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i have this problem and it only happens once in a while-when i boot the puter up right before when it beeps,it doesn't beep and it hangs and the only way to get it to boot is turn power off and reboot and it allways boots on second try,could this possibly be a power supply problem???? only thing i can thing of

anybody ever come accross this kind of prob. before??????

any suggestions would be appreciated
thanks

1ghz amd
512 mg ram
asus k7v mobo
40 gig hd
rage 128 pro 32mg w/tv out
12/10/32 plexwriter
52x cd rom
swb/dsl 1.5/256
win 98 se

hey norm
thanks for the response

very rarely do i turn off and reboot unless i edit register to take changes,and it never happens then-so i dont see that being my prob.,my puter is fairly new also,no other known probs or conflicts going on,only happens once in a while,some weeks it wont even happen then all of a sudden it may happen twice a week. mmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!

any computer builders out there??????







[quote]Originally posted by Norm
I have that happen now and again on my P166,
but it's because I don't leave it off long enough.

Sometimes I try turning it back on in less than a few seconds, and I believe it's because the ram etc doesn't have enough time to clear. Don't know for sure though. It could be something else, but it only happens if I don't wait a few seconds before turning it back on.

What you need to do is demagnetize your hard drive. To do this take a large magnet and rub it in a counterclockwise circle around the back of the hard drive. Once this is done, turn the computer back on and you should be ready to go.

My post was for humor, don't go home and do it.

If ANYBODY listened to him, they need to be kick right in the azz!

LOL...very funny!

DOH!........ I was wondering what happened....

j/k
hehe... anyways I have heard people tell others that, and I know that they would if I didn't tell them other wise.... talk about a low lvl format.....

with all the views on this thread you would think someone could come up with a sensable and believable answer.. mmmmm!!!! maybe not!

when i have a problem i become curious and allways try to seek out a solution or fix,but this one got me puzzled

come on guys.............

there are no error beeps or anything, just hangs. hmmm Well for starters when did you last check to see if there were any updates for you CMOS, a fix could solve a minor conflict with the Vid and Main board Bios, since it sounds like its hanging at the video bios test, also is the Vid card on-board or Add in card... (please say Add-in....)

I had this happen to me on my K6-2 a bit back, I just swaped the vid card and it solved it till I got the bios/cmos update. turns out there was some sort of conflict between the 2.. Why? Commands being sent on a first boot and the card wasn't "waking up" properly. The Motherboard handles a first boot and a warm boot differently, I have found. (anyone care to state other wise feel free to argue.... )

give those ideas a whirl and if it doesn't get fixed that way, I think about it more and see what comes up...

sparex

thanks for the reply

yes my vid is a add in its ati all in wonder 128 pro 32 mg w/tv out and works great but now that you metion it when it boots and hangs my monitor goes in safe mode,dont know why.i will check on bios update.
let you know

[quote]Originally posted by SpareX
there are no error beeps or anything, just hangs. hmmm Well for starters when did you last check to see if there were any updates for you CMOS, a fix could solve a minor conflict with the Vid and Main board Bios, since it sounds like its hanging at the video bios test, also is the Vid card on-board or Add in card... (please say Add-in....)

I had this happen to me on my K6-2 a bit back, I just swaped the vid card and it solved it till I got the bios/cmos update. turns out there was some sort of conflict between the 2.. Why? Commands being sent on a first boot and the card wasn't "waking up" properly. The Motherboard handles a first boot and a warm boot differently, I have found. (anyone care to state other wise feel free to argue.... )

give those ideas a whirl and if it doesn't get fixed that way, I think about it more and see what comes up...

I would say with out actually looking at that it would be a problem with on of the storage devices like one of the hard drives or a cdrom or other ide device, normally when this happens check to see if the cdrom and the hard drives are detected, this can be a sign of ide device going flaky or perhaps and ide or power cable that needs to be reseated.

I would also check in the bios to see if you can set a delay for the hard drive. Sometimes the hard drive doesn't have enough time to spin up and it causes the computer to hang when booting. See here for a better explanation under "delay IDE initial".

ok i think i solved this problem,i put a new 300w power supply in was a 250w and updated a few vid drivers and hasnt done it yet

i will give it a week to claim victory