Computer won't fully "Restart" - have to use switch on power supply off/on?

[John P]

I have a Biostar A760GM2+ and AMD Athlon X4 635 combo (from Fry's of course) running Windows 7 that has the bothersome problem of hanging when it Restarts.

If I choose the "Shut Down" method everything is fine. Hit the power button after shut down and it boots up just fine.

If I choose "Restart" it shuts down fine but then just hangs - yellow light on the monitor (no video signal), etc... At that point if I flip the power switch on the power supply off then on it completes the Restart cycle just fine.

Any ideas why it does this? Not a tragedy but kind of a pain in the arse.

 

[John P]

Bump

 

[mvbighead]

Latest BIOS? How good of a PSU?

 

[John P]

Yup, latest BIOS. Antec True Power 650W PSU I believe.

 

[corkyg]

Do you have more than one drive installed?

 

[John P]

Yes, 1 SATA HD, 1 IDE HD, and 1 SATA DVD-RW. I've tried it though with just one drive hooked up and it does the same thing.

I think over the years I recall having one other computer that did this, never did figure it out, just lived with it.

 

[BadOmen]

Have you tried playing with the Wake On options on BIOS? If they are enabled, try disabling it. I have never heard of a situation like yours, but in many others those options, especially Wake on Lan, are frequent culprits.

 

[John P]

Have you tried playing with the Wake On options on BIOS? If they are enabled, try disabling it. I have never heard of a situation like yours, but in many others those options, especially Wake on Lan, are frequent culprits.

I'll double check that, thanks.