Basically, I have to press and hold down the power button twice on my CPU, so that the computer turns on and off twice. The third time I hit the power button, it boots up normally.....every time.
If I just hit the power button once, it turns on with fans and everything running but doesn't actually boot up. It will run like that until I manually shut it down by pressing the power button again.
It's been doing this for a few months. I have no idea what prompted it in he first place. Just seemed to start doing this out of nowhere.
Also, that darn "blue screen of death" pops up periodically (it's very inconsistent), as well. I've got to think it's all related somehow. But who knows....maybe it's just an unbelievable coincidence!
Any ideas?
Thanks, in advance!!
If I just hit the power button once, it turns on with fans and everything running but doesn't actually boot up. It will run like that until I manually shut it down by pressing the power button again.
It's been doing this for a few months. I have no idea what prompted it in he first place. Just seemed to start doing this out of nowhere.
Also, that darn "blue screen of death" pops up periodically (it's very inconsistent), as well. I've got to think it's all related somehow. But who knows....maybe it's just an unbelievable coincidence!
Any ideas?
Thanks, in advance!!