Cold boot issue

5960xNvidiaGamer · 18 Oct 2013 at 12:35

The past couple of days I've had a weird issue with my system booting from cold. It will boot up all the way to the windows screen, and I can still move the mouse but nothing else wants to respond. A reset fixes the problem every time. The system is a few years old now, I use just 8gb ram, 2 sticks of 4. I've never ran into this problem and although I'm thinking ram issues I would like to know what you guys think. The system has excellent airflow and there's no heat issues. Cheers for any helpful advice

2600k @4.8 1.44v
Asus z68 v pro gen3
Corsair h80 2 new fans
Corsair vengeance ddr3 1600 2x4
Corsair hx850 v2 850watt
OCZ vertex2 60gb
3 other hdd

OracIe · 18 Oct 2013 at 13:08

Try unplugging all devices from it (External ones, other than monitor) - Does it still do it?

5960xNvidiaGamer · 18 Oct 2013 at 14:05

thanks for replying, im just finishing off some paperwork, will try that shortly and post back.

jwink86 · 18 Oct 2013 at 15:27

Is it just the keyboard that stops working or all USB devices? Occasionally my keyboard will stop working on boot but after a quick reseat it springs back into life.

Are your keyboard and mouse plugged into the same USB controller?

5960xNvidiaGamer · 18 Oct 2013 at 15:32

Everything stops working other than the mouse. My keyboard and mouse are both plugged into my tower.

Edit - Not quite sure why but it seems to have stopped doing it ???

5960xNvidiaGamer · 19 Oct 2013 at 19:03

Quick update on the issue, it has continued to do the same, but it does not do it in safe mode. When it does freeze the desktop it stops me from accessing anything other than moving the cursor, the bar at the bottom changes to default rather than the aero glass one i have on. So the mouse is fully usable to move around the desktop, but unable to access anything. Now im no expert but could i be right in saying, this might be down to a capacitor that needs time to heat up?... That actually might make no sense.
Or could this be software related? any other ideas would be great guys, its pretty annoying to say the least.

Edit - Just updating to the latest WHQL nvidia driver incase it's that. Maybe the last one had a problem.

wazza300 · 19 Oct 2013 at 20:17

try just one click more vccio voltage and dram voltage

5960xNvidiaGamer · 20 Oct 2013 at 12:43

Tried that mate, no luck

areksnumbr1sxylady · 20 Oct 2013 at 14:17

Reinstall windows?

5960xNvidiaGamer · 20 Oct 2013 at 18:21

Not reinstalling windows, will be a way to fix it.

wazza300 · 20 Oct 2013 at 18:36

how far did you go with dram voltage?

anything from 1.5-1.65v even if its 1.5v rated just to test and see if it cures it

biuro74 · 20 Oct 2013 at 19:14

Mate, first rule is to check all components at stock speed just to avoid o/c-related issues, like CPU degradation and undervolting (for example). If your BIOS revision is the latest - does it (problem) show up with "default" settings ? Second thing is about your SSD's FW - is it the latest as well (and does it have 20% of free space on it) ?

5960xNvidiaGamer · 20 Oct 2013 at 20:35

Im not quite sure why, but it seems to have stopped again. I did try earlier with everything on stock and it still froze. I tried much higher volts also last night without any luck. I have one of the newer bios, and that shows no issues. Plenty of space on ssd and its updated firmware. Ill see how it goes, very odd that it does it sometimes ,and not other times. PCs for you lol