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  • jimpick67
    New Member
    • Dec 2009
    • 4
    #1

    trouble booting computer

    I does not happen everytime but most times, when I turn on my computer it gets about halfway through the booting proccess then stops, Then I cannot do anything I cannot even turn it off. I have to unplug it from the mains then plug it in and start booting again, it always works the second time, can anyone help solve my problem.
    Jim
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    • PCBONEZ
      Grumpy Old Fart
      • Aug 2005
      • 10661
      • USA
      #2
      Re: trouble booting computer

      Howdy!

      Yup, bad caps on mobo or in PSU can do that.
      Can't tell you much more unless you give us some information to work with.
      Mann-Made Global Warming.
      - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
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      Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
      - Dr Seuss
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      You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
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        • jimpick67
          New Member
          • Dec 2009
          • 4
          #3
          Re: trouble booting computer

          Sounds like it's interal do you think I should take it for repair.
          Jim

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            • PCBONEZ
              Grumpy Old Fart
              • Aug 2005
              • 10661
              • USA
              #4
              Re: trouble booting computer

              No, it COULD be internal. - It COULD just be Windows is screwed up.
              Since I have NO IDEA what you I have I can't check for known issues.

              If it is a caps issue most repair places will want to sell you a new motherboard or a new system because it is beyond their capacity to replace caps.

              What is the motherboard?
              What is the power supply?
              What is the Video card?
              Make and models please.

              .
              Mann-Made Global Warming.
              - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
              -
              Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
              - Dr Seuss
              -
              You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
              -

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                • jimpick67
                  New Member
                  • Dec 2009
                  • 4
                  #5
                  Re: trouble booting computer

                  I am sorry but I do not know the answer to any of the 4 questions even the make as we had it especially built is there anything I could try.
                  Jiml

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                    • PCBONEZ
                      Grumpy Old Fart
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 10661
                      • USA
                      #6
                      Re: trouble booting computer

                      I meant the make/models of the parts.

                      If you are comfortable with doing some disassembly and finding numbers on things then we can try that.
                      If not you are better off taking it to a shop.
                      .
                      Mann-Made Global Warming.
                      - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
                      -
                      Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
                      - Dr Seuss
                      -
                      You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
                      -

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                        • jimpick67
                          New Member
                          • Dec 2009
                          • 4
                          #7
                          Re: trouble booting computer

                          Thanks very much for the advice but it will have to go to the shop.
                          Jim

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                            • NxB
                              Badcaps Legend
                              • Feb 2009
                              • 1595
                              #8
                              Re: trouble booting computer

                              Kinda like saying my car stalls out occasionally and not giving the make/model.

                              Could be anything from a hard drive problem to caps to power supply.

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                                • PCBONEZ
                                  Grumpy Old Fart
                                  • Aug 2005
                                  • 10661
                                  • USA
                                  #9
                                  Re: trouble booting computer

                                  I hear ya but so what if PC's aren't jimpick67's thing?
                                  - Probably an expert in some things you and I are clueless about.
                                  Last edited by PCBONEZ; 12-14-2009, 02:38 AM.
                                  Mann-Made Global Warming.
                                  - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
                                  -
                                  Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
                                  - Dr Seuss
                                  -
                                  You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
                                  -

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                                    • NxB
                                      Badcaps Legend
                                      • Feb 2009
                                      • 1595
                                      #10
                                      Re: trouble booting computer

                                      Quite possible.

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                                        • dan86
                                          Member
                                          • Nov 2009
                                          • 35
                                          #11
                                          Re: trouble booting computer

                                          Have you tried booting of the windows cd and running a chkdsk? Or unplugging some usb stuff and cards etc. I've never had a problem with bad caps on a psu affecting the boot and I can't see why it would.

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                                            • ratdude747
                                              Black Sheep
                                              • Nov 2008
                                              • 17136
                                              • USA
                                              #12
                                              Re: trouble booting computer

                                              easily. sometimes caps fail in a way that causes uptime to affect their degree of failure. one example is sometimes caps need to warm up to act properly if they are failed. say that caused a non-pnp device to fail, and when it begins to work, the booting computer gets a curve-ball by the sudden appearance, causing boot issues.

                                              another way caps can affect boot is causing devices to act abnormally, causing errors.
                                              sigpic

                                              (Insert witty quote here)

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                                                • PCBONEZ
                                                  Grumpy Old Fart
                                                  • Aug 2005
                                                  • 10661
                                                  • USA
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: trouble booting computer

                                                  I HAVE SEEN bad caps in PSU BLOW HOLES in chipsets [literally] and that definitely affected booting.
                                                  Mann-Made Global Warming.
                                                  - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
                                                  -
                                                  Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
                                                  - Dr Seuss
                                                  -
                                                  You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
                                                  -

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