System wont boot after restart, hangs..

Hello.
Recently i have got a strange problem.
When i restart or power on my computer without using the "main power switch on psu" my system hangs either just before cpu post or memory post.
If i turn it off and on again using the switch on the psu it boots just fine..
I have searched alot around the internet and tried many things. Tried disconnenting devices, resetting cmos, disconnect everything from mobo and resetting cmos, tried new bios, tested my ram sticks in memtest and so on..
The funny thing is that this problem suddenly occured. My system worked fine until 2 weeks ago.
Also it have happened that it freezes in windows, screen freezes and computer stops responding. But usually in have run for 2-4 days before that happens.
It would be very much appreciated if someone could help me out with this
My specs:
Msi k8n neo2 platinum 54g
Amd 64 3200 winchester
4 * 512mb 3200 ocz ram
Mist 430w psu
4* 200gb maxtor s-ata
card reader
dvd-rw
ati x800xl
+ alot of silent fans

Ok, now i am confused.
I have discussed this problem with other people in a norwegian forum. They guess that it is the motherboard which is causing this problem.
I also think that. Because system have worked perfect until recently. As i said earlier i have tried to disable some hardware to see how that worked and it was the same.
Now when system i booted it is 100% stable. The freezes that occured in windows was software related.
Also discovered that if i load windows in fail safe mode problem is gone! Have not been able to figure that one out.
Almost getting depressed here.
Comments? Tips?

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ricin,
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In addition, making unsubstantiated statements as Deathstalker did that, quote "It has already been proven that 50% of all the problems relating to Vid Cards is Power Supply Related...." is not a valid argument either. If you're going to make those sort of claims, then you should back it up with firm data...
The point is, someone in the forums already did. All the forum regulars should remember when it happened too. A guy chastized us because we ask about the specs on people's power supplies. He took every post in the VGA forum to date and catagorized the solutions and found that only 50% of the problems in the forums were Power Supply Related. To me, if one out of every two problems in the VGA Forums is Power Supply Related, by asking the question, we can identify and solve 50% of the problems.
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Yes, he does sound a bit like me doesn't he? (or vice versa). But no, we are two different people which your moderators can prove by looking at the IP addresses of both myself and elzie.
But I must admit he echo's my views. There is a definite danger that some posters who are here to help people will latch on to one supposed "solution" i.e. the PSU which is then tailored to fit all problems. Same goes for avoiding flashing the VGA BIOS especially over the Internet.
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System wont boot after flash

i flashed the bios the first time to upgrade to 3.6 but noticed the temps issue and wanted to revert to 3.5, now here started the problem. i downloaded the zip file from msi site, read the instructions file and since i couldnt made a boot disk for windows xp pro (tried the "make a dos startup disk" but the system wouldnt boot from it) i used the flash utility that came with live update 3. im now sure this was the biggest mistake i had ever done: i choose the A6728IMS.350 file as ROM file and it started the flash in windows (had no programs running)
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i mean is MSI thinking, how many peple with Windows XP still have FAT hard drives., luckily i do. otherwise. ggrrr.
and you cant make a start up disk ? thats pretty wierd, format the floppy and choose Copy System Files this will make it bootable.
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but please be sure to read the bios recovery tutorial.
i tried to flash with on of the bios's 3 times and it still wouldnt work, i had to keep going back to the original bios.
the latest bios flashes fine so i dont know i think there is something seriously wrong with the bios from ,, i think it was Aug, or Nov.
also have you tried moving the jumper on the motherboard ??? and starting the machine ? this will change all bios settings to default, and could help you.

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[root@IgnazServer vamp898]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronisiere Paketdatenbanken...
core 106,9 KiB 783K/s 00:00 [##################################################################] 100%
extra 1420,2 KiB 1457K/s 00:01 [##################################################################] 100%
community 1768,5 KiB 1478K/s 00:01 [##################################################################] 100%
multilib 92,1 KiB 862K/s 00:00 [##################################################################] 100%
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:: libsystemd durch core/systemd ersetzen? [J/n]
:: systemd-tools durch core/systemd ersetzen? [J/n]
Löse Abhängigkeiten auf...
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libsystemd-188-2 [removal] linux-lts-3.0.42-1 mpfr-3.1.1.p2-1 netcfg-2.8.10-1 openssh-6.1p1-1 systemd-189-4 systemd-tools-188-2 [removal] sysvinit-2.88-7
sysvinit-tools-2.88-7
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Gesamtgröße der zu installierenden Pakete: 86,67 MiB
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dbus-core-1.6.4-1-x86_64 405,5 KiB 1360K/s 00:00 [##################################################################] 100%
systemd-189-4-x86_64 1202,7 KiB 1464K/s 00:01 [##################################################################] 100%
sysvinit-tools-2.88-7-x86_64 40,1 KiB 553K/s 00:00 [##################################################################] 100%
sysvinit-2.88-7-x86_64 42,4 KiB 602K/s 00:00 [##################################################################] 100%
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As this is a server i cant do any analizes. As there is no news entry on the web-page i did not expected any fundamental change which causes the server no longer to start but it seems like a switch to Gentoo is really needed after this problem is solved.
Anyay, until then, i hope you can help me with that

