Computer boots twice

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  1. mp_3

    mp_3 Guest

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    Greetings,

    When I push the power-button all fans spin but no screen comes up. After a few seconds everything shuts down. After a few more seconds it spins again and everything is fine.

    How can that be?
    Thanks.
     
  2. ScaryClown

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    Hmm...could be due to weak or dying PSU.Maybe the mobo is faulty or RAM.
    Start taking out RAM,one chip at a time and booting.See if you can indentify the problem that way.
    If everything is ok,see if you coud find another PSU to power test you rig on it.
     
  3. crap daddy

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    It's a double boot, it's been reported many times with Asus. Is the CPU overclocked? Did you use the Asus overclocking software? Have you changed the BCLK? I had this on my board when I disabled spread spectrum.
     
  4. Agent-A01

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    Yep, that is normal. Update your bios to latest and it should fix it.
     

  5. Year

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    i had this problem with an original Intel motherboard (dx58so2) you must set the Cpu Spread Spectrum to enabled (in the bios), with it disabled i used to get this issue.

    however Spread Spectrum might cause some instability if you overclock, if you don't then enable it.

    never had this issue with my Asus mobo, i set all spread spectrum to disabled, all fine.

    EDIT: let me tell you why spread spectrum fixed my problem (hopefully it will fix yours too).

    the front side bus without spread spectrum often goes a few mhz above normal, eg. if your cpu is rated 400mhz bus (stock) CPU ID would show 402.. 404mhz and some mobo makers to cheat and improve benchmarks often set the default fsb as much as 10mhz over default which gets quadded aka 10x4 = 40mhz over default....yeah nice bonus, yes if your cpu is well cooled no problem but STILL with some mobos it will cause the system to boot twice like in your case, this issue got nothing to do with temperature or your PSU.

    on some mobos with some hardware configurations, this screws up the boot process and causes the system to boot twice, in some cases it might even cause instability in windows from crashes to BSOD or complete system shutdown but not always.

    Spread Spectrum beside removing interference (EMI) it also won't let your bus speed fluctuate as much, on Intel original mobos your fsb would return to normal (its called "Down Spread"..."Center Spread" would cause the issue) so instead of a weird fsb of 404mhz it would be 400mhz all the time (per intel design) thus fixing the dual boot issue and possibly improving your stability in windows.

    ;)
     
    Last edited: Aug 23, 2011
  6. The Chubu

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    So, your computer is bi-booting?
     

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