Shameful first post with nothing but tech-related woes, but here goes...
I will start things off by saying that I'm probably using a "below-recommendations" power supply for my system. It's a good quality OCZ 500W model (though I forget the model number). The system I'm running should run just fine with my current power supply though my graphics card (GTX 770) is rated for at least a 600W. I've only recently upgraded my graphics card, having previously run a AMD 6950 2GB (which was rated much lower on power usage recommendations), but the issue I am about to outline below I've had since day 1 of my build.
Basically on start-up I will either hang at the BIOS, or at the Windows logo. On some occurrences I won't hang at all and Windows will boot fine, however, the BIOS and Windows will not detect my 1TB data drive. Once the computer is 'warm' i.e. it's been on for 1-2mins, I can restart and the whole system will run fine with all hard drives detected and functioning.
Now the way I see it, this is unlikely to be a hard drive error - I can't imagine my non-OS drive would cause the system to hang at BIOS/Windows screen (though could be a dodgy SATA cable?). It COULD be the power supply, which would explain why the system works fine on restart (charged coils). The third and final possibility could be a cold-boot issue with my motherboard.
Now before I go and splash some cash on a new PSU/Motherboard, what kind of danger is my system facing at the moment? I feel that I've ignored this issue for long enough now and it needs to get sorted.
Core i7 2600K at 3.5GHz
4x4GB DDR3 RAM
64GB Intel SSD
1TB Westerd Digital HDD
3 case fans
1 CPU fan
1 HD-DVD optical drive
an abundance of USB devices
The GTX 770 is an Asus DirectCU II OC 2GB
The computer will either hang on the BIOS splash screen, or on the Windows logo. This only occurs from cold boot.
[EDIT] As I said, if it does boot from cold it will always boot without detecting the second drive.
A Power Supply calculator puts the minimum wattage at 453w and the recommended at 503w
I will start things off by saying that I'm probably using a "below-recommendations" power supply for my system. It's a good quality OCZ 500W model (though I forget the model number). The system I'm running should run just fine with my current power supply though my graphics card (GTX 770) is rated for at least a 600W. I've only recently upgraded my graphics card, having previously run a AMD 6950 2GB (which was rated much lower on power usage recommendations), but the issue I am about to outline below I've had since day 1 of my build.
Basically on start-up I will either hang at the BIOS, or at the Windows logo. On some occurrences I won't hang at all and Windows will boot fine, however, the BIOS and Windows will not detect my 1TB data drive. Once the computer is 'warm' i.e. it's been on for 1-2mins, I can restart and the whole system will run fine with all hard drives detected and functioning.
Now the way I see it, this is unlikely to be a hard drive error - I can't imagine my non-OS drive would cause the system to hang at BIOS/Windows screen (though could be a dodgy SATA cable?). It COULD be the power supply, which would explain why the system works fine on restart (charged coils). The third and final possibility could be a cold-boot issue with my motherboard.
Now before I go and splash some cash on a new PSU/Motherboard, what kind of danger is my system facing at the moment? I feel that I've ignored this issue for long enough now and it needs to get sorted.
Core i7 2600K at 3.5GHz
4x4GB DDR3 RAM
64GB Intel SSD
1TB Westerd Digital HDD
3 case fans
1 CPU fan
1 HD-DVD optical drive
an abundance of USB devices
The GTX 770 is an Asus DirectCU II OC 2GB
The computer will either hang on the BIOS splash screen, or on the Windows logo. This only occurs from cold boot.
[EDIT] As I said, if it does boot from cold it will always boot without detecting the second drive.
A Power Supply calculator puts the minimum wattage at 453w and the recommended at 503w
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