PC stalls for a second before BIOS, then boots normally

CONVERSION · Jul 22, 2016

Hello everyone.

So, straight to the point.
My week-old build or so has a weird problem when you press the power button. The fans spin for half a second or so, then turns off. If you leave it for 3 seconds or so, it turns on normally and is fine.
System Specs:
Case: Antec GX300 Windowed
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H170 Performance
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.2GHz
GPU: Gigabyte Windforce 550Ti
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws-V 4GBx2 Modules
PSU: Antec EDGE 750W 80+ Gold Full Modular

Thanks,
CONVERSION

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 22, 2016

Is it throwing any error codes that you can see? Blinking lights, beeping, error codes on the corners of your screen before bios?

CONVERSION · Jul 22, 2016

Ilikegladpandas :

No error things that I can see at all, but my case window is tinted a lot. No beeping, cannot see any blinking lights, and I don't think it has the time to display anything on the screen.

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 22, 2016

CONVERSION :

usually this happens when the board isn't detecting the gpu, reboots itself, and boots with the integrated graphics. Can you confirm this using CPU-Z or other similar software?

CONVERSION · Jul 22, 2016

Ilikegladpandas :

GeForce Experience shows the 550Ti in the "My Rig" section, SpeedFan shows GPU temperature, MSI Afterburner detects it, Unigine Valley shows my correct GPU clock speeds (+30MHz) and shows the 550Ti.

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 22, 2016

That is very strange. The only thing I can think of is to reset cmos and try again. If the problem persists it seems like a psu issue. You can download OCCT for free and run a power supply stress test.

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 22, 2016

Also check to make sure your boot priorities are set to your main drive.

CONVERSION · Jul 22, 2016

Ilikegladpandas :

I'm using ASRock Boot Manager, so when it does get past the BIOS it brings me to a menu which asks me to choose whether to boot from dick drive, SSD or HDD. I'll try the OCCT test, but I'm using it for gaming (Team Fortress 2, Rocket League, etc) and haven't had a problem with it.

Thanks for your help, and I'll get back to you with the OCCT test results.

CONVERSION · Jul 22, 2016

Ilikegladpandas :

OCCT is not working, crashes with a "the type initializer for system.collections.comparer threw an exception" error after either installing from the installer or running the exe in an unzipped folder. Any alternatives or solutions?

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 22, 2016

You downloaded it from the OCCT website?
http://www.ocbase.com

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 22, 2016

Make sure you're running Occt from the file folder it installs with.

CONVERSION · Jul 22, 2016

Ilikegladpandas :

I am installing it from the website and from the folder it installs in.

I'm currently doing a CPU / GPU stress test to see if I can load the PSU down.

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 22, 2016

Did you ever reset bios?

CONVERSION · Jul 22, 2016

Ilikegladpandas :

BIOS or CMOS? I took out the small battery on the motherboard and connected the clear cmos thing when I first built the machine because I forgot to plug in the CPU power connector (First build, don't judge).

I'll try it again after a bit more stress testing (which is going fine at the moment) then get back to you.

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 22, 2016

Yeah cmos. Sorry. Really tired and have a flu. You don't need to take out the battery and use the clear cmos jumper. Just use the jumper by moving it to pins 2/3 for 15 seconds, then move it back to 1/2 and boot the PC.

I actually forgot to plug in the CPU power twice before. Happens to all of us.

CONVERSION · Jul 22, 2016

Ilikegladpandas :

Cool, the PSU was fine (as in didn't blow up) in the short time I stressed it, didn't check the voltages as I was stressing though. I'll reset the CMOS now.

CONVERSION · Jul 22, 2016

Ilikegladpandas :

Placed the pin connector on pins 2 and 3 and counted to 15 slowly.

Nothing changed. Motherboard LED stayed off in that first 0.95ms or so, then stalls for 4.67s or so, then boots normally. On boot, the motherboard LED was on the whole time.

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 22, 2016

My next guess is it's a hard drive error. Run Chkdsk on your boot drive and scan with a malqare program, I suggest malwarebytes, and if that doesn't work there is a anti malqare called combofix you can install. There are tons of guides on how to use it properly.

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 22, 2016

I also found a thread in which someone has the same problem.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/311774-31-computer-turns-then-boots-normally

CONVERSION · Jul 23, 2016

Ilikegladpandas :

Chkdsk completed without errors on both boot and secondary storage drive (Windows has scanned the file system and has found no problems. No further action is required.). I noticed that my keyboard LEDs (K70 LUX RGB) are on before boot, so that's something to vouch for the power supply? I assume my motherboard thinks it's a device that needs charging as my PS4 controller charges after shutdown.

Kaspersky TOTAL SECURITY scan of both my boot and secondary storage drive, completed with no detections.

I'll try a memory test with Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool and get back to you with the results, as well as clearing the BIOS in the BIOS settings.

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 23, 2016

My guess is it's completely fine if you can't find memory errors. I suggest memtest 86. Windows memory diagnostic is lousy.

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 23, 2016

Hey try to move your PC to another room and boot it plugged in to another outlet.

CONVERSION · Jul 23, 2016

Ilikegladpandas :

Any reasoning on moving it to another power outlet?

I do have it hooked up to an extension lead hooked up to a multi-plug spllitter. One for my PC, one for my monitor and one for my USB hub. It's a Huntkey 6-port with 2 USB ports. I'll reset the BIOS, then move it to another room if that doesn't solve it, without the extenders or anything.

CONVERSION · Jul 23, 2016

Ilikegladpandas :

http://imgur.com/a/WSSZh
Results of the Memtestx86 results

Ilikegladpandas · Jul 23, 2016

No errors on anything. What's happening is called a false start. Basically a power draw thing. If it can't draw correctly from your house then it can cause that. I've seen them not start at all because too many things are plugged into the wall. You can also try another cord for the psu. That one might be old. Only other thing I could say is to swap the psu out entirely after you try all that and nothing works. I'm out of ideas as we've gone through the entire system quite thoroughly. Only other thing we haven't tried is windows errors. You can try a sfc /scannow in a command prompt you run as administrator.

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