PC doesn't like to boot..

sorn21 · 13 Feb 2011 at 17:18

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:

prescott28 · 13 Feb 2011 at 17:34

Almost sounds like a disc problem. Can you check the SMART status of the discs in BIOS and see idf there is any problems reported?

sorn21 · 13 Feb 2011 at 17:42

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?

Tonester007 · 13 Feb 2011 at 18:21

There will be an option in your BIOS to turn on "SMART monitoring" for your hard disks.
Once this is enabled, the SMART status will be displayed when your PC boots up.

sorn21 · 13 Feb 2011 at 18:35

Tonester007 said:
There will be an option in your BIOS to turn on "SMART monitoring" for your hard disks.
Once this is enabled, the SMART status will be displayed when your PC boots up.

Ah, that could be a problem, as the PC isn't booting

prescott28 · 13 Feb 2011 at 18:36

You mean it isn't even getting as far a the BIOS splash sceen or BIOS output?

sorn21 · 13 Feb 2011 at 18:55

My bad, yes I get splash and it will detect devices, then Boot Manager...

prescott28 · 13 Feb 2011 at 18:58

OK, go into BIOS and check the the Hard disks have SMART enabled. Then reboot and watch as BIOS checks memory and lists the disks attached. Against each disk it will show the SMART status. Make a note of what it says for each disk.

sorn21 · 13 Feb 2011 at 19:03

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!!