Problems Booting

[duval.67]

Hey

Whenever we shut down the computer we always have trouble booting it back up. We now leave it running, but in instances where it does get shut down it becomes a real pain to boot back up. Sometimes when you press the power button it does absolutely nothing, other times the fans turn on, but it doesn't boot up or make the beeps that it normally does. What I usually do is hold down the reboot button and the power button together for 5 seconds then release and hope it works. Occasionally it does, but maybe it's just a fluke. So what could the problem be? If you need to know motherboard info and whatnot, I'll download AIDA32 and find out.

[ale52]

"Sometimes when you press the power button it does absolutely nothing, other times the fans turn on, but it doesn't boot up or make the beeps that it normally does."

This indicates a hardware problem.  Possibly the power supply or the motherboard.  

"What I usually do is hold down the reboot button and the power button together for 5 seconds then release and hope it works."  

You shouldn't be able to do both buttons at the same time.  Might check all your connections inside the computer (if you're comfortable with that...making sure you ground yourself 1st before poking around inside).  Reseat the RAM, power connector from the power supply to the motherboard, all data and power cables to all drives.

Alan <><  

[duval.67]

Hm. I'll bring it to my dads house. I'm not comfortable with doing it, but my dad could. So what I need to do is check connections, and reseat these things? What does that mean?

[CBMatt]

Hm. I'll bring it to my dads house. I'm not comfortable with doing it, but my dad could. So what I need to do is check connections, and reseat these things? What does that mean?

Basically, you want to make sure that everything (cables and components) is properly secured in the appropriate ports.