Topic: Boot Problem

[Simon]

The PC I recently built for my cousin has developed a fault.  When she powers up, sometimes there is no beep, no monitor, no nothing, although the power is obviously there as the fans are all running.  She then hits the reset button, and everything boots up OK.  This started happening on odd occasions, but apparently it is starting to increase in frequency.  Any ideas?  I thought initially this was just the monitor not firing up, but now it seems it's more than  that.  Would going into the BIOS and disabling Quick Boot (if it's enabled) have any effect?

[chorleydave]

I'm no expert, but has she checked that the motherboard battery is seated properly, Simon?

[jon996]

i had a similar problem and it was a ram fault, have you tryed switching them around???

--jon

[Adept]

I'd get your cousin to send the whole thing back to the manufacturer and demand their money back Simon. There are a lot of cowboy PC-builders around these days you know

Disabling quick boot won't make any difference, although, as Jon says, it may possibly show up a memory fault.

Try removing all of the PCI cards and memory sticks and re-seat them. If this doesn't cure it, try re-seating the processor.

[Tony]

I'd get your cousin to send the whole thing back to the manufacturer and demand their money back Simon. There are a lot of cowboy PC-builders around these days you know

Ref, Ref....you blind or summat...that was way below the belt  :heehee:..... Mind you, had this prob at the beginning, and now rearing its ugly head again...smacks of a loose something to me.

[Simon]

OK, thanks guys.  

Jon, there's no 'them' to switch around.  It just has one stick of 512Mb 2700 DDR.

Dave, hmmm...    

Sean, I'll try that next time I go to visit.  Can anyone explain why this might be happening, but only on a first boot?  An immediate restart rectifies the issue, and there are no other problems.

Oh, and  :chubby:  

[jon996]

and how was i spost 2 no that??!?! :heehee:

[Simon]

and how was i spost 2 no that??!?! :heehee:

You didn't ask!  

[jon996]

ok ok fair enufff :bald:

[Adept]

Sean, I'll try that next time I go to visit.  Can anyone explain why this might be happening, but only on a first boot?  An immediate restart rectifies the issue, and there are no other problems.

It may well be a bad connection in that case. As the PC warms up, the components expand and "make" the connection properly.