What are your BIOS options for telling the MB which video card to use? It should have an automatic setting and a couple more options to give priority to either the CPU graphics or the discreet card. Have a look and let us know what it's set to and what the other settings are.
And like I already said above, a Windows restart doesn't do the same thing as a shutdown / turn on. The BIOS Power On Self Test (aka. POST) is skipped for one thing and even ram may not be cleared. There's some hibernate-like process used to speed up the restart - I assume, due to the fact that Windows start-up has been knocked for slow start-up for so many years.
It's really a tricky problem you have because there are just so many things that could cause that problem. If you could modify what Windows does during a restart and force it to go through a cold boot, that would at least get you to the point where you could upgrade to Win10 and maybe get rid of the problem with the OS update. But I assume that would involve some registry editing of parameters I know nothing about myself.
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Let's try two things to see if either solves the problem by bypassing the auto settings:
Using your ATI card connector set Init Display First to PEG and set Internal Graphics to disable - see if that fixes it
If that doesn't work use the motherboard video connector, set Init Display First to igfx and Internal Graphics to enable.
Let us know how you make out.
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Let's try two things to see if either solves the problem by bypassing the auto settings:
Using your ATI card connector set Init Display First to PEG and set Internal Graphics to disable - see if that fixes it
If that doesn't work use the motherboard video connector, set Init Display First to igfx and Internal Graphics to enable.
Let us know how you make out.
ok - I replaced the battery. the first option peg/disabled - same issues as before the second option igfx/enabled through mobo video connector and it works! sort of. coming up from shutdown or restart I get a signal (and I tried it several times) however (thought id fixed this) but the pc comes up and down, up and down, and then up again (and then works. Here is the truly weird part. It now does this up and down thing from a full shutdown and not from a restart. I am totally baffled lol
Let's try two things to see if either solves the problem by bypassing the auto settings:
Using your ATI card connector set Init Display First to PEG and set Internal Graphics to disable - see if that fixes it
If that doesn't work use the motherboard video connector, set Init Display First to igfx and Internal Graphics to enable.
Let us know how you make out.
ok - I replaced the battery. the first option peg/disabled - same issues as before the second option igfx/enabled through mobo video connector and it works! sort of. coming up from shutdown or restart I get a signal (and I tried it several times) however (thought id fixed this) but the pc comes up and down, up and down, and then up again (and then works. Here is the truly weird part. It now does this up and down thing from a full shutdown and not from a restart. I am totally baffled lol
Ok. Keep it on option 2 and see if you can successfully upgrade to WIN10 now that you have viable restarts sort off lol. I still think the main problem is something wonky with your OS and hopefully the upgrade will fix it.
If you manage to do the Win 10 update, you should then head over to the Gigabyte page for your MB and install the new WIn10 drivers from there. After you've done that, then set it back to auto/auto like it was before and hook the monitor back up to the ATI card... and keep your fingers crossed.
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Yeah that's a DirectX system file. Borked registry? Faulty DirectX install from some game? Hard to know exactly why it isn't loading.
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well I got windows 10 installed but unfortunately it didn't fix the problem. I'm at a loss and contemplating just buying another pc if its being such a hassle now chances are its only going to get worse.
Do the diagnostics properly instead of trying out random stuff:
1) Disassemble your computer completely. 2) Take just your motherboard, CPU, 1 memory module, PSU and place all components on clean desk. Clean them from dust. 3) Assemble components carefully. 4) Use jumper to rest your BIOS. 5) Turn on computer using screwdriver to connect power-on pins on the MB, restart it using same method.
Does it still keep shutting down? Replace all spare components you have - CPU, MB, memory module, PSU.
I have seen incompatible memory cause this problem.
Really? Well, I can't say I understand why it would. I have seen they bluescreen people, refusing to boot at all and performing badly...
I guess you learn something new every day.
Anyways, memtester should discover any memory issues. At least it have always worked for me. Another thing to try out is to take out 2 of the memory sticks and run it with just 2 and then put them back and try with the 2 others unless OP only have 2 (then one at a time). That might not work 100% of the time if it is compability and all memory ships are the same but it is also worth trying at least.
This could be something extremely simple to fix or something extremely expensive. If your mobo does not have any indicators like a built in post reader then I would invest in one. This is a board that commonly plugs into a PCI slot and that gives a visual readout of the POST codes. If the PC hangs the code that is showing is where the BIOS hung and you instantly know where the problem is.
I have had two PC's that had similar symptoms. One of them had a faulty DIMM while the other didn't like starting up with a particular external HDD plugged into a USB slot.
First of all do you have BIOS or UEFI? In either case you should go into it and reset it to factory settings.
After that, try to run a memory diagnostic program (I have linked to a free one earlier in the thread, microsoft have their own on their homepage as well).
If that doesn't work, I fear you need to do what Gdenami suggests but don't take off the CPU and cooler unless you have cooling paste at home.
well I got windows 10 installed but unfortunately it didn't fix the problem. I'm at a loss and contemplating just buying another pc if its being such a hassle now chances are its only going to get worse.
Well that sucks.
Same exact problem? From a cold boot everything works fine? You can play demanding video games indefinitely with no problems at all? But a restart makes it go through 2 or 3 restarts in a row and ends in no signal to monitor?
What happens now in Windows 10 if you remove your graphics card and plug in your monitor to the MB?
And if I was going to do something drastic, I'd do a software drastic thing not a HW one first.
