P/C dosent start up on first try ?

JIM1218 · Sep 5, 2006, 04:02 PM

I didnt know if this is the right post or not but :

After turning off the P/C > it dosent start up again after shutdown
It will reboot if I choose restart but if i shut it off it wont start up again unless I unplug or switch off and on the switch in the back there sometimes a few tries are needed to make this happen 10 or more till it starts up

the light is on on the motherboard and when the on button is pressed the fan spins for half a second and stops till i unplug the powere or switch off the power supply switch then one time it will spinup and boot its a new case new motherboard and works fine otherwise do i have the front panel wired up wrong ? or power saving settings wrong in windows xp ? I dont have very many devices hooked up to the power supply cd-r a: drive hdd. thats about it tho any ideas on whats going on

hope u can help

Al_Vampyre · Sep 5, 2006, 04:13 PM

Cold start issue, can you let us know what your sysem specs are, that would help us narrow it down...but my first guess is power supply or connectors

H3X4D3C1M4L · Sep 5, 2006, 06:34 PM

Your AC line voltage could be majorly bad or something on that side of it could be messed.

Sure the plug is grounded OK?

JIM1218 · Sep 5, 2006, 06:35 PM

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 512mb pc133 ram Biostar k8vga-m mainboard
okia420w power supply 120gig maxtor sony cd-rw bios ver. ?

Al_Vampyre · Sep 5, 2006, 08:23 PM

Yep definately check all your power headers are properly connected, and check for a BIOS update to the mainboard as they can sometimes fix a cold boot issue

JIM1218 · Sep 5, 2006, 09:39 PM

bios ver. VIAK8M-4230e31 ok ill give that a try

thanks

NUCLEARWINTER · Sep 10, 2006, 04:16 AM

once it's running it IS stable right? doesn't reboot at random? that would be very bad news to be in the middle of a bios flash and have pc shut down. >

Grace · Sep 10, 2006, 07:26 PM

I've seen plenty of motherboards with that issue. It is usually caused by an installed PCI or AGP card. If you have PCI cards, try removing them one by one to check out if one of them creates the problem.

JIM1218 · Sep 15, 2006, 03:15 PM

I have 2 sound blaster audio cards installed running on the kx project drivers

the p/c is stable when running just gives trouble when cold booting sometimes it turns right on other times 10 tries or more with the power switch on the back

I checked all the connections from the front pannel reset button start HDD led and they apear to be correct

i was hoping not to have to flash the bios as i hear alot of bad things about it going wrong there is a newer version available for my K8VGA-M another thing seems to be screwy through windows a DOS prompt typing a simple command like DIR then when i try to close it i get an error message "end program" any ideas

I have removed the soundcards one at a time and still the same problem altho it only took two tries to startup this time if I could id leave it running all the time but i record live music and travel with this pc often i guess ill try flashing the bios yikes !

Sep 5, 2006, 04:02 PM	#1
JIM1218 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CT Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	P/C dosent start up on first try ? I didnt know if this is the right post or not but : After turning off the P/C > it dosent start up again after shutdown It will reboot if I choose restart but if i shut it off it wont start up again unless I unplug or switch off and on the switch in the back there sometimes a few tries are needed to make this happen 10 or more till it starts up the light is on on the motherboard and when the on button is pressed the fan spins for half a second and stops till i unplug the powere or switch off the power supply switch then one time it will spinup and boot its a new case new motherboard and works fine otherwise do i have the front panel wired up wrong ? or power saving settings wrong in windows xp ? I dont have very many devices hooked up to the power supply cd-r a: drive hdd. thats about it tho any ideas on whats going on hope u can help

Sep 5, 2006, 04:13 PM	#2
Al_Vampyre HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,532 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Cold start issue, can you let us know what your sysem specs are, that would help us narrow it down...but my first guess is power supply or connectors __________________ "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Brian O'Driscoll - Ireland Rugby Team 2009 Grand Slam winning Captain.

Sep 5, 2006, 08:23 PM	#5
Al_Vampyre HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,532 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Yep definately check all your power headers are properly connected, and check for a BIOS update to the mainboard as they can sometimes fix a cold boot issue __________________ "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Brian O'Driscoll - Ireland Rugby Team 2009 Grand Slam winning Captain.

Sep 10, 2006, 04:16 AM	#7
NUCLEARWINTER Reap What You Sow. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 1,135 Rep Power: 65 System Specs	once it's running it IS stable right? doesn't reboot at random? that would be very bad news to be in the middle of a bios flash and have pc shut down. > __________________ insert witty comment here!

Sep 15, 2006, 03:15 PM	Thread Starter #9
JIM1218 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CT Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	I have 2 sound blaster audio cards installed running on the kx project drivers the p/c is stable when running just gives trouble when cold booting sometimes it turns right on other times 10 tries or more with the power switch on the back I checked all the connections from the front pannel reset button start HDD led and they apear to be correct i was hoping not to have to flash the bios as i hear alot of bad things about it going wrong there is a newer version available for my K8VGA-M another thing seems to be screwy through windows a DOS prompt typing a simple command like DIR then when i try to close it i get an error message "end program" any ideas I have removed the soundcards one at a time and still the same problem altho it only took two tries to startup this time if I could id leave it running all the time but i record live music and travel with this pc often i guess ill try flashing the bios yikes ! Last edited by JIM1218; Sep 15, 2006 at 03:27 PM. Reason: for got to mention removing pci cards to recreate the problem

Sep 5, 2006, 06:34 PM	#3
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Your AC line voltage could be majorly bad or something on that side of it could be messed. Sure the plug is grounded OK?

Sep 5, 2006, 06:35 PM	Thread Starter #4
JIM1218 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CT Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 512mb pc133 ram Biostar k8vga-m mainboard okia420w power supply 120gig maxtor sony cd-rw bios ver. ?

Sep 5, 2006, 09:39 PM	Thread Starter #6
JIM1218 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CT Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	bios ver. VIAK8M-4230e31 ok ill give that a try thanks

Sep 10, 2006, 07:26 PM	#8
Grace HH's Tomboy Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Anywhere but in my house! Posts: 776 Rep Power: 56	I've seen plenty of motherboards with that issue. It is usually caused by an installed PCI or AGP card. If you have PCI cards, try removing them one by one to check out if one of them creates the problem.