can anyone help? reset on start.

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garyagh

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i have an amd athlon 2800, an asrock m/b and windows 2000. Sometimes when I turn the computer on, it will not boot up, until i press the reset button, then it works fine. Strange eh? any ideas please...:confused:
 
My dad had an old FIC SocketA motherboard some time ago. Basically every time you tried to cut it on, it would just sit there with a blank screen until you pressed reset. Then it would run though POST and boot fine. Similar problem? I'm pretty sure it's a motherboard issue. His system ran fine for about 1.5 years, then it just died one day... Replaced the motherboard and it's been fine since.
 
That could be either a glitch in Windows itself or your boot sector has seen some change. If the board is a few years old an update for the system bios may be overdue since the Eproms can start losing information after a period of time. Often a power supply can present a problem since the post time also sees the heaviest draw on current there. A cold start could see this more. Hopefully these are the things to look at there. A failing bios will start seeing problems like rebooting while Windows is loading or sudden unexplained system locks while at the desktop even.
 
The_Other_One said:
My dad had an old FIC SocketA motherboard some time ago. Basically every time you tried to cut it on, it would just sit there with a blank screen until you pressed reset. Then it would run though POST and boot fine. Similar problem? I'm pretty sure it's a motherboard issue. His system ran fine for about 1.5 years, then it just died one day... Replaced the motherboard and it's been fine since.
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The Socket A board just replaced here saw 1.5yrs. of use. Hopefully the Socket 939 board now in will last longer then that as a backup case for the next build. If the problems get worse try lowering the memory timings. If there is a sudden improvement OUCH! New board or at least bios replacement time.
 
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