EFI Boot frequently gets stuck.

Question

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=159384
I found this thread and decided to post my own, as mine sometimes works and sometimes not.
I have a similar problem. It seems like this guy cannot boot his system at all. My problem is that it boots sometimes and sometimes it doesn't.
I try like 10 times in a row when it gets stuck (pushing the turn off button and restart) and it sometimes boots. I followed the beginner guide exactly as it was. I did not miss any step. The only thing I am suspicious about is that I updated my linux kernel using pacman. But I did update all the files as was stated on the website:
"Every time the kernel and initramfs files are updated in /boot, they need to be updated in /boot/efi/EFI/arch. This can be automated either using systemd or using incron (for non-systemd setups)."
The current kernel version is 3.7.10-1. Before kernel update, it was working perfectly fine, (well at least I was able to boot every single time, might have occurred if I had booted 500 times instead 50 times or so) Someone here can help?
[bob@arch ~]$ ls /boot/
efi initramfs-linux-fallback.img initramfs-linux.img vmlinuz-linux
[bob@arch ~]$ ls /boot/efi/EFI/arch/
initramfs-arch-fallback.img initramfs-arch.img refind_linux.conf vmlinuz-arch.efi
[bob@arch ~]$ cat /boot/efi/EFI/arch/refind_linux.conf
"Boot to X" "root=/dev/sda1 ro rootfstype=ext4 systemd.unit=graphical.target"
"Boot to console" "root=/dev/sda1 ro rootfstype=ext4 systemd.unit=mtuli-user.target"

Answer 1

One of my systems (with an ASUS motherboard) has sporadic boot problems, too; with mine, it boots about 90% of the time, but when launching the same kernel, it fails about 10% of the time, with no kernel messages appearing after rEFInd loads the kernel. I just live with it, and hit the Reset button when a boot fails.
If you're seeing something similar (inconsistent boot behavior from a single kernel), then please post details of your hardware. If you're seeing different behavior on different kernels, then the problem may be whatever's affecting those who've posted in the thread to which you've linked.