Another Anonymous wrote:
> Sometimes, on rare occasions probably like 1 out of 8 or 10 reboots my
> system will restart to a black screen, no beeps, no post, nothing. there
> is a signal to the monitors as they are on but no picture of any sort.
> Pressing the reset button on the case will correct this. When the system
> is in windows there is no problems at all, rock solid stable throughout
> each entire session and performs exceptional. I have ran a full
> memtest86 and hours of Prime95 and it all passes continuously. The
> system can run for days, I restart and it can happen, or it can happen
> from simply powering it on for the 1st time of the day, then it might
> not happen for the next 20 restarts, then maybe twice in a row, just
> when it feels like it it will black screen on boot. The BIOS and MSI
> dualcore center all show normal voltages at all times, the cpu never
> climbs above 48c. This entire system is brand new. This isn't really an
> inconvenience as the rarity of the problem but I'm worried that one day
> it won't boot at all. I've also loaded the FAIL-SAFE BIOS options and
> made no changes to the settings to no avail. Any ideas appreciated.
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Configuration:
> MSI K9A2 plat, 790FX Latest BIOS 1.4 (also happened with 1.2, 1.3, 1.3B
> and now 1.4)
> AMD X2 6400+
> OCZ 600W (cant remember the model, its a realpower or true power of some
> sort PSU)
> Sapphire 3870 X2 (also tested a 3850 single)
> 2x WD raptors Raid 0
> ADATA (5-5-5-18) 2x 2gb and 2x 1gb (6gb) DDR2 800
> 1x DvD rom
> 1x DVD DL RW
> floppy, multi-card reader, etc
> 13 fans total with LEDs (yet suprisingly quiet)
> Not currently, or any plans of overclocking any part
> Vista premium x64
>
>
I had a similar problem but less frequently - approx once a month...
Reseating the graphics card fixed it in my case.
Guy
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