PC doesn't like to boot..

Soldato
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I know you are most likely sick of these threads, but I need a little bit of help..

Specs are as follows;

Q6600,
ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe,
6GB OCZ DDR3 1866mhz,
HD4870 1GB,
F3 500GB Boot drive,
WD 73GB Raptor,
2x F1 1TB,
Corsair HX620

This has been a PITA recently, I'm getting a regular;
"Boot Manager Missing ctrl + alt + delete to restart"

From this point I have to reformat as the previous Windows installation seems to have gone awry.

I've also noticed that the HDD tends to Lock up, HDD indicator light is on - HDD isn't spinning and the system isn't responding - What can cause this?
This has happened on multiple drives, so I'm confident the HDD isn't at fault.

The MB is a RMA replacement, as is the Q6600.

I recently took apart the full system and rebuilt, this seemed to have a positive effect as I had no problems for about a week, then it froze and I'm faced with the same situation!

How can I alienate the fault?! It's driving me mad :mad: :(
 
I've tried several discs and they all do the same.
But I'm willing to have a look, how do I check SMART in bios?
 
Ok will do this when I get home, I'm still at work.

Any other suggestions so I have a few things to try and work out what's causing this?

I'd like to try and get it fixed Tonight!! :)
 
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