PC fails to boot, but then boots after?...

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Well, I have a problem...

When I come to turn my PC on, it starts to boot up, all normal, Post screen and the like, HDD activity light flashing away. The black windows 8 load screen comes up for about 2 seconds, then the screens go black. From there, it sits for about 20-30 seconds, and then I hear both of my drives spin down suddenly. They have that sound as if the power has just suddenly been pulled from them.

If I just leave it alone, it just stays on a black screen. Upon pressing the power button, it just shuts down immediately, as if it was just the console. Then, when I press the button again, it starts up, all fine and dandy, and I can go about using my PC as I normally would.

There is nothing out of the ordinary when using my PC, only on the first attempt to boot it each time.

Any ideas guys?
 
Thanks for the reply.

I haven't overclocked per say, but I have flicked the little TPU switch on my motherboard, as its an Asus one. BUT, the problems started before I ever touched that switch. I've turned it back off again though.

My specs are:
Asus P8Z77-V MoBo
i5 3570k
Corsair vengeance Ram
Corsair CX series 500w power supply.
My primary drive is a WD Caviar Black
 
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