PC wont boot to windows

First of all, I dont know if this tid-bit is related, but last night for no apparent reason, my DVD drive did not recognize any cds or dvds. A simple restart fixed that.

Now, the real problem: I wake up this morning, turn on my computer, and find that it seems to freeze at the motherboard manufacturers (gigabyte) logo menu. For those with a gigabyte mobo, the only thing I can do is press tab to get into the post menu/screen. From there, nothing seems to happen. I can press DEL to try to get into the bios, but thats all I can do. It freezes (or just doesnt work) and all it says is "loading." I just got back home now and wanted some second opinions before I go off and try to figure out the problem. I'v never seen or heard of a problem like this, so I'm really lost on where to start. I figured I'd try resetting the CMOS/bios. Not sure if that will fix the problem or not.

So, anyone think they can help?

Hey,

a few questions,

1. did you install a new dvd or HD?

2. Have you changed any settings in your bios?

Solution,

Go to your hard drives in the bios. Disable the smart funcion and change all drives to user(not auto)

Make sure that none of the drives are PIO. if they are change to UDMA or DMA

Resetting your bios will not help.

If it hangs you must have changed a drive or cable. Whatever you have done, take it out and see what happens, if it is better then you have a jumper in the wrong place or a bad cable.

Let me know

First of all, I dont know if this tid-bit is related, but last night for no apparent reason, my DVD drive did not recognize any cds or dvds. A simple restart fixed that.

Now, the real problem: I wake up this morning, turn on my computer, and find that it seems to freeze at the motherboard manufacturers (gigabyte) logo menu. For those with a gigabyte mobo, the only thing I can do is press tab to get into the post menu/screen. From there, nothing seems to happen. I can press DEL to try to get into the bios, but thats all I can do. It freezes (or just doesnt work) and all it says is "loading." I just got back home now and wanted some second opinions before I go off and try to figure out the problem. I'v never seen or heard of a problem like this, so I'm really lost on where to start. I figured I'd try resetting the CMOS/bios. Not sure if that will fix the problem or not.

So, anyone think they can help?

Spartan8907

I notice with PC's that malfunctions like this happen when a peripheral such as a ROM drive isn't working properly. You could disconnect the drive and then boot.

First of all, I dont know if this tid-bit is related, but last night for no apparent reason, my DVD drive did not recognize any cds or dvds. A simple restart fixed that.

Now, the real problem: I wake up this morning, turn on my computer, and find that it seems to freeze at the motherboard manufacturers (gigabyte) logo menu. For those with a gigabyte mobo, the only thing I can do is press tab to get into the post menu/screen. From there, nothing seems to happen. I can press DEL to try to get into the bios, but thats all I can do. It freezes (or just doesnt work) and all it says is "loading." I just got back home now and wanted some second opinions before I go off and try to figure out the problem. I'v never seen or heard of a problem like this, so I'm really lost on where to start. I figured I'd try resetting the CMOS/bios. Not sure if that will fix the problem or not.

So, anyone think they can help?

Spartan8907

That would be my first suggestion as well, reset the BIOS and see if that fixes it.

I did not install or change anything at all. The previous night, all I did was play some games, surf the web, and shut off as normal. I cant get into my BIOS at all. I have sata HDD and dvd drive and they've been working fine up unitl now. I can try changing out the sata cables to see if I have a bad one however.

I will try disconnecting the ROM drive (dvd drive right?).

I'm still hoping a simple reset of the bios is the solution.

If anyone has experience with this problem or just has a different idea, I'd greatly appreciate you letting me know. I'm really at a loss here.

I did not install or change anything at all. The previous night, all I did was play some games, surf the web, and shut off as normal. I cant get into my BIOS at all. I have sata HDD and dvd drive and they've been working fine up unitl now. I can try changing out the sata cables to see if I have a bad one however.

I will try disconnecting the ROM drive (dvd drive right?).

I'm still hoping a simple reset of the bios is the solution.

If anyone has experience with this problem or just has a different idea, I'd greatly appreciate you letting me know. I'm really at a loss here.

