Can't shut off my system or else it won't boot until 24hrs later...damn DS3L.....

[lektrix]

This is my third DS3L (long story don't ask) in 1 year and I'm experiencing the "cold boot" issue more than ever now. My computer has been on for 90% of the past month because I'm afraid to shut down. It appears that when I shut down after having the computer on for 2-3 consecutive days, the motherboard fails to boot. Everything turns on but all I get is a black screen and no boot or POST. That is unless I take the battery out, reset CMOS, wait 12-24 hours, turn it on/off ~15 times AND THEN it finally boots and loads Windows...

I just upgraded my bios from F7 to F9A but Gigabyte didn't bother to fix it.

Are they ever going to do anything about it?

 

[MustISO]

Is yours v1 or v2? I've had 0 issues with my v1 board.

 

[lektrix]

rev2

 

[deruberhanyok]

Your third in one year? Have you considered trying a different motherboard model?

 

[HannibalX]

Unplug (power and data) the SATA hard drive(s) and try to post the machine.

 

[Spicedaddy]

I have a rev 2 board and never saw this problem.

You say it's your 3rd board... Did all of them do this?

 

[Drsignguy]

Give us all your hardware info starting with your Power supply....Seems awfully strange that you are experiencing this 3 times..I would start to think something else is contributing to this problem..

 

[mazeroth]

I'm having a similar problem with my Gigabyte although I think it may be the power supply. My computer "tries to boot", the fans spin for a few seconds, then it turns off and continues to try for eternity.

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=2234704&STARTPAGE=1

 

[HannibalX]

Try it without the drives. Trust me.