PC wont boot windows unless i manually turn off electricity from the PC

MAZO15

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PC wont boot unless i manually turn off electricity from the PC (Turning the wall socket off for a minute) after that it works, now i'm left here scratching my head because i just replaced my PSU in hopes that it will fix the issue but that didn't help at all. Besides that i also tried the online fixes like checking your MOBO for any bulged capacitors.

The second best guess would be that my motherboard settings is doing this since i left everything on default in the bios, and I haven't overclocked anything and this is a pain in the ass to do every day.

My setup
GPU: Nvidia Gtx 960
CPU: Intel I5-4590 @3.30GHz
MOBO: Z97-P
PSU: EVGA 650 GQ GOLD
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB DDR3 (2x8)
Storage: 256GB SanDisk x110
Storage 2: WD Black 2TB
OS: Windows 10 Home x64

UPDATE: Another thing i just discovered is that sometimes the restarts are successful but this is very rare. This makes the issue even stranger...
The main issue I'm having is that after using it you turn the machine off and when you power it back on it doesn't boot into windows. Restarts act the same way, and the only way to boot in to windows is by isolating the PC from the power source for about a minute.

Thanks in advance. :)
 
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You can try disabling CSM all together, as it's likely your 960 supports UEFI GOP and legacy isn't needed. You could also switch the boot from network devices, storage, and pci to AUTO or disabled if you leave CSM. I have same options, but don't have set to Legacy OPROM first. Your other boot settings look like about the same as mine from memory.

MAZO15

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I forgot to mention that, but the PC does turn on, the fans run, the leds shine and i can hear the HDD making noise. But it doesn't boot into windows. All i see after the PC has been turned off and turned on is a black screen and on the top left is a underscore.

1:1 Replica to what i see on the screen after the power on-> <Image> <-

If that link doesn't work try this. http://prnt.sc/dp5swy
Hope this clear things up.

Edit: No the board is too basic, it doesn't have that.
 
The fact that you're getting a flashing cursor indicates to me that your PC is passing POST. It's possible your boot order isn't being saved for some reason when your PC is up and running normally, then you shut down. Odd though that disconnecting the power fixes the problem. Also, do you have any USB hubs plugged in, as this can cause boot issues for some folks as well. When you get a normal boot again(Windows 10 I'm guessing), I'd have a look at your boot settings in your UEFI, and set Windows Boot Manager as priority and save/exit.
 

MAZO15

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I don't have any USB hubs but i do have a pass through on my Corsair RGB Strafe. Doubt that's the issue though, since this did occur when i didn't have this keyboard.
Also i will try to get some ScreenShots of my Bios settings tomorrow as of now it's super late here.

 

MAZO15

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I took some pictures that might help, http://imgur.com/a/J3iuS

If you need anymore tell me, and also the underscore i was talking about wasn't flashing, it was completely solid and on other monitors it doesn't show up, besides that before taking these pictures i had a successful restart... and a fail after that. o_O
 
I take it you are using an operating system from a previous system and you have no operating system to install.

You make no changes to BIOS because you don't know what the BIOS options do.

Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB DDR3 (2x8)
Do you know any details about the memory? part number or link to it.
 

MAZO15

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No i bought the OS brand new for this system, and yes i didn't even touch the BIOS.
The memory was just picked without paying too much attention to it. I doubt that's the issue.

Edit: It seems as you think that the PC doesn't function. But it does, the main issue I'm having is that after using it you turn the machine off and when you power it back on it doesn't boot into windows. Restarts act the same way, and the only way to boot in to windows is by isolating the PC from the power source for about a minute and then turn it on
 

PaulBlack

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if i had to guess id say your harddrive or ssd is on the way out. Do you have another drive just to test it with ? even a usb stick with some distro on it would do. Ive had this in the past and one of my HDD's had a power fault and was feeding back into the PC and wrecking the boot sequence at the point where it searches for OS's on the drives.

what i think your describing is that the HDD needs to lose all power and boot from cold to work but when you restart and it doesnt lose power but resets it hangs and doesnt detect the OS.

what do you think ?
 

MAZO15

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Accidentally selected you as the solution :lol:

This makes sense but, all of my parts were brand new, not even a year old. The strangest part about this it's consistent but why are there anomalies where the restart does succeed? This whole thing doesn't make any logical sense to me that's why i'm here asking you guys in hopes of finding the solution, there's always that but...

The only thing i can test now is software based, since i have no access to other parts.

 
Your boot order looks correct. Some Google searches point to a drive issue, but you say it works every time after you remove power. I'd see if CSM is enabled by default in your UEFI. Also, in boot options, try setting boot to all devices, and not HDD only, ect. Should be a setting in there for this as I'm using ASUS board as well. Also, what speed is your RAM set it? XMP enabled in UEFI?

Also, you can try to disable fast startup in power options in Windows. Starting in Windows 8, when you click shutdown, its not a full shutdown, your system goes into a low power hybrid sleep by default. Even a "cold boot" is more of a waking from S4 sleep. Disabling this option causes system to shut down like Windows 7.
 

MAZO15

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Alright, I just have done checking the things you mentioned and here are the results.
It's in image form because it's the easiest way to show you. (Sorry for the bad quality)

http://imgur.com/a/tenBL

And the windows fast boot option was disabled this whole time.



 
You can try disabling CSM all together, as it's likely your 960 supports UEFI GOP and legacy isn't needed. You could also switch the boot from network devices, storage, and pci to AUTO or disabled if you leave CSM. I have same options, but don't have set to Legacy OPROM first. Your other boot settings look like about the same as mine from memory.
 
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