jimlarkey
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Looking for ideas to resolve an outstanding issue I have with my PC; it decides when when to start, not me. I typically press the soft-start button on the front panel, and it may be minutes or days before the PC starts. Nothing, no fan, no lights, no HD led, no nothing for as few as minutes, and as much as days. Yeah, the hard-power switch is on, and the unit is plugged in.
Some observations:
* ASUS A8NSLI-B motherboard, WinXP-Home ed.
* BIOS... Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
* Power Supply Unit checks out OK with ULTRA PSU checker; MB connector OK, 4-pin Molex OK, 6-pin PCI-E OK, P4+12v OK.
* CPU temp 100 deg F, MB temp 105 deg F
* PC will almost always (~80%) start up from hibernate OK, but fails to predictably startup from shut down.
* Last time to startup, I pressed and HELD the soft-powerup button, and toggled the hard power switch off and then on...fired up immediately.
* BIOS was set to restore PC on press of space key....space key failed to activate, except at random times.
* Disabling Hibernate does not improve startup prob.
* Takes longer to fire up approaching a full moon, then a new moon
Other suggestion was to try WinXP's repair option on the orig WinXP CD, but concerned that "repair" might upset too many other setup options config'd over the years.
Yeah, this is driving me nuts. It's not the soft-powerup switch, because I can almost everytime startup from hibernation OK. I'm thinking it's some low-level function like BIOS. Also wonder if it's a flaw in the motherboard? What do you think? Looking for ideas, experience.
Thanks, and Cheers!
Jim
Some observations:
* ASUS A8NSLI-B motherboard, WinXP-Home ed.
* BIOS... Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
* Power Supply Unit checks out OK with ULTRA PSU checker; MB connector OK, 4-pin Molex OK, 6-pin PCI-E OK, P4+12v OK.
* CPU temp 100 deg F, MB temp 105 deg F
* PC will almost always (~80%) start up from hibernate OK, but fails to predictably startup from shut down.
* Last time to startup, I pressed and HELD the soft-powerup button, and toggled the hard power switch off and then on...fired up immediately.
* BIOS was set to restore PC on press of space key....space key failed to activate, except at random times.
* Disabling Hibernate does not improve startup prob.
* Takes longer to fire up approaching a full moon, then a new moon
Other suggestion was to try WinXP's repair option on the orig WinXP CD, but concerned that "repair" might upset too many other setup options config'd over the years.
Yeah, this is driving me nuts. It's not the soft-powerup switch, because I can almost everytime startup from hibernation OK. I'm thinking it's some low-level function like BIOS. Also wonder if it's a flaw in the motherboard? What do you think? Looking for ideas, experience.
Thanks, and Cheers!
Jim