Sticks on Windows Loading screen

The_Baron · 31 Mar 2012 at 16:21

As the title says, my PC when I switch it on occasionally (every few days) hangs on the Windows Loading screen. I have to reset it and select Load Windows Normally after which it works properly. Anyone come across this odd problem? Windows 7 64 bit by the way and it is overclocked and works perfectly once I have a successful boot.

The Halk · 31 Mar 2012 at 16:39

That sometimes indicates an overclock that isn't fully stable.

CinderzFTW · 31 Mar 2012 at 18:21

The Halk said:
That sometimes indicates an overclock that isn't fully stable.

+1

clear the cmos and run from default settings

The_Baron · 31 Mar 2012 at 21:16

You may be right though any time it does boot right (most of the time) its rock solid stable in operation.

Psyoletic · 31 Mar 2012 at 21:22

I have this problem aswell, check you're event logs in the boot section. Look for event numbers/ID's between 100 and 110. Microsoft released a hotfix for this which is included in Service Pack 1 but the problem still persists for me.

It will hang for about 40 seconds which makes you think its crashed but simply taking its time due to some error. Check what the event log says and then search the event ID's.

To find the events, Application and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Diagnostics-Performance > Operational.

The_Baron · 31 Mar 2012 at 21:24

Thank you I'll do that

Psyoletic · 31 Mar 2012 at 21:29

Unfortunately its something I haven't been able to solve and the hotfix was supposed to resolve the boot hang issue.

The event ID's I get are 100, 106 and 109.

Event ID: 100

Code:

Windows has started up: 
     Boot Duration		:	72336ms
     IsDegradation		:	false
     Incident Time (UTC)	:	‎2012‎-‎03‎-‎01T16:13:49.671600300Z

Event ID: 106

Code:

Background optimizations (prefetching) took longer to complete, resulting in a performance degradation in the system start up process: 
     Name		:	BackgroundPrefetchTime
     Total Time		:	4101ms
     Degradation Time	:	4101ms
     Incident Time (UTC)	:	‎2012‎-‎01‎-‎28T16:26:41.624800200Z

Event ID: 109

Code:

This device took longer to initialize, resulting in a performance degradation in the system start up process: 
     File Name		:	PCI\VEN_197B&DEV_2363&SUBSYS_B0001458&REV_02\4&238ed369&0&00E1
     Friendly Name		:	GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller
     Version		:	
     Total Time		:	1570ms
     Degradation Time	:	982ms
     Incident Time (UTC)	:	‎2012‎-‎02‎-‎29T22:01:01.671600300Z