Cold Startup Issue

[bigdave1819]

I have an HP MCE m495c with Intel Pentium 4, 3.20 GHz, my problem is if I
shut down my computer down and leave it down over night I have a very hard
time getting it to re-start. These are the sequences: 1. Push on of button
2. I can hear the hard drive cycling; I hear it running for a couple seconds
and then a click sound, 3. Sometimes it just runs without trying to load
the Operating System up. 4. I may have to shut it down as many as 6 times
before it stops cycling and goes to the net screen. 5. When it gets pass the
cycling part the next screen has instructions to push any key to continue,
sometime this doesn’t work every time. 6. If hitting the key doesn’t make it
continue I have to wait for the clock at the bottom of the statement to run
down t
ZERO and then it will start. 7. I replaced the hard drive with a new one
and loaded Windows XP, after installing XP I shut the computer down and tried
to re-start it. Even after changing the drive and loading XP fresh it still
will not re-start as it should, it still has the same problem with the new
drive. Can anyone please help.

 

[Malke]

I have an HP MCE m495c with Intel Pentium 4, 3.20 GHz, my problem is if I
shut down my computer down and leave it down over night I have a very hard
time getting it to re-start. These are the sequences: 1. Push on of button
2. I can hear the hard drive cycling; I hear it running for a couple
seconds and then a click sound, 3. Sometimes it just runs without trying
to load the Operating System up. 4. I may have to shut it down as many as
6 times before it stops cycling and goes to the net screen. 5. When it
gets pass the cycling part the next screen has instructions to push any
key to continue, sometime this doesn?t work every time. 6. If hitting the
key doesn?t make it continue I have to wait for the clock at the bottom of
the statement to run down t
ZERO and then it will start. 7. I replaced the hard drive with a new one
and loaded Windows XP, after installing XP I shut the computer down and
tried
to re-start it. Even after changing the drive and loading XP fresh it
still will not re-start as it should, it still has the same problem with
the new
drive. Can anyone please help.

Some other hardware component is failing. The symptoms you are experiencing
are most commonly caused by a failing power supply. Swap out the one you
have for a known-working one. This is an inexpensive and easy repair.

Malke

 

[bigdave1819]

Malke: Thanks much, I was thinking that could be my problem.

 

[bigdave1819]

I re-set the BIOS and that seem to fix the problem

 

[Farad'n]

I have an HP MCE m495c with Intel Pentium 4, 3.20 GHz, my problem is if I
shut down my computer down and leave it down over night I have a very hard
time getting it to re-start. These are the sequences: 1. Push on of button
2. I can hear the hard drive cycling; I hear it running for a couple seconds
and then a click sound, 3. Sometimes it just runs without trying to load
the Operating System up. 4. I may have to shut it down as many as 6 times
before it stops cycling and goes to the net screen. 5. When it gets pass the
cycling part the next screen has instructions to push any key to continue,
sometime this doesn’t work every time. 6. If hitting the key doesn’t make it
continue I have to wait for the clock at the bottom of the statement to run
down t
ZERO and then it will start. 7. I replaced the hard drive with a new one
and loaded Windows XP, after installing XP I shut the computer down and tried
to re-start it. Even after changing the drive and loading XP fresh it still
will not re-start as it should, it still has the same problem with the new
drive. Can anyone please help.

This has nothing to do with the OS. It is a problem with the hardware
itself.

Ask elsewhere