Hi,
I recently started to have issues with my PC not starting up as it should. When I turn on the computer the power light is on and I can hear it "working" but it doesn't boot up the OS, the monitor and keyboard do not respond.
The strange thing is that if I leave it in that state (sometimes for up to an hour) it will randomly kick in on its own, and start up as normal (or on a couple of occassions hang on the Advent screen).
Once the PC is running it is fine, no issues at all. If I restart the PC from that point it will restart as normal, no issues. If I turn the PC off though, and leave it off for a significant period of time (overnight) it will not start up properly, and I have to leave it "on" for a long time and wait for it to randomly start up.
I run CCleaner on a regular basis, ran a couple of Malware/Adware programs too, as I had recently picked up that "Safesearch nasty" (I don't think this is the issue). I also tried the Startup Repair, and a couple of System Restores, but none of that has seemed to have worked.
I was going to try a complete Factory Reset on the machine, but thought it best that I came here to at least try to determine if this was a Hardware or Software issue. PC Specs are as follows:
Manufacturer: Advent
Computer Type ACPI x86-based PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
DirectX DirectX 11.0
Date / Time 2015-10-05 / 10:28
Motherboard
CPU Type TripleCore AMD Phenom X3 8600, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200)
Motherboard Name Foxconn A7GMX-K/S / A7VMX-K/S (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset AMD 760G/780G/780V/785G/790GX/880G/890GX, AMD K10
System Memory 3328 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
DIMM1: ASint B1YJ2LB4FNG 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM2: PNY Electronics 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (6-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (5-5-5-18 @ 400 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz)
BIOS Type AMI (06/23/09)
Any help or advice would be hugely appreciated.
Chris.
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