HELP....PC POWERING ON ON ITS OWN AND NO SOUND FROM FRONT PANEL AUDIO JACK

[Deleted member 251651]

Hi,

I built my first ever pc, and have come across two problems, when i switch the plug on from the main socket the pc powers on itself without pressing on/off button on case?

When I switch off pc from windows 11, the rog logo on the motherboard, flex key and start button on motherboard, and the lighting on the AIO Pump screen stay on.....? Is this normal? (Managed to turn off the motherbord rog lighting, but the rest still on including the start button and flex key button on motherboard)

Also if i plug in headphones in the front audio jack, there is no sound, but if i plug them in at the rear of the motherboard line out, there is sound. If I connect headphones to the monitor I also get sound...?

I am using Lian Li O11D Evo case, with X670E Hero Motherboard and Be Quiet Dark Power 13 850W PSU?

I thought it might be turning on itself as i connected the 6 pin extra power on the motherboard to provide 60W usbc front charging, I unpluged this but still have the same problem, so it doesnt sound like that?

Unless......., could there be a possible bios setting which needs adjusting? if so what is this and how can this be adjusted, where do I need to go in bios?

TYIA

 

[scotty38]

Not sure I can help but I have the same case and an Asus X670E board and when switched off the ROG log on the MB stays on by design. Everything else is off and I didn't choose anything in BIOS to do that.

I must admit I don't power off at the mains switch so mine goes on and off with the case button so it might behave the same as yours if I did. Will try it later.

 

[Deleted member 251651]

Not sure I can help but I have the same case and an Asus X670E board and when switched off the ROG log on the MB stays on by design. Everything else is off and I didn't choose anything in BIOS to do that.

I must admit I don't power off at the mains switch so mine goes on and off with the case button so it might behave the same as yours if I did. Will try it later.

Please do try and report bac, you can disable the rog logo on motherboard, so when you switch your pc off from windows, it turns off the rog logo, instead of staying on whilst pc is off.....

Do the flex key button and start button light stay on, on your motherboard when you shutdown pc from windows...?

 

[scotty38]

Once shutdown from Windows, regardless of whether I power on at the mains plug or PSU the PC doesn't switch on until I press the button on the case.

I'm not sure what the flex key is, maybe I don't have that on my MB??? Other than the ROG logo there are no other lights on the MB when shutdown.

 

[Deleted member 251651]

Once shutdown from Windows, regardless of whether I power on at the mains plug or PSU the PC doesn't switch on until I press the button on the case.

I'm not sure what the flex key is, maybe I don't have that on my MB??? Other than the ROG logo there are no other lights on the MB when shutdown.

I Reset all the Bios settings to default and the problem seems to have gone, did a clean install of windows again too, and now the front panel audio seems to work too. However now I have created another problem, after doing the install of windows again, on the 990 Pro 2tb, I have 2 unallocated partitions, one of 16MB and another of 635MB, If i right click on them the only options I can click on is new simple volume, properties, and Help. Does anyone know how I can add these back onto the main C drive?

 

[scotty38]

Don't touch them, they'll be the windows system/recovery partitions

 

[Deleted member 251651]

Don't touch them, they'll be the windows system/recovery partitions

They were empty, managed to sort it out.....

Thought I had fixed the problem of the pc powering up on its own when plug in, still having issues. I switch the pc off at night after shutdown, I switch off from socket. Then in the morning when I go to switch on the socket for the pc, pc powers up without pressing on/off button on tower. After a shutdown from windows, if I switch off from plug and on again, it doesn't power up on its own? what can this be? I am a new pc builder, i have looked in bios cant find anything relevant.... Advanced APM configuration has 5 different things you can change and they are all disabled. Restore AC power loss is on Power off......

 

[scotty38]

They were empty, managed to sort it out.....

