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9 out of 10 times, PC won't boot past BIOS

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October 13, 2014 7:38:06 PM

Hi everyone,

I have a recently built system, (my first build) and on the majority of cold boots, it will show the BIOS screen, a black screen and then nothing. It hangs on the black screen and will not load Windows until I manually reset the computer and then it works like a charm. I have tried modifying the boot order from BIOS but with no luck.

I have read in a few other threads that the PSU may be to blame, but I don't have the money to drop on a new one, just to test it.

The strange thing is though, once in a blue moon from a cold boot, it will start normally and I'll be able to load Windows. However upon a restart from within Windows (updates and whatnot) it will then hang post BIOS again :??: 

Any help would be very much appreciated.
Hope everyone is having a good day in any case.

Victor

System:
CPU: Intel i7 4930k
GPU: nVIDIA GTX 780 Ti OC 3GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance (4x4GB)
MOBO: ASUS x79 Deluxe
HD1 = Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120GB
HD2 = Samsung 840 EVO SSD 250GB
HD2 = SEAGATE Barracuda 3TB
OPI = Asus BW 16x BLURAY Burner
PSU = Coolermaster V1000
COL = Corsair Hydro H110
CAS = CM Storm Trooper
OS = Windows 7 Ultimate

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October 13, 2014 7:40:20 PM

My automatic assumption would always be the psu in this case or water dropped on a mobo
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October 13, 2014 7:46:52 PM

Valkyrieneos said:
My automatic assumption would always be the psu in this case or water dropped on a mobo


I just opened up the case and upon thorough inspection there seems to be no water damage.

However, in the case of the PSU, is there a way to know for sure that it is causing the problem? Via an in computer check? Or something along those lines?
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19 minutes ago

vsody said:
Valkyrieneos said:
My automatic assumption would always be the psu in this case or water dropped on a mobo


I just opened up the case and upon thorough inspection there seems to be no water damage.

However, in the case of the PSU, is there a way to know for sure that it is causing the problem? Via an in computer check? Or something along those lines?


My best suggestion I have is try and borrow a psu if you cant the next best thing sadly is buying a new psu. Im almost certain its the psu but somone else might come along with a new idea or solution. Untill then I would let the air dry out the case even though it dont look like its been wet it's always a small chance it may have got wet (very small chance). Good luck with it man sorry I cant be of further assistance
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16 minutes ago

Another idea you could try looking inside your psu seeing if there is any obvious problems with it just a shot in the dark but you might get lucky
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12 minutes ago

Valkyrieneos said:
vsody said:
Valkyrieneos said:
My automatic assumption would always be the psu in this case or water dropped on a mobo


I just opened up the case and upon thorough inspection there seems to be no water damage.

However, in the case of the PSU, is there a way to know for sure that it is causing the problem? Via an in computer check? Or something along those lines?


My best suggestion I have is try and borrow a psu if you cant the next best thing sadly is buying a new psu. Im almost certain its the psu but somone else might come along with a new idea or solution. Untill then I would let the air dry out the case even though it dont look like its been wet it's always a small chance it may have got wet (very small chance). Good luck with it man sorry I cant be of further assistance


Looks like I've got something to save for! Thank you very much for your help, no need to be sorry :) 

One last thing, would manually resetting it every time I boot be causing the computer any harm? Or would it be fine?

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8 minutes ago

I wouldnt be doing anything with it on a damaged psu it could cause a fire or electric shock or damage other parts in the system. does the psu come with a warranty? Try sending it back to the company if its a viable option
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4 minutes ago

Valkyrieneos said:
I wouldnt be doing anything with it on a damaged psu it could cause a fire or electric shock or damage other parts in the system. does the psu come with a warranty? Try sending it back to the company if its a viable option


I'm not sure if it is still under warranty, but I will check.
Hopefully I can. Thanks again for your help.
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2 minutes ago

vsody said:
Valkyrieneos said:
I wouldnt be doing anything with it on a damaged psu it could cause a fire or electric shock or damage other parts in the system. does the psu come with a warranty? Try sending it back to the company if its a viable option


I'm not sure if it is still under warranty, but I will check.
Hopefully I can. Thanks again for your help.


Not a problem man im just trying to get my karma points up :) 
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