GE60 2OE WON'T BOOT UP AT FIRST TRY

When I push the power on button for the first time, It is shot down immediately after 5 secs. The second time it is booting with no problem.
Watch the video to understand the issue.

Quote from: Svet on 25-June-14, 20:24:25
have you done EC reset?: https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/how-to-reset-the-ec-embedded-controller
i see you have some things attached, have you tried to remove them?
also try load bios defaults, then save and exit
what is notebook current bios version?
does the issue hapends on battery only or also when ac charger is attached?
when the notebook boots, do you have any stability issues?
I did EC reset, bios update, ec update, bios defaults... issue still the same.
Bios version: 51B here : http://www.msi.com/support/nb/GE60_2OE.html#down-bios&Win8.1%2064
The issue happens both on battery and AC. (ac charger was attached in the video)
Some things atached you seen are just nano mouse receiver and ethernet lan.
I don't know whether you mean by stability issue. But there is a issue about HDD. there is 1or2seconds lag while playing mp3. But there is no problem if you play it from SSD.

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Someone suggested trying to login to Single User mode. I was tried and was able to do that. But, what do I do from there?
So I rebooted, and then tried to login when holding down the option key. It came up with the option to load the Install DVD. I said yes, and of course, same result as before.
So, as a last step, I put my old HDD back in and started the system holding the option key. This disc is a dual boot drive with Windows 7 on another partition. It gave me the following options:
Mac OS X HDD (my Lion install)
Windows 7
Recovery HD
Install Mac OS X (DVD)
For kicks, I chose Windows 7 to see what would happen. It actually logged me in! ... but it was like I was in an old safe mode in this sense: the screen size was the smallest available (that is, all the icons were big).
This makes me think that maybe (again, maybe) the problem is the video card. (Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT) This might explain the flickering and freezing I initially had when I could actually login. But...really, I'm at a loss and don't know if I should take the time and money to get a new video card.
Any suggestions???
Thanks!
Naveen

Windows 7 DVD has a decent memtest and you are in Safe Mode probably due to Windows didn't shutdown gracefully.
You can also use chkdsk or WD Lifeguard to certify all the disk sectors are mapped out if they need be.
8800GT: you have heard of the 10 minutes in over for 350*?
But you might want a new card anyway.
Vendors and RAM. Well it was working but buying RAM esp FBDIMMs and my guess is you have some 4GB DIMMs. Also mixing sets or brands can work most of the time, but not always.
RAM probllems result in dirty files and other errrors so fix the problem, make sure you have a good pair and no errors. Or more. And then try clean install.
Windows 7 w/ AppleHFS.sys and AppleMNT.sys does not like an Apple array to be present. MacDrive gets around that and allows mounting - and avoiding BSODs.
Cheap as I have found, highest quality though, 667MHz so they run 4% slower is all, if you need one good set:
2x2GB FBDIMM DDR2 667MHz
http://www.amazon.com/BUFFERED-PC2-5300-FB-DIMM-APPLE-Memory/dp/B002ORUUAC/
Lion Recovery Disk Repair? you did or didn't?
Lion installer: hopefully you kept the ESD package for later re-install (without having to download and all that bother).
Some people play musical chairs with the Risers and DIMMs and DIMM slots. Or just RMA and get new sets but I would try with just half the 24GB or less, then test with half the 16GB set. To have one set it would be one DIMM in A1 and B1.
And of course reset the SMC - hitting power button 10 seconds while unplugged (and no devices or cables connected).

MacPro, OSX 10.7.4 Safari 5.1.7 won't boot keeps crashing. How do I install another version? It won't let me.

In my Applications folder, I have Safari 5.1.6. When I try the manual install of of 5.1.7 it won't let me because it says I have a "newer" version of Safari already installed! ???
I tried reinstalling OSX 10.7.4, but still have the same problem. You can't throw it out or replace it either, or restore from Time Machine.
Here's part of the crash report explaining why it won't boot...
Application Specific Information:
objc[4556]: garbage collection is OFF
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Invalid parameter not satisfying: (index >= 0) && (index < [_itemArray count])'
*** First throw call stack:
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Ron...

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4251807

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