GA-EP31-DS3L NO POST SCREEN

[trevoraiston]

Had my mboard for a while but recently I've stopped getting a POST screen on boot.  Because the pc acts as a small home server its running 24/7 so its not normally a problem because it rarely gets re-booted.  But looking to change some hardware/software so need to be able to see POST to configure boot options etc.

No new hardware or software installed prior to problem.

Turn on/Reboot (black screen monitor on standby) > get post beep > fdd looks for boot disk > mboard sits and thinks for a while > then hd light start to flash (SATA drive) > that loads OS (Win7 ultimate) > but  only when you get to the Win7 welcome screen does the monitor come off standby and you get a display, windows logo etc.

ANy ideas?

Trevor

[Dark Mantis]

Hi Trevor and welcome to the forum.
So once the computer has fully booted the monitor is fine, correct?
If that is right thenm the problem lies in the BIOS graphics settings somewhere. Lets start at the beginning though and from what you said it takes a while to boot as it 's looking for the various devices so I would advise disabling in the BIOS anything like the floppy drive, IDE, parallel port etc. It willl make the system faster to boot and release resources. Can you list your hardware too please?