Problem at startup

[Demoknot]

Recently my system started hanging at cold startup. I have windows 8.1 pro 64bit installed. At startup it hangs with a light blue screen with no writing and then automatically reboots itself and after that everything is fine. Do I have a hardware issue or just a corrupt OS?

Windows 8.1 pro 64bit
ASUS ROG MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3 MoBo
intel i7 2600 clocked at 3.4GHz CPU
16Gb of Corsair matched RAM
Corsair Pro Gold 850watt PSU
Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS HDD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX580 VGA
Fractal Design Arc Miditower ATX CASE

 

[prit87]

does it happens in the safe mode ?

 

[Demoknot]

does it happens in the safe mode ?

I havent attempted to launch in start mode yet, but what is on your mind prit87? What would that tell me?

 

[prit87]

if the problem doesn't happens in safe mode then the problem is most likely recurred by a third party software which can be fixed by reinstalling windows.

 

[Demoknot]

Not solved sorry clicked by mistake but no it doesnt happen in safe mode so I gotta wipe and install.........

 

[Demoknot]

admin please correct issue is not solved.

 

[prit87]

unselected the solution reinstall windows and let me know.

 

[Demoknot]

Ill try it tomorrow thanks prit Ill give you a heads up after I do it.

 

[Demoknot]

Funny thing is since I put it in safe mode and back to normal it hasn't happened again.......weird.

 

[prit87]

hmm thats weird see for another 2 or 3 days.

 

[johnbl]

make your system do some sleep/hibernate then wake cycles and see if you get the problem again.
common to have BIOS bugs and driver bugs that are exposed because of the windows 8.1 hybrid sleep functions.
Often they take many cycles of sleep and waking until people start to see problems. Then they get a bugcheck and the machine does a real full boot and the process goes again.

most often you have to update the BIOS and various 3rd party drivers for hardware on you machine to fix the issue.

Funny thing is since I put it in safe mode and back to normal it hasn't happened again.......weird.

 

[Demoknot]

Roger that Prit.

 

[Demoknot]

I already have the latest BIOS for my board so it probably wont update. ASUS ROG MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z/GEN3
BIOS Version 3603
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 3603, 09.11.2012