Help -- Epox 8KHA+ can't boot up after shutdown!

[goodsunny]

I bought this mobo from newegg.com weeks ago, and I thought there's no problem during the installation. After I turn my compter off for hours, I can't get it on. I press the power button and the cpu fan spins for a second then stops. I have to keep pressing and releasing the power button and after a while (usually 5 mins of messing) it works again. When it's up and on though, it's solid. If I turn it off and restart at this point, no problem. I just can't shut it off for overnight!! Any advices would be greatly appeciated!

 

[Anubis]

i have this bord an i have a imilar quark with mine. if i shut mine down and they try and boot it up again real quick it dosent do anything no matter what i do. found out that if i let it sit for a few min its fine. dont really kno wwhy this happenes but its not really that big of a deal for me. i dont know why yours takes so long to boot up again but id sure like to know

 

[goodsunny]

why no one here can help me?

 

[Eymar]

I didn't have the problem on my 8kha+, but it seems to be common. You may try applying the fix mention here Epox Reboot Fix, but it means doing a BIOS flash which is always a risky proposition (if anything goes wrong while updating the BIOS you will probably need a new BIOS chip).

 

[PCHPlayer]

Post the specs of your system. Especially the PS power rating and brand. How much memory? How many harddrives etc. With that info perhaps we can see something obvious. I will say there seems to be an increase in 8KHA+ issues lately (After a long lull).

 

[ShinSa]

Another EPOX 8KHA+ booting problem. It's very common on this forum now. Make sure your board is rev 2.0 and not rev 1.3.

Kinda sux because 8KHA+ seemed like a solid board for a great price on paper but due to the batch of bad boards out there, I have to back away from it now on.

You can't believe everything you hear can you??

 

[Mem]

Rock solid here with my Epox 8KHA+,I`m using an Enermax 431w mind you ,I would suggest you try another PSU and get a good quality one.Also double check all connections to and from the board. I agree flashing to latest BIOS is worth a try.