Weird Startup Problemo.

[marvinmatthew]

Hmmmmm..... this is a hard one. It boots, but only every other time eh? Well it might be...

The only thing I can think of would be a problem with your mobo since it ensentially controls the rest of your computer. But I can't explain why it boot every other time.

You also might check your power button in your case to see that it connects properly to where ever it connects.

I'm sorry that I can't help you more.

[*The.Doctor]

Originally Posted by Kommandant Roβ

Nothing really powers up, the computer does power up(

How much of the computer powers up? Do the fans start spinning, and do the disk drives and hard drives spin up at all?

It could be your mobo, or like marvin said, check to see if your power button hasn't gone screwy, something else you might try, try unplugging your extra USB devices once, probably won't help a bit but its worth trying.

On your first post with this problem, are you still getting the "No video Input" message? that message sounds like something video card related....

[rob.]

Yes I am still getting the No Video Input. But it isn't the Video Card, because the Computer doesn't acctually boot up Windows...By the sounds of it (No Sturtup Noise), and the PC switches off instantly rather than shutting down.

The Computer Fans do start up and everything else, i can hear Hard Drive activity, but not asd much as i do when it does start up.

I tried unplugging my Wheel and it worked a while ago, i will try it again and get back to you.

[marvinmatthew]

Hmmmm.....

Well, I gotta beleive that it's got to be something with your mobo. For whatever reason, it is telling the PSU to shut off. That's the only thing I could think of.

How long do the fans run and hard drive do stuff until the whole computer shuts down?

[kow_ciller]

ooh... the same thing happens to me, except i have to press the restart button, i'm asuming it might be the power buttons but im not sure

[rob.]

Originally Posted by marvinmatthew

Hmmmm.....

Well, I gotta beleive that it's got to be something with your mobo. For whatever reason, it is telling the PSU to shut off. That's the only thing I could think of.

How long do the fans run and hard drive do stuff until the whole computer shuts down?

The computer does't shut down.

It's like you turn the PC on in sleep mode or idle..

I will explain in more detail.

I turn the PC on as i would every morning. It would turn on (my power switch illuminates, fans start spinning, etc), but nothing else turns on...My Wheel (which when you switch the PC on, it turns on and calibrates from side to side) doesn't turn on, my moniter just says "No Video Input"...and i am 100% certain the OS doesnt load or anything else for that matter...

So i hit the power switch and it turns off instantly. Switch it back on and it works fine. Load up Windows fine (doesn't ask for Safe Mode, etc) and i dont get that error message "Windows has suffered a critical error" or whatever. It's strange...

It's like it just fails to switch on the first time but it kick starts everything into gear, and you restart it and its up and running.

[marvinmatthew]

Here's a question, if your mouse is an optical mouse, tell me if the laser comes on when you power up your machine.

[rob.]

I will try it later and do some experimenting.

Thanks for the help guys.

I will post some results back later.

[marvinmatthew]

I am sorry that I have not been able to solve the prob.

This is really perplexing me and bothering me.

[rob.]

Ok, an Update.

My Optical Mouse is always on, so i couldn't really test that.

When it does it's weird thing, I hear Hard-Drive activity...But the Wheel doesn't work.