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Title: Gigabyte P31DS3L UNABLE TO START AFTER SHUTDOWN
Post by: saxoration on November 24, 2010, 04:51:53 am

Hello,

I have a problem with my Gigabyte P31DS3L,I'm unable to re-START/re-boot the computer if I shutdown the computer through Windows, but weird thing is, if I'm restart through Windows, the problem will not happens. Right now, the solution to my problem is, I need to turn off power wall plug, then turn it again , then start the computer like normal.

Please help me.

Title: Re: Gigabyte P31DS3L UNABLE TO START AFTER SHUTDOWN
Post by: Dark Mantis on November 24, 2010, 10:55:42 am

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte UK Forum.

Obviously it is one of those annoying things that shouldn't happen but is not stopping you from using the system so that at least is good.
If you can give us a complete list of your hardware including model numbers it would be a big help.

Title: Re: Gigabyte P31DS3L UNABLE TO START AFTER SHUTDOWN
Post by: saxoration on November 24, 2010, 11:07:01 am

thanks !

Indeed, very annoying.. I need to turn off the power socket , then power it on, so that I'm able to start my computer like normal, but thing will not occur if I'm choose to Reboot from Windows..
and one thing, Once i push the power button on my casing, it will take around 5 seconds to start...

my pc specs is:

Gigabyte P31DS3L
Intel c2d E4500
2gb of RAM
FSP PSU 400w true power
Gforce Nvidia 8600 GT

Please sir help me ..

Title: Re: Gigabyte P31DS3L UNABLE TO START AFTER SHUTDOWN
Post by: Dark Mantis on November 24, 2010, 11:23:42 am

You still haven't given me enough details to make an accurate assesment.

Are your memory modules single or double sided?

What make and speed are they?

Did you purchase them as a matched pair?

Is the PSU single 12v rail or multiple?

How many hard drives and optical drives have you got?

Are you using a sound card?

Title: Re: Gigabyte P31DS3L UNABLE TO START AFTER SHUTDOWN
Post by: saxoration on November 24, 2010, 12:02:42 pm

RAM I'm using team elite 800mhz 1gb x 2 , this one is dual channel..
i don't know what is double sided or one sided.. for RAM i don't think its the problem because I tried another RAM, still occurs.
how do I know my psu is single 12v?
I'm only use 1 hdd sata (500gb wd green) and 1 dvd-rw sata.
and no, I'm not using any soundcard

Title: Re: Gigabyte P31DS3L UNABLE TO START AFTER SHUTDOWN
Post by: Dark Mantis on November 24, 2010, 12:24:42 pm

Your Western Digital Green hard drive is probably the cause of the problem. These power saving hard drives are not recommended for a boot drive as they keep trying to power down to save energy and are slower at powering up also. They are fine for a data drive but not boot.
You can check in the BIOS/Advanced BIOS Features and see if there is an option for a Delay for HDD. If there is you can set it for something like 5 seconds and see if that will help.