OK heres one for you...help please!

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marcusicp

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Just built my 12th comp and everything works fine(im on it right now) but, if I turn it off I cant turn it back on until I turn the powersupply switch off or unplug it for a few secs. If I just push the power button on the case without disconecting the power from the wall it wont turn on, it does nothing. Now if I do unplug it or turn off the switch on the power supply and wait for a few secs, then try to boot up it will work fine. The really wierd thing is it only does this if I go into windows. If I am just in the BIOS I can turn it on and off all I want.

Anyone have any ideas??????
 
specs?
And yes, that's f'n strange. My best guess would be some sort of mobo issue. Maybe try flashing the BIOS?
 
Before I'd say its a mobo issue I'd say it might be a case issue. However, the part about it working fine in the BIOS and not Windows leads me to believe otherwise. I would update to the latest BIOS and go from there. Have you checked the power options to see if anything weird is disabled?
 
Specs:

K8N
AMD Sempron 2800+
Corsair Value 400mhz 512mb
MSI MX4400 128meg
Antec case and 350watt powersupply

Everything that is in the comp is new never used before all ordered from the egg.

I will try flashing the BIOS I guess.

Thanks for the fast replys!
 
If it works fine going in and out of BIOS and you only encounter problems when you actually start going into Windows, I think PSU trouble can be safely ruled out (even though that was my first inclination.)

Sounds like a BIOS flash might help it; otherwise, check that something isn't being grounded somewhere inside the case.
 
I'd say its the motherboard, on a hunch.

You can try removing all devices but video and ram and test for other causes, and even substituting a different PSU to verify, but I still think it's motherboard.
 
does it do it when you power down from within windows using the power button? I mean, without doing start>shutdown ..
 
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