Rebuild Needs To Start Up At Least Twice To Work...Why?

[Born2win]

Hello,

I put together a system for a needy family and I'm stuck. It's a
Intel® Desktop Board D815EEA2/D815EPEA2 with 128 Ram. Nothing special
added except an Intel Modem, CD and Floppy drive.

I went to the Intel site to get the correct wiring setup for the front
panel, loaded XP Pro and started the system up.

Once the system is booted, it's fine. Can run all day very well.
However, it usually takes two attempts at starting that has me stuck.

I press the power button. The front panel light goes on. The hard
drive starts. The Fan starts. Nothing else happens.

I shut the computer down using the back power supply switch. I wait a
few seconds. I flip the power supply switch back on. I press the
power button. The system boots up.

Sometimes it takes more than 3 attempts, but it eventually boots. I
have no idea what's happening and would appreciate any assistance.

T.I.A.

 

[Alceryes]

Hello,

I put together a system for a needy family and I'm stuck. It's a
Intel® Desktop Board D815EEA2/D815EPEA2 with 128 Ram. Nothing special
added except an Intel Modem, CD and Floppy drive.

I went to the Intel site to get the correct wiring setup for the front
panel, loaded XP Pro and started the system up.

Once the system is booted, it's fine. Can run all day very well.
However, it usually takes two attempts at starting that has me stuck.

I press the power button. The front panel light goes on. The hard
drive starts. The Fan starts. Nothing else happens.

I shut the computer down using the back power supply switch. I wait a
few seconds. I flip the power supply switch back on. I press the
power button. The system boots up.

Sometimes it takes more than 3 attempts, but it eventually boots. I
have no idea what's happening and would appreciate any assistance.

T.I.A

Check the power management settings in bios to make sure you don't have any
weird settings going on. Also try testing it with another power supply.

 

[Born2win]

Check the power management settings in bios to make sure you don't have any
weird settings going on. Also try testing it with another power supply.

Dear Alceryes,

I forgot to mention that I purchased a new box with a 300W supply.
However, I reinstalled the "old" 300W supply and reset the power
options in the BIOS to make sure all power was available to the MOBO.

I booted the system and the same pattern was repeated. The "old" PS
doesn't sound as lound, so that's a good thing, but the boot bug is
still around.

If I can't resolve it, I'll just type up an instruction sheet so they
know how to boot and I'll tell them to let the machine run all day.
As it stands now, the only cost to the family is $34 (new box). Not
bad.....

If you have any more idea's, I'll give them a shot.

Thank you very much for your insight.

 

[Andy]

Hello,

I put together a system for a needy family and I'm stuck. It's a
Intel® Desktop Board D815EEA2/D815EPEA2 with 128 Ram. Nothing special
added except an Intel Modem, CD and Floppy drive.

I went to the Intel site to get the correct wiring setup for the front
panel, loaded XP Pro and started the system up.

Once the system is booted, it's fine. Can run all day very well.
However, it usually takes two attempts at starting that has me stuck.

I press the power button. The front panel light goes on. The hard
drive starts. The Fan starts. Nothing else happens.

You don't mention the reset switch. I take it that resetting the
computer does not do anything?

I shut the computer down using the back power supply switch. I wait a
few seconds. I flip the power supply switch back on. I press the
power button. The system boots up.

Can you shut down the power supply by depressing the front panel power
button? Then what happens when you turn the computer on by pressing
the power button?

 

[Born2win]

You don't mention the reset switch. I take it that resetting the
computer does not do anything?
Correct.

Can you shut down the power supply by depressing the front panel power
button? Then what happens when you turn the computer on by pressing
the power button?

Yes, I can use the front panel power button to shut down the PC.
Sometimes when I turn the PC back on with the front power button, it
boots and sometimes when I kill the PS and turn it back on it boots.

Hope this helps....and thank you for taking the time to respond.

 

[CBFalconer]

I put together a system for a needy family and I'm stuck. It's a
Intel® Desktop Board D815EEA2/D815EPEA2 with 128 Ram. Nothing
special added except an Intel Modem, CD and Floppy drive.

I went to the Intel site to get the correct wiring setup for the
front panel, loaded XP Pro and started the system up.

Once the system is booted, it's fine. Can run all day very well.
However, it usually takes two attempts at starting that has me
stuck.

I press the power button. The front panel light goes on. The
hard drive starts. The Fan starts. Nothing else happens.

I shut the computer down using the back power supply switch. I
wait a few seconds. I flip the power supply switch back on. I
press the power button. The system boots up.

Sometimes it takes more than 3 attempts, but it eventually boots.
I have no idea what's happening and would appreciate any
assistance.

Sounds as if the hard disks are overloading the PS at spinup time.
Ensure the bios is doing a complete memory check, which will allow
some time for spinup. If it can be configured for additional HD
spinup time, try that.

 

[Born2win]

Sounds as if the hard disks are overloading the PS at spinup time.
Ensure the bios is doing a complete memory check, which will allow
some time for spinup. If it can be configured for additional HD
spinup time, try that.

Hello,

So far, changing out the PS and the Hard drive has not resolved the
problem. I'm currently loading some software onto the machine and I
already reset the bios per your suggestion. Once I'm done loading the
additional software, I'll see if resetting the settings per your
specifications helped.

Thank you for responding. I'll let you know what happens.

 

[Born2win]

O.K., been there, done that. Nothing has changed. But, the good news
is that the machine runs fine once it has booted. Since the hard
drive and the PS have been eliminated along with the BIOS being
tweaked to allow more time, I can only guess that there is something
within the MOBO that is causing the problem. But, I'm not going to
change out the MOBO. For $34, this machine runs fine......once it
starts <G>.

Thanks again for all the advice. God bless...

 

[2good2btrue]

O.K., been there, done that. Nothing has changed. But, the good news
is that the machine runs fine once it has booted. Since the hard
drive and the PS have been eliminated along with the BIOS being
tweaked to allow more time, I can only guess that there is something
within the MOBO that is causing the problem. But, I'm not going to
change out the MOBO. For $34, this machine runs fine......once it
starts <G>.

Thanks again for all the advice. God bless...

Good news. I solved the problem. It was a bad ram stick. Just for
the hell of it, I installed Linux and got the same results. But, at
the same time, I got some surplus ram and put it in. Presto,
everything worked great. So, the one 128 ram stick was faulty and not
producing any startup beeps to let me know. Just forcing a bunch of
ons and offs prior to booting. Not anymore. I got so excited, I went
out and bought 2-256 sticks. I'm happy now....

See ya