Crash On Boot

[Nick_60]

I've seen lots about boot loops but this isn't that. Every other time the PC works fine.

When the PC is turned on via the power button, the splash screen shows without the 'press f2 for bios' dialogue then continues onto the windows logo. Then the pc suddenly powers off.

There's no error code or warning. And if I then press the power button, the machine will start as it should. I'm confused about what's going wrong here, the PC is fine, it's just the upgrade to windows 10 that has caused this error.

Any ideas appreciated!

 

[viveknayyar007]

Hello Nick_60

Can you please confirm if your PC is a desktop computer or a laptop?

In case of laptop, you can try resetting it. Here's how:

> Power off your computer.

> Unplug the power adapter.

> Pull out its battery.

> Press and hold down the Power button for 45-60 seconds.

> Release the Power button.

> Put the battery back in and then try starting it up.

In case of desktop, you can clear the CMOS. To do so:

> Power off the computer.

> Open the system case.

> Pull out the CMOS battery. (The one that looks like the battery used in wrist watches, but a bit bigger in size.)

> Leave the computer alone for 30-45 minutes.

> After the said time, power on the computer, first without the CMOS battery and then with battery placed in its socket.

If the above solutions fail to work, you can find other suggestions here.

Feel free to report back if any further assistance is needed.

Cheers!!

 

[Nick_60]

Hi Viv,

It's a laptop. T420 Thinkpad if that helps. I'll give that a go right away and see what happens.

Thanks!

 

[Nick_60]

Just gave it a go. The interrupt startup dialogue showed but same end result, it shutdown.

 

[viveknayyar007]

Just gave it a go. The interrupt startup dialogue showed but same end result, it shutdown.

Hello again Nick_60

In that case, you can try the suggestions given in this link.

Cheers!!

 

[Nick_60]

Hi Viv

Which was the solution? The one with the green box that was a link to a guy talking about voltages? Changing Ram? Partition Master?

I'm guessing the last one and changing second hdd to logical from primary. If that was the case could I not test this by removing the second hdd and booting, presumably the problem would go away?

Thanks

 

[Nick_60]

Solution found!

Control Panel>Power Options>Change What The Power Buttons Do>Shut-Down Settings>Change Settings That Are Currently Unavailable>Uncheck 'Turn on fast-startup'


Rebooted and have been able to startup fine since. Hope that helps someone, have been tearing hair out over that! Thanks to posters for suggestions