I have to boot twice everytime I start my pc!

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by HawkBoy, 2000-12-27 16:18

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2000-12-27 17:18

Everytime I turn on my pc (not reset), it freezes right before the login screen (it actually shows my background, but doesn't do anything else). When I restart, it works flawlessly!
Please help me, and keep in mind I'm not a newbie. Thnx.

System Specs:
AMD Athlon 550
128MB SD ram
30 GB UDMA 66 Maxtor Hard-drive
Viper 770
Cable Internet
3COM Etherlink controller

homeworld and lan games

Kensington Mouseworks Beta Win2k

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HawkBoy

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#35990

2000-12-27 17:20

And I run win2k (the service pack, . . . don't help)

DosFreak

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#35991

2000-12-27 18:00

Is your powersupply/memory AMD approved?

BladeRunner

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#35992

2000-12-27 18:22

Hiya,
What make of motherboard are you using?
I have an ASUS CUSL2 (OK, so it's not an Athalon system) but occasionally I see a similar problem.
Motherboard BIOS upgrade helped me out on this one.

Igor

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#35993

2000-12-27 23:54

I have the same ****.. If I leave my computer off for more then 12 hours (doesn't happed 2 often ) then on the boot the system would freez right before showing the desktop. If i hit the reset then the 2nd boot always loads fine. And all the consequtive restarts would be fine as long as I don't power the system down for another 12 hours.

HawkBoy

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#35994

2000-12-28 01:45

I have an MSI mb.
And this happens everytime (even after turning the pc off for 2 mins!)

HawkBoy

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#35995

2000-12-28 01:47

And the power supply is "amd recommended"

cuke

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#35996

2000-12-28 13:36

Hi, which vid card and drivers have you got? I have a TNT2 and all the det3 have done this aside from ver 6.49
Chris

SnowHawk

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#35997

2000-12-28 20:31

Maybe your power supply needs to heat up before getting enough power for you CPU?

HawkBoy

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#35998

2000-12-28 20:47

That's an interesting reply, but i think it has something to do with the operating system.

Splat

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#35999

2001-01-08 21:43

My machine had the 12 hour syndrome needing two reboots. Do you use any USB devices? Changingh mine round so that the mouse (MS Laser thingie) was connected to the PC and not the monitor cured it, no probs since.
AMD k6III 450
256K RAM
TNT2 Ultra, severely overclocked
TMC TV15+ Mobo
DVD + Hollywood plus board

X-AL

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#36000

2001-01-08 22:38

I thought this "cold reboot"-syndrome would be mainboard/bios specific. I have an ABIT BP6 with a PIII 800, which needs a "cold reboot", too. It freezes right before it shows the Bios screen.

HawkBoy

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#36001

2001-01-09 01:58

Mine freezes before the windows login screen.

DosFreak

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#36002

2001-01-09 07:57

Hmm, well this is NOT a common occurence. I have installed 2000 on P200's/Dell P3450's/K6's/and Dual Proc computers. ALL with good power supplys. Something's wrong with your systems. It's not a 2000 prob.

clutch

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#36003

2001-01-09 15:38

My friend had a similar problem to Hawkboy's on 2 different systems. It seems to have stopped with no known reason.

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Regards,

clutch

nam ng

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#36004

2001-01-09 16:23

I'd ran into this problem a few times, once from old bios, once from bad video card, once from almost marginal hard drive spin up time... all of which worked properly when I increased the boot up delay time except for the one that required a bios_update.

[This message has been edited by nam ng (edited 09 January 2001).]

HawkBoy

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#36005

2001-01-09 22:18

How do i increase the boot up delay?