Booting up in morning

canson1991 · 29 Nov 2012 at 14:45

when turning my computer on in the morning it doesn’t boot straight away. I have to leave the power on from the mains going into computer for 10-20 seconds or less before it actually starts. That time was just a rough estimate though. I just want to know could it be cold whether because my computer is left in a study room with no heat overnight. Could this be the cause?

Thanks in advance.

Hitman_Leon · 29 Nov 2012 at 14:50

canson1991 said:
when turning my computer on in the morning it doesn’t boot straight away. I have to leave the power on from the mains going into computer for 10-20 seconds or less before it actually starts. That time was just a rough estimate though. I just want to know could it be cold whether because my computer is left in a study room with no heat overnight. Could this be the cause?

Thanks in advance.

Get this to general hardware forum mate!

antijoke · 29 Nov 2012 at 14:51

And there was I thinking this was going to be about some cross dresser putting on his kinky boots.

drizzy · 29 Nov 2012 at 14:52

I thought it was going to be about someone going skiing. Disappointed.

Kosmiche · 29 Nov 2012 at 14:53

I knew exactly what it was going to be about

Cosimo · 29 Nov 2012 at 14:54

Hitman_Leon said:
Get this to general hardware forum mate!

Before GD put the boot in.

canson1991 · 29 Nov 2012 at 15:04

Didn't mean to mislead you lol, The cross dresser statement amused me lol. Thanks i'll post in general hardware.

bremen1874 · 29 Nov 2012 at 17:59

If you're switching the mains off at the wall that could cause the issue you describe. Leave the power on so the machine has standby power.

Dervious · 29 Nov 2012 at 18:45

My guess is that there could be a "lazy" electrolytic capacitor, probably in the PSU, but maybe on the motherboard. This ususally happens when electrolytics get old or have had a lot of use.

If the PSU a good quality one ? This kind of fault is more likely with a cheap power supply. You shouldn't have to leave your PC "on" at the mains overnight to enable it to switch on quickly.

Regy53 · 29 Nov 2012 at 19:52

have you tried the choke?

Edit. Sorry lame i know

pryere · 29 Nov 2012 at 21:41

caffeine...

Orionaut · 30 Nov 2012 at 09:41

Funnily I have a similar issue.

I have a desktop in a Van that I run from an inverter. Not ideal but, for the most part, it works OK.

Normally I leave the inverter off. When I wish to use the PC I switch the inverter on and then start the PC with the Start button.

Every now and again though it wont boot unless I switch off the PSU at the PSU switch at the back of the PC and switch it on again!

What is the difference between cycling this switch and simply turning the inverter on and off?? :confused: