Bios boots.... sometimes

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:09 am

I've been having a problem where my computer won't boot to the bios. After the 2nd or 3rd attempt at rebooting it does. This mostly seems to happen during the first boot in the morning. After that, everything is as it should be.

When it doesn't boot, my monitor is getting signal and it sounds as if everythings starting fine, and then it just sits there.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:48 am

How old is the computer? Sounds like the symptoms of a bulging capacitor.

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:45 am

Only about 2 years old. That's what's funny about it. I'll take a look at the capacitors though. It's really got me wondering. Although I turn it off at night it remains plugged into the wall and the PSU is still getting power (at first I thought it might be a low or bad bios battery problem). What's strange is that once it starts up it's as good as new.

Robert Miles · Post by **Robert Miles** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:09 am

I had a similar situation. It turned out that my friend decided to do something to improve in my PC.
This is what I was informed only at the service center. It seems that he something broke in bios

The Dude · Post by **The Dude** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:55 am

I failing power supply can cause weird things like that to happen. When the PC is off, all that's on in the power supply is a small auxiliary +5V supply used to power up the PC. When you press the power button on the case the motherboard sends s signal to start up the full switching power supply that powers everything. It could still be a motherboard fault, but if you have a spare power supply handy, it couldn't hurt to swap them and see what happens.