An issue!

[Jamin]

Hi all.

I have a problem and i think it's my motherboard.

Everytime i want to turn on my computer i need to hold the power button down for varying amounts of time just to get it to turn on. Sometimes i need to hold it down for around 20 seconds, sometimes more than a couple of minutes, but it never turns on instanly. It's quite frustrating as you can imagine.

However when my system is up and running all i have to do is press the power button once and it will turn off (or give me the option to do so).

I thought it might be the power cable itself, but replacing it did nothing, and i've tried another PSU to no effect.

Just wandered if anyone else has ever had a similar problem or can tell me what my problem might be.

I could always RMA the board - assuming it is the board (dunno what else it could be), but i want to try to fix it or find out what the problem is, maybe i'm missing something obvious.

 

[Chris230291]

Try unplugging anything not essential to the operation of the computer and try again. Something could have caused an intermittent short, which if you have a decent power supply will prevent it powering up (as opposed to just breaking)

 

[Jamin]

I'll try that and see what happens. Thanks.

 

[Snortan]

Unplug everything and leave just the 4/8 pin for CPU and 24pin for Motherboard connected. Try now. If it does work then start plugging one by one until you find the faulty device.

 

[Jamin]

Well i tried doing what you both suggested but no luck.

I tried unplugging everything non-essential, including RAM but still getting a random delay when turning on computer.

I contacted scan.co.uk and let them know of the issue, so i'll just have to RMA the board when i get paid.

Thanks for the advise though.^^

 

[howies]

could be a problem with your power switch, do you have an onboard power button you could try?

 

[UkGouki]

i have this issue and have to power on manually buy pressing a button on my board its my case power wire/button that was broken..

 

[Jamin]

I ditched my original power/reset buttons and cables and bought some new ones. No change.

Also tries different PSU. I think i've tried everything tbh. Reset bios, cleared CMOS etc.

Think my only course now is RMA. Dont know what else it could be.