Booting Problems

Big Kev · 7 Aug 2011 at 11:52

I've recently been experiencing a cold boot problem with my set up.

The system starts up, then hangs straight away with a frozen cursor in the top left and the number 98 on the bottom right. I have to turn the machine off and on between 2 and 6 times to get it to boot up.

Once in Windows 7, I have no BSOD's, I've taken all USB devices out before booting, but that didn't help.

MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) (Bios 1.14), i2500k @ 4.5g (1.3v), 4gb Corsair XMS3 PC3-12800C9, Thermalright Silver Arrow, Sapphire HD5850 Extreme, Corsair 620w PSU, Coolermaster HAF 912 (with 3 Apache fans - 1 intake, 2 exhaust), Crucial CT128M4 SSD 128GB, Samsung F3 1TB, Old 320G WD HDD, Windows 7 64 bit.

Big Kev · 7 Aug 2011 at 12:00

Straight away mate, I get the beeps then it hangs.

Big Kev · 17 Oct 2011 at 21:41

A quick update, I've tried everything I can think of, various BIOS', one stick of memory, clearing CMOS, but when booting, the thing still comes up with the blank screen and 98 in the bottom right hand corner, until I keep pressing the power button until it eventually boots.

MSI have suggested it could be my psu which needs replacing.

I bought a second hand Corsair 620W about four years ago, but don't really want to fork out another ton or so, if it's still going strong. I don't have a spare lurking around either.

I've got these values from the MSI Control Center, although I'm not sure if it'll help:

3.3v - 3.200v
5v - 4.961v
12v - 11.968v

Cheers peeps.

Big Kev · 18 Oct 2011 at 21:12

Thanks for your help mate.

I disconnected everything apart from the SSD drive, GPU, Silver Arrow fans and case fans, but the problem still exists.

If I need to get another psu, I don't want to spend anymore than I have to really, so it would need to power everything in my first post, with the 2500k at 4.6g, would the OCZ ZS750 do, or should I just go with a Corsair TX750M? Not sure if modular is worth the extra either.

Cheers.