Same here, try to downgrade linux-lts
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and here, just like your case.
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Hello out there, i am in need of some serious help.I decided to upgrade my pc as she was showing signs of stress. so after alot of checking i decided on the k7n2 delta ilsr (future proofing in mind) amd 2600xp barton(333mhz) pc3200 512ddr
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checksum BAd
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I used grub to dual boot arch and windows, but i need to use ROS and there are no working packages for arch so i tried to install ubuntu on another partition and triple boot.
Somhow my arch got broken by the ubuntu setup.
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Arch boot hangs after checking /dev/sda6 for errors (arch partition), i cannot type or ctrl+shift+fx to another terminal
Anybody has an idea what got broken by ubuntu and how i can repair arch?
thanks!
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Last edited by Samy (2013-09-09 11:27:09)

Hey so i chroot again following this artikle: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Change_Root
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Sep 09 04:21:25 meanarchy systemd[1]: Job dev-disk-by\x2duuid-12027d8a\x2dd4b0\x2d4559\x2daa1c\x2de3ea5ca8f5bb.device/start timed out.
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Sep 09 04:21:25 meanarchy systemd[1]: Dependency failed for /dev/disk/by-uuid/12027d8a-d4b0-4559-aa1c-e3ea5ca8f5bb.
Sep 09 04:21:25 meanarchy systemd[1]: Starting Swap.
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I think i know the reason: I resized the Partition of arch while installing ubuntu this changes the uuid of the partition, now something is waiting for this disk to become ready because it still has the old uuid written somwhere.
UUIDs really suck, they are not human readable and always have problems with them if i touch my partitions.
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Imac wont boot after this last update

I downloaded an update (automatically through software update). After it installed it told me to wait for computer to restart and then hold power button until the long tone, then it should be done. I did that with no problem.
Ever since then though it wont boot regularly. It wither sits at grey screen forever OR gives me the prohibit sign. The only way to get it to work it to hold that power button until the long tone again.
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The long tone is an indication that a firmware update is installing. Do you get a progress bar at the bottom of you screen after letting the power button go?
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You could try to boot the computer while holding the Shift key down, but
if you do not know the Admin password, you won't get past the next step
where you'd have to log in with that, in order to proceed. This step can
take time, as you hold the Shift key to start in SafeBoot mode, and at the
login, you let go of the button (to be sure it boots Safeboot.) Then one can
generally run Disk Utility, and choose 'repair disk permissions' in Disk First
Aid, on the volume Macintosh HD, or the name given the computer drive.
If the small battery on the logic board of the iMac G4 no longer has power,
it would need to be replaced. The battery is a 1/2AA Lithium 3.6v battery.
And getting there is a chore.
You could try resetting the PMU (power management unit) as one of the
temporary last resorts; since the lack of a good battery on the logic board
may require this action if resetting the PRAM/NVRAM doesn't help it.
• How to reset PRAM and NVRAM:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
• Resetting the iMac's (Flat Panel G4) - Power Management Unit (PMU)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1712
A take-apart guide is available to help get into it, to replace battery and
also upgrade RAM and both kinds of drives within the computer.
• iMac G4 Take-apart for Drive and Ram upgrades (and battery)
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/imacg4/imacg4takeapart.html
The original power cord with the 'odd end' that goes into the iMac G4
is one of the harder ones to get; except for the fact some PC portables
use a similar cord to go into their power brick, may help find another.
Usually, the original cords go missing if a computer is sitting around
where someone may decide to use it elsewhere, or on another iMac.
Hopefully this helps somewhat.
Good luck & happy computing!
+{ edited to add safeboot info }+

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