Vista not always booting up - post screen

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jedi88

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Hi,

I have the gigabyte eP45-DQ6 motherboard. When booting up, or rebooting, even before I get to the windows loading screen, I get a black screen. Almost like the monitor doesnt turn on but the computer sounds likes on.

I reinstalled due to some other issues, but the same issue with loading happens. ITs sporadic. Sometimes it does it, others not.

I updated to v11 of BIOS, and it still does it.

Otherwise its very stable. Is there a setting in the motherboard? Is it vista related?

Any help !
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    E8500
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP45-DQ6
    Memory
    8gb Transcend PC2-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    4870 x2 Sapphire
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22' Widescreen Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    500gb
    PSU
    800w
    Keyboard
    G11 Logitech
    Mouse
    G7 Logitech
    Internet Speed
    4mb ADSL
jedi88 said:
Hi,

I have the gigabyte eP45-DQ6 motherboard. When booting up, or rebooting, even before I get to the windows loading screen, I get a black screen. Almost like the monitor doesnt turn on but the computer sounds likes on.

I reinstalled due to some other issues, but the same issue with loading happens. ITs sporadic. Sometimes it does it, others not.

I updated to v11 of BIOS, and it still does it.

Otherwise its very stable. Is there a setting in the motherboard? Is it vista related?

Any help !
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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    INTEL QUAD 6600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP35-DS4
    Memory
    4 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8800gt
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24" ACER
    Screen Resolution
    1440 X 900
    Hard Drives
    500 GB
    320GB
    PSU
    700WATT
    Cooling
    ARCTIC
    Internet Speed
    Av.MTH, Download 8.27, Upoad 0.91
Will it boot into safe mode?
If it will try reloading the graphics drivers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
It does boot in safe mode. If I reset the pc, it reboots second time around. It does not always have the issue. Sometimes when I restart it hangs just before the vista loading graphic appears. I am running catalyst 8.8 driver. If I hot my keyboard, I notice the num/caps locks also dont activate so maybe the pc is still sleeping even though the fan is spinning?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    E8500
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP45-DQ6
    Memory
    8gb Transcend PC2-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    4870 x2 Sapphire
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22' Widescreen Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    500gb
    PSU
    800w
    Keyboard
    G11 Logitech
    Mouse
    G7 Logitech
    Internet Speed
    4mb ADSL
When windows loads, no errors are reporting. However, when the boot doesnt make it up and I hard reboot, I get the option to run in safe mode.

This now happens probably 3 out of 4 boots. I need advice as I am going crazy
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    E8500
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP45-DQ6
    Memory
    8gb Transcend PC2-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    4870 x2 Sapphire
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22' Widescreen Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    500gb
    PSU
    800w
    Keyboard
    G11 Logitech
    Mouse
    G7 Logitech
    Internet Speed
    4mb ADSL

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
Hi,

I had this issue on my pc a few days ago actually after updating BIOS. I then updated two or three different versions of the bios, all did the same problem.

I tried repairing, and then eventually pulled the plug and reinstalled, same issue started already from the get-go including my install.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    E8500
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP45-DQ6
    Memory
    8gb Transcend PC2-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    4870 x2 Sapphire
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22' Widescreen Samsung
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    500gb
    PSU
    800w
    Keyboard
    G11 Logitech
    Mouse
    G7 Logitech
    Internet Speed
    4mb ADSL
I have a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 V3.3 board and it is doing the same thing. Windows starts booting and I see a bsod for just a split second before reboot. I choose restart windows normaly and it boots ok. This never happened under the 32 bit version. I also am using raid now with the JM drivers whereas before I was not. Now that everything else is working great, I need to start looking into this annoyance.
 

My Computer

System One

Hi

Does seem like a BIOS issue

Oldbloke gave a great description of what is supposed to happen :

When you boot the computer, the BIOS boots the hard disk. The MBR code at the start of the hard disk always boots whatever is marked as being the Active partition.
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Seems this is the bit that is erratic.

When I updated my BIOS the ASRock website warned not to update if everything was working fine ( of course, I went ahead and did it anyway, luckily everything is fine ).

Seems like good advice. You might try getting the previous BIOS version from your mobo website and "upgrading to that" - also check if there are new mobo chipset drivers ( probably under the Drivers section, rather than the Bios section ) - you may need those with the new BIOS.

Another thing is that when I flashed my new Bios, it reset everything to the defaults - if yours did the same, maybe this has something to do with it. Tho. as erdavis has the same problem and hasn't flashed the new Bios , more likely you need new chipset drivers - or try reverting to previous version.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_List.aspx

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_List.aspx


Hope this heps

SIW2

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My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
jedi88 said:
I reinstalled due to some other issues, but the same issue with loading happens. ITs sporadic. Sometimes it does it, others not.

I updated to v11 of BIOS, and it still does it.
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what was the problem you had before? has this motherboard ever worked? any recent hardware changes? i had a similar program when i first built my unit, and i had to tweak some bios settings (it had to do with my ram)
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom 9850 BE
    Motherboard
    ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe
    Memory
    CORSAIR Dominator 4GB PC2 8500
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI Radeon HD 4870 OC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SAMSUNG ToC T220 Rose-Black 22"
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB
    PSU
    FSP Group Everest 800w
    Case
    COOLER MASTER Centurion 590
    Keyboard
    RAZER Lycosa
    Mouse
    RAZER Copperhead Blue
Hi jedi88, if all the suggestions didn't help, try to check the SATA cable connection. It is a know problem that the cable comes loose from the HDD easily or just bad cable. To test it simply by remove and then replace the cable or usw an after market cable with a latch. If it wouldn't help switch ports 'cause some ports may be bad begin with. Good luck and let us know how things turn out.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    E6850
    Motherboard
    EVGA 122-CK-NF67-A1 680i
    Memory
    4 x OCZ Platinum 1GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
    Sound Card
    SB X-Fi X Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 23" 5MS
    Screen Resolution
    2048 x 1152
    Hard Drives
    2 x Barracuda 7200.10 320GB RAID 0 / 1 x 500GB Maxtor
    PSU
    Seasonic 600W M12
    Case
    CM Centurion 5
    Cooling
    air
    Internet Speed
    100Mbps
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