Boot up issues

robbw77 · 30 Jun 2014 at 18:55

Turned my PC on about an hour ago, and nothing appeared on the monitor.....

Changed the wire to MOBO graphics...still nothing, unplugged all my SSD's and HDDs apart from 1 HDD, screen came on and asked to boot from Cd/DVD ROM.

I then plugged everything back in and it booted up and got to "Loading Operating System" and its just sits there for ages, then eventually it starts windows.

My OS is installed on an SSD btw.

Why is this happening?

William-Mathew · 30 Jun 2014 at 19:24

Can you please list your system specs. Have you tried a CMOS reset?

robbw77 · 30 Jun 2014 at 19:33

William-Mathew said:
Can you please list your system specs. Have you tried a CMOS reset?

My Specs are:

GTX780
i5 3570k
8GB RAM

I have 2 SSd's, 2 HDD's and 1 External HDD

Ploppy2k3 · 30 Jun 2014 at 21:05

try unplugging the non boot drives and see if this changes the startup times

robbw77 · 30 Jun 2014 at 21:44

Ploppy2k3 said:
try unplugging the non boot drives and see if this changes the startup times

Ive just unplugged them all and left the SSD plugged in, and it didnt boot up, plugged them all back in, still didnt boot up.

Ive unplugged the power cable and plugged it back in, with one HDD unplugged, and the computer started up the fastest its ever done.............

WTF!?

Im confused

mcleish · 30 Jun 2014 at 23:10

Had you modified any settings/ installed a new part before this happened? Whats the motherboard?

wazza300 · 30 Jun 2014 at 23:12

what model ssd's? and what motherboard?

robbw77 · 30 Jun 2014 at 23:25

My mobo is Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68

SSDs are Crucial 240GB M500 and Sandisk SanDisk SDSSDP 64gb

wazza300 · 30 Jun 2014 at 23:26

are you running the award or uefi bios?

that board can be problematic at times tbh

robbw77 · 30 Jun 2014 at 23:28

I think its the Award

wazza300 · 30 Jun 2014 at 23:29

has it ever done this before or since you've added new hardware? mainly the crucial m500?

cant think why it would play up tho

robbw77 · 30 Jun 2014 at 23:38

Ive had to reinstall my OS twice onto this SSD due to it not loading things properly and running slowly

But now it seems to be running fine, the only thing unplugged is one of my HDDs

wazza300 · 30 Jun 2014 at 23:41

it could be interfering in some way

you have all intel sata ports on that board? or are some asmedia or marvell? could stick the hdd on those see if it stops the trouble

Leo31291 · 1 Jul 2014 at 02:27

Did this happen out of nowhere Rob ?

I built a rig just last week and have been experiencing similar problems, even before I installed the OS. All the components seem to be working fine when turning the power on inside the case, but the monitor just stays black and there's no power going to the USB devices. I thought it was a SATA device causing issues so tried different combinations of leaving them plugged and unplugged, no difference. I then tried the ram, no difference. It seems to have a mind of it's own. Some days I'm lucky and it boots into the bios and OS, other times it doesn't. I'm guessing it's the mobo (MSI Z97 GAMING 3) but I haven't got a spare one to test out.

Fleshwerk · 1 Jul 2014 at 07:36

Leo31291 said:
Did this happen out of nowhere Rob ?

I built a rig just last week and have been experiencing similar problems, even before I installed the OS. All the components seem to be working fine when turning the power on inside the case, but the monitor just stays black and there's no power going to the USB devices. I thought it was a SATA device causing issues so tried different combinations of leaving them plugged and unplugged, no difference. I then tried the ram, no difference. It seems to have a mind of it's own. Some days I'm lucky and it boots into the bios and OS, other times it doesn't. I'm guessing it's the mobo (MSI Z97 GAMING 3) but I haven't got a spare one to test out.

I had the exact same problem, and it was an msi gaming 5 z97. Swapped it out for a gigabyte and everything booted no probs!