Now that you have successfully installed Windows 10 and activated it, you can do the one thing which is almost 100% guaranteed to fix your problem: A clean install of windows 10. And it's drastic only because you'll have to reinstall everything - games etc. And you'll have to back-up anything you want to keep from the OS drive since you want to reformat that drive as part of the clean install.
If you want to try the clean install follow this guide using the "remove files and clean the drive" option: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/clean-install-windows-10/ Do this using the MB video and the same BIOS settings that allowed you to upgrade to Win10.
After the clean install you'll still want to install your MB drivers from Gigabyte and the graphics driver from AMD. In the unlikely event that the problem persists after that I would still do one more thing before starting to troubleshoot HW by removing and re-attaching it and that would be to flash to the latest BIOS for your MB.
It's not always the case, but in my experience software problems cause these types of weird issues most of the time and HW problems tend to cause more catastrophic problems. Your ability to cold boot and use the PC perfectly after that (minus restart) has had me leaning toward a software problem from the start and I'm still leaning that way.
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And like I already said above, a Windows restart doesn't do the same thing as a shutdown / turn on. The BIOS Power On Self Test (aka. POST) is skipped for one thing and even ram may not be cleared. There's some hibernate-like process used to speed up the restart - I assume, due to the fact that Windows start-up has been knocked for slow start-up for so many years.
It's really a tricky problem you have because there are just so many things that could cause that problem. If you could modify what Windows does during a restart and force it to go through a cold boot, that would at least get you to the point where you could upgrade to Win10 and maybe get rid of the problem with the OS update. But I assume that would involve some registry editing of parameters I know nothing about myself.
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@IseIin ; the bios setting I found saying display were-
*Init Display First- auto, pci, peg, igfx mine is set to auto
Internal graphics- auto, enable, disable mine set to auto
were thos the ones you asked of?
Let's try two things to see if either solves the problem by bypassing the auto settings:
Let us know how you make out.
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ok - I replaced the battery.
the first option peg/disabled - same issues as before
the second option igfx/enabled through mobo video connector and it works! sort of. coming up from shutdown or restart I get a signal (and I tried it several times) however (thought id fixed this) but the pc comes up and down, up and down, and then up again (and then works. Here is the truly weird part. It now does this up and down thing from a full shutdown and not from a restart. I am totally baffled lol
If you manage to do the Win 10 update, you should then head over to the Gigabyte page for your MB and install the new WIn10 drivers from there. After you've done that, then set it back to auto/auto like it was before and hook the monitor back up to the ATI card... and keep your fingers crossed.
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I just tried something could this be an issue? I turned on boot log using msconfig and this is listed in the log several times -
BOOTLOG_NOT_LOADED \SystemRoot\System32\drivers\dxgkrnl.sys
thanks a lot IseIen!
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http://www.windowswally.com/how-to-fix-the-bootlog-not-loaded-error/
I hope this can help
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1) Disassemble your computer completely.
2) Take just your motherboard, CPU, 1 memory module, PSU and place all components on clean desk. Clean them from dust.
3) Assemble components carefully.
4) Use jumper to rest your BIOS.
5) Turn on computer using screwdriver to connect power-on pins on the MB, restart it using same method.
Does it still keep shutting down? Replace all spare components you have - CPU, MB, memory module, PSU.
I guess you learn something new every day.
Anyways, memtester should discover any memory issues. At least it have always worked for me. Another thing to try out is to take out 2 of the memory sticks and run it with just 2 and then put them back and try with the 2 others unless OP only have 2 (then one at a time). That might not work 100% of the time if it is compability and all memory ships are the same but it is also worth trying at least.
I have had two PC's that had similar symptoms. One of them had a faulty DIMM while the other didn't like starting up with a particular external HDD plugged into a USB slot.
After that, try to run a memory diagnostic program (I have linked to a free one earlier in the thread, microsoft have their own on their homepage as well).
If that doesn't work, I fear you need to do what Gdenami suggests but don't take off the CPU and cooler unless you have cooling paste at home.
Same exact problem? From a cold boot everything works fine? You can play demanding video games indefinitely with no problems at all? But a restart makes it go through 2 or 3 restarts in a row and ends in no signal to monitor?
What happens now in Windows 10 if you remove your graphics card and plug in your monitor to the MB?
And if I was going to do something drastic, I'd do a software drastic thing not a HW one first.
Now that you have successfully installed Windows 10 and activated it, you can do the one thing which is almost 100% guaranteed to fix your problem: A clean install of windows 10. And it's drastic only because you'll have to reinstall everything - games etc. And you'll have to back-up anything you want to keep from the OS drive since you want to reformat that drive as part of the clean install.
If you want to try the clean install follow this guide using the "remove files and clean the drive" option: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/clean-install-windows-10/ Do this using the MB video and the same BIOS settings that allowed you to upgrade to Win10.
After the clean install you'll still want to install your MB drivers from Gigabyte and the graphics driver from AMD. In the unlikely event that the problem persists after that I would still do one more thing before starting to troubleshoot HW by removing and re-attaching it and that would be to flash to the latest BIOS for your MB.
It's not always the case, but in my experience software problems cause these types of weird issues most of the time and HW problems tend to cause more catastrophic problems. Your ability to cold boot and use the PC perfectly after that (minus restart) has had me leaning toward a software problem from the start and I'm still leaning that way.
“Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?”
― CD PROJEKT RED