Thought I had fixed the problem of the pc powering up on its own when plug in, still having issues. I switch the pc off at night after shutdown, I switch off from socket. Then in the morning when I go to switch on the socket for the pc, pc powers up without pressing on/off button on tower. After a shutdown from windows, if I switch off from plug and on again, it doesn't power up on its own? what can this be? I am a new pc builder, i have looked in bios cant find anything relevant.... Advanced APM configuration has 5 different things you can change and they are all disabled. Restore AC power loss is on Power off......

Your comments i highlighted, are you saying the shutdown procedure is the same, ie from windows or is it different?

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

not sure about the turning on itself part
but if you install armoury crate and aura
the software over rides the bios settings for leds
and if you dont change shutdown effect
then certain leds stay on
drove me crazy trying to figure that out on my crosshair extreme

and @scotty38
the flex keys a button on the board
by default its set to restart the pc
but you can assign it to enter the bios or turn off the leds etc
cant say i have used it other than when breadboarding outside the case

 

[Deleted member 251651]

Your comments i highlighted, are you saying the shutdown procedure is the same, ie from windows or is it different?

I always use same shutdown procedure in windows, i.e Windows, Power, Shutdown, wait for the pc to turn off.

PC only turns on itself after being plugged into the wall socket in the mornings.

I have tried flicking the wall socket switch on/off many times, but it doesnt power on itself like it does in the mornings? Could it be anything to do with CMOS battery? It is a brand new motherboard...........

X670E Hero Motherboard Q Code display is always showing either B1 or 81 once logged into windows? The manual has no 81 code. If its B1 then that shows Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End in manual? what is that?

I am useing onboard graphics and do not have a dedicated graphics card.

 

[Deleted member 251651]

not sure about the turning on itself part
but if you install armoury crate and aura
the software over rides the bios settings for leds
and if you dont change shutdown effect
then certain leds stay on
drove me crazy trying to figure that out on my crosshair extreme

and @scotty38
the flex keys a button on the board
by default its set to restart the pc
but you can assign it to enter the bios or turn off the leds etc
cant say i have used it other than when breadboarding outside the case

In regards to leds, there is a setting in the bios aswell to turn then on/off I came across it earlier not changed it just yet....

Does Armoury Crate slow down pc a lot, I have seen people complaining on internet, it does wierd things like random reboots, and mouse cursur freezes etc....?? Not sure weather I want to install it......

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

In regards to leds, there is a setting in the bios aswell to turn then on/off I came across it earlier not changed it just yet....

Does Armoury Crate slow down pc a lot, I have seen people complaining on internet, it does wierd things like random reboots, and mouse cursur freezes etc....?? Not sure weather I want to install it......

yeah even if you set it in the bios
armoury crate/aura over rides the bios
thats why it took me ages to figure out why leds were still on
since i had them set to off in the bios
had to go in armoury crate
then find aura then find a setting called shutdown effect
by default its on so even with the bios being told turn them off
it was over riding that

not sure armoury crate slows my pc down
but it certainly runs an awful lot of background processes
those may conflict with other software definitely

in the end up i used signalrgb instead for led control
and its way better than aura anyway
and armoury crate has been temperamental for me sometimes it
doesnt work properly have had to uninstall and reinstall it a few times
and that isnt a fast process
almost everything it does you can do without it
unfortunately i used an asus fan hub and only way to control that
is in armoury crate sadly
eventually i will have to rewire the fans so i can do without armoury crate

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

I always use same shutdown procedure in windows, i.e Windows, Power, Shutdown, wait for the pc to turn off.

PC only turns on itself after being plugged into the wall socket in the mornings.

I have tried flicking the wall socket switch on/off many times, but it doesnt power on itself like it does in the mornings? Could it be anything to do with CMOS battery? It is a brand new motherboard...........

X670E Hero Motherboard Q Code display is always showing either B1 or 81 once logged into windows? The manual has no 81 code. If its B1 then that shows Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End in manual? what is that?

I am useing onboard graphics and do not have a dedicated graphics card.

Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End and code 81
thats because you have no dedicated gpu

edit
i never turn my pc off at the wall overnight
turned it off at the psu a couple of times when i didnt know why
the leds werent turning off
but cant actually remember if it powered itself on or i had to press the button
when i turned the psu back on next day

 

[Deleted member 251651]

Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End and code 81
thats because you have no dedicated gpu

edit
i never turn my pc off at the wall overnight
turned it off at the psu a couple of times when i didnt know why
the leds werent turning off
but cant actually remember if it powered itself on or i had to press the button
when i turned the psu back on next day

Its driving me crazy, I just experianced it turning on again by itself after being switched on from the wall socket.........I'm thinking it might be something to do with static? or when room temp is cold, as in tthe mornings its cold, and just now it was 17c room temp when it did the same again? Or possibly a wire which isnt connected properly?

 

[Blueball]

There is a setting in many BIOS's to dictate what the PC should do after a power failure. You can usually set it to "do nothing", "power off" or "power on" or something similar to that. I wonder if your PC is detecting the plug being put back into the wall as power being restored after a power failure and is turning itself back on due to the BIOS settings?

 

[Deleted member 251651]

There is a setting in many BIOS's to dictate what the PC should do after a power failure. You can usually set it to "do nothing", "power off" or "power on" or something similar to that. I wonder if your PC is detecting the plug being put back into the wall as power being restored after a power failure and is turning itself back on due to the BIOS settings?

Setting in bios is set to power off

 

[Deleted member 251651]

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[Deleted member 251651]

Think it may be a faulty ATX3 Dark power 13 power supply as when i switch it off from the power supply, I hear sparking sounds.......? .............Or would this be because motherboard lighting and AIO lighting stay on after pc is shutdown from windows?

Also do you guys see the post screen, with the writing confirming the motherboard, ram etc on startup, after I have installed windows all I see is a black screen, motherboard takes it time for the led to change and numbers change on q code....then i get a logo, republic of gamers and straight
into windows unlock screen? is this normal.....am i not suppose to see the post screen with all the info about the system as soon as i turn it on.

Also what are the different options to make boot times into windows quicker? As I was expecting lightning speeds with a 990 Pro, to be honest its kind of slow?

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

I don't hear that electrical noise
When turning psu on
I would only hear it when plugging the power lead into
The psu

Usually in the bios you can change that
Some setting like show full screen logo during boot
Or show post information
Not the exact wording probably but something similar to that

Bios Usually has a fast boot setting
Some even have an ultra fast option
But enabling those can cause issues such as
It boots before your usb keyboard gets detected
Meaning trying to get into the bios
Or f8 or f12 etc for boot menu don't work
Even worse than that I have had it mean I couldn't enter my windows password
Not sure how long yours is taking to boot
But the more stuff you have the longer it takes to check everything
Mines not lightning fast
But I do have 5 x m2 nvme drives
And 5 x sata ssds connected lol
Plus multiple versions of windows installed too
So compared to say my laptop which is very simple
The laptop hits desktop a fair bit faster because its much simpler
If that makes sense

 

[Tetras]

Also do you guys see the post screen, with the writing confirming the motherboard, ram etc on startup, after I have installed windows all I see is a black screen, motherboard takes it time for the led to change and numbers change on q code....then i get a logo, republic of gamers and straight into windows unlock screen? is this normal.....am i not suppose to see the post screen with all the info about the system as soon as i turn it on.

Also what are the different options to make boot times into windows quicker? As I was expecting lightning speeds with a 990 Pro, to be honest its kind of slow?

Most motherboards boot into a logo and then into Windows nowadays, the POST screen that you're describing is pretty old (like, a decade old, sorry about that ).

As far as "how long should it take?", this is rather controversial for DDR5 boards, many of them are taking far longer than expected.

Hardware unboxed recently did a test of AM5 B650 boards and some of them took nearly a minute to boot, while the fastest was 23 seconds (the results are at @ 18:11 in the video). Future BIOS updates will hopefully address this problem.

Generally speaking, if you have a black screen and the motherboard logo, this is not related to your SSD, it is the motherboard (BIOS/UEFI firmware). Once you have passed this point and reached the spinning wheel, then the time from here, until you can type on the logon screen, this is due to your SSD.