• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Reset button doesn't work when crash occurs

R

RedShark

[H]ard|Gawd
2FA
Joined
Aug 8, 2003
Messages
1,942
So I have my computer here:

P4 2.4C@2.94, Asus P4P800, prime95 stable for 24 hours
Lian Li PC60 case
Windows XP Pro

When I press the reset button on the case, and the computer is _not_ locked up, it resets fine and dandy, just as you would expect. When the computer locks up though (as recently happened when I upgraded some driver and my games started crashing), the reset button doesn't work.

Obviously, this is no good since the only time you really need the reset button is when the computer is locked up. The only way to resolve such a hard lock up then is to turn off the computer, and then back on again. This solution is clearly less than ideal.

I figured there was some setting in the BIOS related to this, perhaps under power management, but I was unsuccessful in finding it. Has anyone else had this problem and if so, what did you do to fix it, if anything? Thanks for the help.
 
Has nobody ever seen or heard of this problem? :( Guess I'll just have to make sure my computer never locks up :)
 
Thanks for the tip. I suppose it could be the wire, although admittedly unlikely given the observed behavior of only working when the computer is not locked up. I'll try fiddling with it.
 
I know that on some systems when a lock-up occurs you can't simply press the reset button. Sometimes you have to hold the reset button in for a few seconds then it will reset. I don't know why this is but it's actually fairly common.
 
Originally posted by MontyAC
That is strange. Try switching the connection wire.
Click to expand...
....reverse it 180 degrees. No it doesn't make sense.....yes, I've seen this before. Give it a quick try.....

B.B.S.
 
Originally posted by Paithar
I know that on some systems when a lock-up occurs you can't simply press the reset button. Sometimes you have to hold the reset button in for a few seconds then it will reset. I don't know why this is but it's actually fairly common.
Click to expand...

Yea , that's what I have to do anytime I get a lock-up. Usually an OC'in lock-up , but holding the reset down for a few seconds always does the trick for me.
 
I've had this problem with every system I've owned ever since switching over to ATX motherboards and power supplies. Never had this happen with an AT motherboard and power supply though.

Most of the time I don't even go near my reset button. Then again, the reset button is a pain to get to and it's usually just easier to reach around and flip the switch on the back of the power supply.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top