Desktop having trouble booting/posting

[Techtony96]

Hello everyone,

I have tried searching for my issue but I have not had any luck as it seems to be fairly unique.

My issue is after a period of time, about 4+ hours or overnight, my computer will not turn on (keyboard does not powerup, monitor doesn't wake up, etc but the case fans and HDD starts spinning). I can force shut down the computer and restart it multiple times and it will not turn on. The only way I have found to get my computer to boot is to take out a stick of ram and power the system on, or if I have already taken one out (I have 4) put one back in. My computer is perfectly fine after it boots up.

I have run memtest for a few hours and no errors popped up. Has anyone seen this before?

Thanks!

PC parts:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (Purchased)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (Purchased)
Total: $0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-24 19:05 EST-0500

 

[Jonas Dixon]

This seems like it might be some wierd problem with your motherboard. I've had two gigabyte motherboards and both them where broken, one bluescreened on me almost every day and ended upp crashing my SSD and the replacement i got got my computer stuck in a boot loop every time i started it. It's probobly just bad luck but i'll never buy a Gigabyte board again.

But as i said this really seems like a motherboard issue as the ram seems fine, i would recommend testing each ram stick individually with memetest just to be certain that one stick isn't acting upp. If you don't find any issues with the ram i really suspect that it's a motherboard issue and it wouldn't supprise me if the Gigabyte support that "fixed" you motheroard didn't actually fix it.

If i where you i'd talk to the vendor that you bought the motherboard from and ask for a replacement, recommendably not a Gigabyte.

Hope this helps!

 

[Tradesman1]

Check that you have the latest BIOS and mobo driver. Might also try or borrow a different PSU to try, the CX series has weak caps and may not be fully applying full power after sitting

 

[Techtony96]

This seems like it might be some wierd problem with your motherboard. I've had two gigabyte motherboards and both them where broken, one bluescreened on me almost every day and ended upp crashing my SSD and the replacement i got got my computer stuck in a boot loop every time i started it. It's probobly just bad luck but i'll never buy a Gigabyte board again.

But as i said this really seems like a motherboard issue as the ram seems fine, i would recommend testing each ram stick individually with memetest just to be certain that one stick isn't acting upp. If you don't find any issues with the ram i really suspect that it's a motherboard issue and it wouldn't supprise me if the Gigabyte support that "fixed" you motheroard didn't actually fix it.

If i where you i'd talk to the vendor that you bought the motherboard from and ask for a replacement, recommendably not a Gigabyte.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for the reply! I probably should have mentioned this in my first post, but this build is over 2 years old and I haven't had a problem. The only thing I have done recently is move the computer home from college for Christmas break, which it didn't start happening until a week after I got home, and install a DVD drive, which required me to rewire the computer, but I kinda doubt this is the problem, but seems the most likely.

Check that you have the latest BIOS and mobo driver. Might also try or borrow a different PSU to try, the CX series has weak caps and may not be fully applying full power after sitting

Ill check my BIOS version now. I don't have another power supply to test, but I have been playing games (GTA V for ex) and I haven't had any problems. That would pull a lot more power than when it is first posting, correct me if I am wrong here.

 

[Techtony96]

I just checked my BIOS version and it is only F5, F7 is the newest and in version F6 they added support for 4th gen processors (I have a 4670k). I reset the BIOS by taking the CMOS battery out, would that uninstall updates that I had before?

I'll go ahead and update the BIOS and will report back once I had a chance to test if this was the issue.

 

[Jonas Dixon]

If your BIOS version is up to date i'm really suspecting a bad motherboard. If not then it might get fixed by updating the BIOS but i recommend you to be carefull when updating the BIOS as it might result in corrupt BIOS and even more trouble if you do it the wrong way.

If you have updated the BIOS before and then reset the CMOS it might have reset the BIOS version to factory standard but if not then you probobly have been running F5 all allong and then it seems wierd that you would get problems now.

 

[Techtony96]

If your BIOS version is up to date i'm really suspecting a bad motherboard. If not then it might get fixed by updating the BIOS but i recommend you to be carefull when updating the BIOS as it might result in corrupt BIOS and even more trouble if you do it the wrong way.

If you have updated the BIOS before and then reset the CMOS it might have reset the BIOS version to factory standard but if not then you probobly have been running F5 all allong and then it seems wierd that you would get problems now.

I know that I updated the BIOS when I first built the PC which was at least after the F6 update. I just successfully updated to F7 and I will be able to determine tomorrow morning if updating the BIOS fixed the issue.

Thanks for your help! I didn't even consider that resetting the BIOS would reset the version!

 

[Jonas Dixon]

I'm glad i could help you! Update me tomorrow if it works

 

[Tradesman1]

I just checked my BIOS version and it is only F5, F7 is the newest and in version F6 they added support for 4th gen processors (I have a 4670k). I reset the BIOS by taking the CMOS battery out, would that uninstall updates that I had before?

I'll go ahead and update the BIOS and will report back once I had a chance to test if this was the issue.

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Let us know on the BIOS update, and No, resetting the CMOS will not change your version of the BIOS, it si,mply sets things to the current BIOS defaults, don't know where people come up with things like this 😉

 

[Jonas Dixon]

I just checked my BIOS version and it is only F5, F7 is the newest and in version F6 they added support for 4th gen processors (I have a 4670k). I reset the BIOS by taking the CMOS battery out, would that uninstall updates that I had before?

I'll go ahead and update the BIOS and will report back once I had a chance to test if this was the issue.

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Let us know on the BIOS update, and No, resetting the CMOS will not change your version of the BIOS, it si,mply sets things to the current BIOS defaults, don't know where people come up with things like this 😉

Well, to my defence i did say it "might" reset the BIOS version

 

[Tradesman1]

Sorry but the BIOS and CMOS work hand in hand, it won't reset the version of the BIOS. CMOS stores the settings of the BIOS so available when you boot, Clearing it, simply erases the data it holds which is reloaded at default level when you next boot

 

[Techtony96]

I'm glad i could help you! Update me tomorrow if it works

Updating the BIOS fixed it! Thanks everyone!

 

[Jonas Dixon]

Thats great! 😀