PC requires being started up twice before it boots into Windows

Salty · December 27, 2015

I have a fairly old system that is clearly on it's way out. It's got an i5 2500K, a Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 motherboard, R9 280X and a Silverstone ST60F-P power supply.

Lately (since the past few weeks), I will start it up in the morning, it *sometimes* POSTs and flashes the BIOS splash screen, but will shut off right before it boots Windows. All the fans and lights inside my case turn off. However, the second time I press the power button (about 5 secs after it shuts down) it usually boots into Windows fine with no issues.

I am well aware that my PC is dying and I plan to upgrade to either Skylake or Zen when it comes out. Some of my SATA ports are already dead, most likely something wrong with the controller maybe.

What do, LTT? It's either a motherboard or PSU issue from my view.

DebatED Nothing · December 29, 2015

My friend and I have both had similar issues in the past. My issue was fixed by just taking apart the PC and rebuilding it, meaning it was a cable that was loose or something. My friend's issue was fixed by updating his BIOS. Try both of these.

Salty · January 11, 2016

My friend and I have both had similar issues in the past. My issue was fixed by just taking apart the PC and rebuilding it, meaning it was a cable that was loose or something. My friend's issue was fixed by updating his BIOS. Try both of these.

Solved my problem, reseated the cables and RAM and selected fastboot mode in the BIOS (not sure if it helped or not).

Thanks! Hopefully I can squeeze some more life out of this PC now that I know what that problem was.