GA-EP35-ds3p won't cold boot

[DarrellS]

I haven't used this pc since I got hit by ransomeware a few years back. I cleaned all the drives and reinstalled Windows 7. I never had a cold boot problem before although I've read it is a problem with this board but after installing Windows, I can't get it to boot without going into BIOS and making sure the right drive is set to boot (it always is) and hit F10 to save and exit and it boots up. If I restart the PC it's starts right up but if I shut it off, it will not boot without going into BIOS and hitting F10. I installed a new CMOS battery since it's been sitting a while but it had no effect. I have the latest BIOS F6. I had it overclocked before so I reset the BIOS to default but it did not help.

[DarrellS]

I've searched 633 pages and found one person with the same board and same problem who didn't find a fix but did find a work around. Once Windows 7 is started then instead of shutting down, put Windows in sleep mode. Not what I was hoping for but it is an option.

I'm thinking the problem is with my graphics card. When I stopped using the PC, my monitor went out on me. It's a EVGA Nvidia 450 GTS that was hooked up through DVI-I to DVI-I on the old Samsung monitor. I have it hooked up now to a Samsung LF24T35 monitor with a DVI-I to HDMI cable. I tried hooking it up to a working Toshiba 24" TV with a DVI-I adaptor to VGA cable and also the DVI-I to HDMI cable but got no picture at all.

With it hooked to the new Samsung monitor, it will not get past the Starting Windows screen without showing corruption on the top of a black screen. If I push the restart button it will load the screen asking me how I want to start Windows and I select normal and it usually starts Windows with no problem. If I select restart it loads Windows with no problem. If I hit Delete at cold boot to enter Bios and then press F10 to save and exit it loads Windows with no problem. It's just when I try to start Windows after the computer has been shut off do I get the failure to start Windows 7 with the black screen with corruption at the top of the screen. I can see the screen just fine until it says Starting Windows then nothing but the black screen with corruption at the top and it only happens during cold boot.

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[DarrellS]

I solved the cold boot issue. I bought a new graphics card. I had trouble finding the right driver for the new card but a member of the nvidia forum guided me to the older driver download which fixed my problem. I was having the black screen problem and was unable to even start bios until installing the correct driver.

Not sure if the problem with the old card was the driver or the card. Before getting the new card to work, I re-installed the old card with the newest windows 7 driver for that card and while watching videos I kept getting a black screen and then a message saying that the driver had recovered from a crash so I believe the problem all along was the driver.

Luckily the forum member led me to the correct driver for the new card (which wasn't listed on the Nvidia driver site since they no longer support Windows7) and fixed my problem.

[eyrarmaiden]

Uncertain whether the problem with the prior card was caused by the driver or the card itself. Before getting the new card to work, I re-installed the old card with the newest windows 7 driver for that card and while watching videos I kept getting a black screen and then a message saying that the driver had recovered from a malfunction so I believe the problem all along was the driver.

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