System Troubleshooting

[cptCuervo]

I have had a minor problem with a system for months now, and I'm sick of it. I just want to know WHY!

System:
Asus K8V Se Deluxe (rev. 1004)
AMD64 3200+ (hammer) (1.5V @ < 40 deg C)
512MBx2 PC2700
ATI 9700 Pro
Antec 400W PSU (I have tried a PurePower 480W as well, same problem)

Problem:

When the system is inatially cold booted, I get no video signal to the monitor and the system does not seem to POST. After hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del, the system POSTs fine and loads XP. There are no other stability problems encountered with the system. I am not overclocking. Occassionally, I get a BIOS error that overclocking has failed, F1 to setup. But again... I check and there is no problem in the BIOS.

Why would this happen? Any ideas on how to fix it...

Thanks.

 

[cptCuervo]

bumpity bump

 

[Oyeve]

Go into bios and set everything to defaults. Start from there. Might be some weird key combo stting to start your PC. On my system I can set the bios to start from key combos. Maybe yours is set to start using control alt delete.

 

[cptCuervo]

I'll check that setting, but I've reset the CMOS many times with this system... and it still does it. However, it's not every single time... just 90% of the time.