2 Problems

benjo · 29 Jun 2006 at 11:08

Hey all

Just got my rig set up again, on a fresh install of windows with an ASRock 939Dualsata and a 3700SD.

These problems arn't extreme, but they're annoying. Basically, when i click restart in windows or shutdown, or when a program reboots the PC after it's installed, the pc doesn't do anything? It says it's shutting down, but then it freezes on a black screen, and sort of goes into standby. I simply turn it off and then back on.

Anyone got any clues?

Thanks

Joe42 · 29 Jun 2006 at 13:32

Check for a bios update, check bios power options, check and update creative sound card drivers, try a second windows install to see if its hardware or software.

benjo · 29 Jun 2006 at 13:34

The bios and sound drivers are up to date. I havn't checked the power options yet. Will try it after work

Thanks

xiphrex · 29 Jun 2006 at 13:47

This happens to me sometimes aswell. Its that motherboard (I have it), its known to have wierd cold boot problems. You could try checking if the bios is up to date, if it is then try a cmos reset and see what happens.

Honestly the board is so buggy, but it seems to work after a few reboots sometimes without changing any bios settings. I have no solution to my cold boot problems that I get, and sometimes I get like you are describing, screen goes black after windows shutdown but the PC is still on, but it only sometimes happens. At one point I turned my pc on to see a garbled bios screen and the PC wouldnt get into windows; a cmos reset fixed that problem even though I did not change any setting from what I was before.

Bios randomly corrupting? Random cold boots? Random incomplete shutdowns?
They should rename it Asrock 939BUGGY

Joe42 · 29 Jun 2006 at 14:09

Thats sad to hear, i put an Asrock in a budget system for a friend and its the best board i have ever encountered, £40 and better than both my £150 asus boards. Overclocks well, passive chipset cooling, good bios and works perfectly.

t31os · 29 Jun 2006 at 14:14

Problem can also be caused by software to, i've seen various programs cause this.

Logoff before you shutdown or restart, if that works you can pretty sure something on the software side is the issue, alternatively you could also see if it happens in safe mode. This will help rule out if its software related.

Joe42 · 29 Jun 2006 at 14:16

Either safe mode or installing a 2nd fresh copy of windows should be able to rule out hardware or software, so we know whats causing the problem.

t31os · 29 Jun 2006 at 14:25

Installing windows again should always be the last thing you need to try, why, because it takes longer then the various other things you can try.

benjo · 29 Jun 2006 at 16:06

Hmm, i've just rolled back to windows media player 10, and it restarted flawlessly :confused:

Thanks for all your replies, if it does it again i'll come back here