[H81M HDS] Multiple Power On Attempts
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Topic: [H81M HDS] Multiple Power On Attempts
Posted By: K9Sports
Subject: [H81M HDS] Multiple Power On Attempts
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2016 at 11:47am
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Recently, it takes multiple attempts to power on my computer. Fans won't spin, lights won't turn on, nothing. It takes about 10-15 pushes of the power button to get it going but works fine after that. Rebooting works fine too. Changed PSU, same. Unplugged everything except PSU, same. Changed case, same. Only thing I can think of is MB. Any other recommendations?
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Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2016 at 12:32pm
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Please list out your current system specs. Is the PSU plugged into a power/lightning/surge strip? |
Posted By: K9Sports
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2016 at 1:03pm
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4GB RAM 2TB WD Drive 750w PSU No additional sound or graphics card Plugged into a UPS. Tested it without the UPS, no change. |
Posted By: K9Sports
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2016 at 1:26pm
| Oh.. and an i5 cpu. |
Posted By: K9Sports
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2016 at 8:47am
| Damn.. guess no one has an answer. |
Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2016 at 10:59am
You (we) wish there was one simple answer for this problem. If you changed the PSU, and the PC case, which means a different power switch, all that is left is the board. You could try changing the battery in the board, it is a CR2032, the same on all mother boards. You could try shorting the two pins on the System Panel Header where the two wires from the power switch are connected, with a small screwdriver. If the board started immediately, that would actually be strange. It would mean either the other PC case has a bad switch or wires, or the other PSU is bad too. Otherwise it is impossible without test equipment to diagnose the mother board. If the System Panel Header, where the power switch is connected, is loose, you know the board is shot. ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow"> 
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K9Sports wrote:Posted By: K9Sports
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2016 at 8:01am
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Great, and the MB warrantee is pretty much worthless since I can't contact ASRock. Live and learn, I guess.
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Posted By: sephren
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2016 at 4:28pm
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Same board, same problem. Totally random boot-ups. Sometimes it works with pushing the button twice, sometimes you have to push it twenty times until it boots. I bought a new PSU, problem persisted. Switched power and reset buttons - didn't work either. Everytime i work on the problem, it seems to be solved. Few hours later - problem reoccurs. Bridging power pins with screw driver worked fine, but it's extremely difficult to verify if that's a reliable test case, because switching buttons seemed to work fine, too. Will switch the battery, thanks for advice. See if it works. If not, i'll buy a MSI board...
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Posted By: sephren
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2016 at 11:34pm
| I cleared the CMOS as described in another thread and replaced the battery. For now everything seems to work fine again. Let's keep fingers crossed it stays like that :-) |