Spartan8907

If you can't get into the bios there isn't much you can do, apart from these make sure all fans are spinning, reset bios, try removing the cmos battery and putting it back in, remove any optical drives. It could be a PSU fault as well so make sure that is running properly.

Did you build your rig on a carpert? no joke. If so then evil static electricity (damn you physics!) from the floor will charge your body and hence damage your mobo if you don't wear static protection (its always good to wear protection ;))

Now this happened to me, things booted up after a while, a bit glitchy but thats Vista for you, then parts stopped working, i got blue screens and low and behold there was no boot.

But if you are getting a beep still you are not doomed. Were you aware of static though?

Well, I guess the problem seems to lie with the DVD or sata cable. With the dvd drive plugged in, the computer does not boot to windows. It only stays at the gigabyte logo menu. Unplugged, my computer boots fine. If the problem is the drive itself (I hope it is, it was recycled from a not-so-old computer), I will be buying a new one soon enough.Spartan8907

My guess is that the problem is with the drive itself. Usually defecto cables won't interfere unless they're not properly connected or you're actually using the DVD drive to access data from it during boot. So it's a SATA DVD drive? In some cases they don't react well to certain motherboards. When I had my PC, I always had an IDE HDD and ODD connected to bypass these issues should they arise. The only advantage of a SATA DVD drive is clutter reduction.

One thing you can try is disconnecting the drive and then resetting the BIOS back to default. Then reconnect the drive and boot into your BIOS to make changes if you need too. Hopefully this works out for you.

Did you build your rig on a carpert? no joke. If so then evil static electricity (damn you physics!) from the floor will charge your body and hence damage your mobo if you don't wear static protection (its always good to wear protection ;))

Now this happened to me, things booted up after a while, a bit glitchy but thats Vista for you, then parts stopped working, i got blue screens and low and behold there was no boot.

But if you are getting a beep still you are not doomed. Were you aware of static though?

hongkingkong

Static usually kills the board completely. People that assemble their own systems simply ground themselves to the case before handling the board.

Did you build your rig on a carpert? no joke. If so then evil static electricity (damn you physics!) from the floor will charge your body and hence damage your mobo if you don't wear static protection (its always good to wear protection ;))

Now this happened to me, things booted up after a while, a bit glitchy but thats Vista for you, then parts stopped working, i got blue screens and low and behold there was no boot.

But if you are getting a beep still you are not doomed. Were you aware of static though?

hongkingkong

Never used a anti-static wriststrap on any of my builds and they are all working with the original setups. Same cpu, ram, mobo, and HDDs. One, from 2000, is still going strong with no issues.

If you strike something with static electricity, and today's motherboards are much more durable to shock than older ones, the problems will begin and persist from day one. They dont just surface down the road. A resistor or microchip will not work perfect with half of it burned from a shock. That.. well.. just isnt possible.

A mobo is a complicated thing. I had the fun part of building simple circuit boards, like those in a TV, from scratch for my Electronics class for 2 years in High School. Well it wasnt 2 years building one, but it was one of the projects. Running the pathways was sheer joy.. but alas.. The point is that everything is placed on a circuit board for a reason. When you damage something, especially a microchip or pathway, you WILL notice issues from the getgo.

A crappy psu sending ripples in the current to the motherboard causeing when it is overstressed has a better chance of harming those critical parts than static electricity. Less your rubbing your feet and touching unprotected parts on purpose. There is very very little you need to have direct contact with, if any at all, on the mobo anyhow. They give you places on the side to grip that only has the board compound material with no sensitive parts or pathways to carry a discharge.

Only time I used and preferred anti-static devices for my body was when I worked for Nortel and handled 400,000usd telephone switches. Those were professional boot straps however. Then again we also had electric powered, aka battery, lifts that produced alot of electric charge due to the nature of it, and the risks were much higher due to those variables.

As for the dvd drive, why dont you try a different cable, and a different mobo sata head? Also download any new mobo sata drivers, if any, and try it all again.