https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 13 May 2026 01:31:32 +0000 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:22:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=27515 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=27515&PID=109329&title=perplexing-power-on-issue-help-request#109329 Author: potscrubber
Subject: 27515
Posted: 19 Jan 2024 at 7:22pm

Thanks for suggestion. I have replaced CMOS battery. Old was reading a whisker over 3v, though plenty of my key FOB's stop working at that voltage. Have replaced with new 3.3v.

Will report back, and contact support if I'm still stumped.

Cheers!]]> Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:22:45 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=27515&PID=109329&title=perplexing-power-on-issue-help-request#109329 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=27515&PID=109278&title=perplexing-power-on-issue-help-request#109278 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 27515
Posted: 18 Jan 2024 at 8:22pm

Just a shot in the dark but you could try replacing the CMOS battery. A weak/dying
CMOS battery can cause all kinds of gremlins. If that doesn't help you can open
a support ticket with ASRock and inquire with them, share a link to this thread too.

https://tw.asrock.com/events/tsd.asp

Good luck and let us know how it goes ]]> Thu, 18 Jan 2024 20:22:04 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=27515&PID=109278&title=perplexing-power-on-issue-help-request#109278 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=27515&PID=109260&title=perplexing-power-on-issue-help-request#109260 Author: potscrubber
Subject: 27515
Posted: 18 Jan 2024 at 5:37pm

Hi thanks for your thoughts and input. Good point, it's Windows 10 Pro 22H2 (sig updated). While it's a somewhat minimal install (due to being a DAW) it's up to date with Windows, and nothing freaky tweak wise.

Bios is last (non beta) 1.50. No significant changes to configuration.

However. Due to the symptoms exhibiting even from a cold boot, and it's intermittent nature, I really don't see how it could be a software issue.

Cheers ]]> Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:37:54 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=27515&PID=109260&title=perplexing-power-on-issue-help-request#109260 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=27515&PID=109259&title=perplexing-power-on-issue-help-request#109259 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 27515
Posted: 18 Jan 2024 at 4:24pm

What OS are you running and do you remember if you made any changes to the system
around the time the issues began? Hardware, software, OS updates etc.

Sleep/hibernate issues almost always come down to an OS or BIOS issue, often a
combination of both, ie. an OS update breaks it but a BIOS update is required to
fix it. I had similar issues with several of my own systems, in fact, it got so
frustrating I stopped using sleep/hibernate at all. I would fix the issue only to
have the next windows update break it all over again. This was in the early days
of Ryzen however so it was really bad.

These days it's usually just a stale/unmaintained OS. A simple way to rule out
software/OS is to boot the system from a USB linux live distro and test the
sleep/hibernate functionality. If it works, odds are, you need to update your
OS, or reinstall if it's been in use a long time. If not you can post back here.
]]> Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:24:40 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=27515&PID=109259&title=perplexing-power-on-issue-help-request#109259 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=27515&PID=109256&title=perplexing-power-on-issue-help-request#109256 Author: potscrubber
Subject: 27515
Posted: 18 Jan 2024 at 12:01pm

Greets - came here looking for some expert help.

My 3 yr old DAW PC has started this intermittent fault with power on. Includes from cold boot or resume from sleep or hibernate. 33% of the time, when I power on (includes both case power button for cold boot or resume, and keyboard to resume from sleep) it fails to start.

To get it to start I either have to hold down reset button and try again (just discovered this today), or, switch the PSU rocker switch off, wait 15 sec for the caps to drain (passive USB hub LED goes out). Then I can hit the PSU rocker switch on and start as per normal.

Just started 6 months ago and pretty sure it's a pure H/W issue?

Do we think it's mb or PSU? I think I'm trending mb but not sure how to confirm, or how to solve.

System specs in sig.

Any suggestions much appreciated! Cheers.

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