Booting problems :(

manic111 · 14 Apr 2009 at 10:03

I’m having some problems booting my PC. When I hit the power button, it all powers up. Something (it sounds like the DVD drive) starts and stops spinning up a couple of times, delaying the computer posting; where it used to beep immediately after pressing the power button, it now takes a good 10-15 seconds. It posts, and will then start loading Windows Vista. This occasionally boots fine, and occasionally reboots itself again.

Once it has booted, it runs rock solid. There are no bad sectors on the HDD, and memtest comes back clean.

I’m running an E4500, P35C DS3R, HD3850 512mb, Vista Home Premium 32bit and 2GB Geil black dragon RAM.

Any ideas on the problem would be great

RJC · 14 Apr 2009 at 10:07

Could be the BIOS might got corrupt, or check the boot order.
Is your cpu at stock or overclocked.

manic111 · 14 Apr 2009 at 10:08

I've checked the boot order (surely this shouldn't affect things until after it posts anyway?) and it's fine. This did all happen after taking it for a journey in a car if that helps at all?

RJC · 14 Apr 2009 at 10:13

PC'S can do strange things

Double check all parts and power cables are connected properly and not come loose during transit.
Might be worth doing a CMOS reset, if that fails try running mem test just in case a stick has become faulty.

manic111 · 14 Apr 2009 at 10:17

Done memtest and checked all the connections quickly before work...will try again tonight though. Will have a try at resetting the CMOS later though, come to think of it I had a problem a few months back where the battery came loose, so that may have happened during transit.