computer restart before bios actually loads then load into windows no worries

Now it still looks like it is loading bios but then stops, turns off.. fans go still \ spinning down, then a flash of power all the fans spin up for a second then off completely, i turn on and it works goes into windows no worries..

Was advised could be bios, I updated to the latest bios same problem, i switched to 2nd bios (MB has dual bios) same problem.

Question : When i updated bios would that of flashed bios and reinstalled or just upgrade bios?

[font=Verdana, sans-serif, FreeSans]Thank you for your time n effort in reading this hopefully i can figure this mess out D: As i wish to OC but wish to fix all issues before i even attempt to OC. [/font]

 

[Jujumonkey]

I believe that during boot up the bios checks all the parts attached to the motherboard and if one of the parts fails the test then the bios shuts the pc down. You could try a programme called memtest to check the ram, just have memtest on disk and have it in the optical drive and boot from it. Maybe also you could check the hard drive in another pc and run a checkdisk on it. That's all i can think of sorry but there's lots of people more knowledgeable than me here that will help you also