Vista 64-bit dies during startup

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dobesv

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I've been having major troubles getting my Vista 64-bit box to start up reliably and I finally decided to ask for some help.

Symptoms:

During startup my Vista 64-bit machine unexpectedly "powers off" and the power button, reset button, and power switch stop working until I unplug the power cable on the back and plug it back in.

Workaround:

If I boot into safe mode first, I can usually reboot back into Windows normally.

Triggers:

This doesn't happen every time, although usually after Windows Update forces me to reboot it will happen. There was a power outage today and it took several reboots and unplugging the computer to get it to boot again afterwards.

Other issues:

Lately when I try to put Vista to sleep, it doesn't always go into low power mode and seems to just leave everything on. Sometimes it never sleeps and goes back to the login screen immediately.

When the system dies, it usually makes this high-pitched whining noise just beforehand that I think may be the CPU - this noise happens on every boot, whether successful or not, but might be a clue about what triggers the power-off.

Question:

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this, and what might be the solution?

Thanks!
 

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dobesv said:
I've been having major troubles getting my Vista 64-bit box to start up reliably and I finally decided to ask for some help.

Symptoms:

During startup my Vista 64-bit machine unexpectedly "powers off" and the power button, reset button, and power switch stop working until I unplug the power cable on the back and plug it back in.

Workaround:

If I boot into safe mode first, I can usually reboot back into Windows normally.

Triggers:

This doesn't happen every time, although usually after Windows Update forces me to reboot it will happen. There was a power outage today and it took several reboots and unplugging the computer to get it to boot again afterwards.

Other issues:

Lately when I try to put Vista to sleep, it doesn't always go into low power mode and seems to just leave everything on. Sometimes it never sleeps and goes back to the login screen immediately.

When the system dies, it usually makes this high-pitched whining noise just beforehand that I think may be the CPU - this noise happens on every boot, whether successful or not, but might be a clue about what triggers the power-off.

Question:

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this, and what might be the solution?

Thanks!
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Hi dobesv,

Sounds like a bad power supply maybe. You might have someone look at it and test it. As to the noise,might be really dirty inside your tower try cleaning everything out. The fans may be too dirty and you might have overheating issues.

As to your power options, take a look at this tutorial.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63567-power-options-sleep-mode-problems.html?ltr=P
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Airbot 2.0
    CPU
    Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, 26c idle- 65c full load on air
    Motherboard
    Asus P6X58D Premium -Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
    Memory
    12GB Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA Nvidia GTX 480 -Fermi
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar D2X
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF Full HD 1080p 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080@60hz
    Hard Drives
    1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache 2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS) Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
    PSU
    Corsair HX1000W
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF 932
    Cooling
    Case Fans -3 230mm, 1 140mm/CPU - Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless MK700
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless MK700
    Internet Speed
    100 MBPS DL 30.17Mbps UL 0.98Mbps
    Other Info
    Windows 7 Processor-7.7 RAM- 7.9 Graphics-7.9 Gaming Graphics- 7.9 HDD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7 Windows Vista=5.9
Thanks for the link to the sleep problems, I'll give that a try. I think I might have turned on Media Sharing, which might be the culprit here. I'll find out later when my day is done.

I'll try and look into the power issues ... I had taken this to the shop after I first had the problem and he was unable to repro the problems there :-(.
 

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Yep, no problem, let us know how it goes.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Airbot 2.0
    CPU
    Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, 26c idle- 65c full load on air
    Motherboard
    Asus P6X58D Premium -Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
    Memory
    12GB Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA Nvidia GTX 480 -Fermi
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar D2X
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF Full HD 1080p 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080@60hz
    Hard Drives
    1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache 2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS) Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
    PSU
    Corsair HX1000W
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF 932
    Cooling
    Case Fans -3 230mm, 1 140mm/CPU - Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless MK700
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless MK700
    Internet Speed
    100 MBPS DL 30.17Mbps UL 0.98Mbps
    Other Info
    Windows 7 Processor-7.7 RAM- 7.9 Graphics-7.9 Gaming Graphics- 7.9 HDD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7 Windows Vista=5.9
It could be over voltage or over current cutoff from a too small power supply.
 

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  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
Actually that's good thing to check into, this is the power supply/case I have:

ANTEC NEW SOLUTION SERIES NSK3480 MATX MINITOWER 380W 2 1 (1) USB2.0 ROHS BK SIL

which needs to power:

ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI SOCKET AM2+ AMD 780G SB700 DDR2 1066 PCI EXPRESSX16 10 sku#: 70184(M3A78-EMH HDMI)
AMD PHENOM 9850 Quad-Core 2.5GHz 125W L2-2MB L3-2MB Socket AM2+ Black Edition sku#: 70030(D985ZXAGHBOX)
 

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No, not yet - I was planning to go buy a new power supply and see if that makes a difference but I haven't gotten around to it yet. What power supply do you have?
 

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