Windows 10: Pc receives power but does not boot.

On mobile so I'll keep it short as possible without leaving details out. Last night I left my pc on sleep mode. When I got our of work today I forgot it was on sleep mode and pressed the power button. I then noticed everything turn off and remembered it had been in sleep mode. After pressing the power button, there is no boot. My mic, headset, and mouse light up but there is no cpu fan spin, no beep, and definitely no display. The computer is dead silent. I've tried removing one piece of hardware at a time and had no luck.

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windows 10 irql not less or equal

on 'every other' power up/boot attempt i receive the irql not less or equal blue screen upon power on,, this 'every other' problem occurs only if i power down via the screen/power shut down.

it does not occur at all if i power down by physically pressing the power button on the pc.

any ideas???

thanx

 

pc does not boot after last update

Hi Heather,

Every different brand of a device have different idle mode settings. This means that computer manufacturers have their own basic input/out system for handling power settings.
To ensure that we can provide the appropriate resolution for your concern with power settings, we’d like to ask you a few questions:

• Which version or build of Windows device are you using?
• What were the recent changes made on your computer before you experienced this issue?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• Have you already updated your BIOS settings by downloading the drivers from the manufacturer’s website?
• Can you press the power button to resume from sleep?
• Can you check the documentation or manual about your computer’s power settings on their manufacturer’s website?
  In this way, you will found out what are the unique features of your computer regarding power options.
  

In addition, you can determine and select available power options for your device by visiting this link:
Shut down, sleep, or hibernate your PC. Go to the “Sleep”
section for more information.

Get back to us once you provide us these details.

 

Pull the power and CMOS battery. Possibly a bad power supply. Mom & Pop computer shops have testers to check the motherboard, power supply, etc..

 

After pulling out the power cord press the On|Off button or wait 20 seconds to assure all residual power has drained off the motherboard. Then locate the large plug on the board, either 20 or 24 conductors from the power supply and remove it. It has a clip that has to be squeezed while pulling the plug loose. Wait a few seconds and put everything back and try to boot.

 

Done so and nothing. Peripherals still turn on but no boot.

 

Will look into testing the board and psu at a shop. It'll have to wait til next week though.

 

I'm not aware of anything that would be accomplished by disconnecting the ATX power connector (20 or 24 pins) from the motherboard.

Resetting the RTC (real time clock) to restore the default BIOS settings seems likelier to do something useful. As the OP hasn't given us any system details, removing the CMOS battery would be one way of doing it. There ought to be a jumper, or a pushbutton on some boards, to do that without removing the battery.

I'm a little confused, though. When I have a PC in actual sleep mode (no fans, power indicator light blinking), pressing the power button wakes the PC up.

 

Yeah, sorry. Working on details. It's just a little difficult to get proper formatting on mobile.

Cpu - i5-6500
Mobo - MSI-H81M
Psu - corsair hx750
Gpu - sapphire r9 290 tri-x
Ram - 2x 8GB gskill nt ddr4

Pressing the power button may wake a pc in sleep mode. I usually always did with either my keyboard or mouse. If the pc had already shut down before I got home would make more sense than the pc powering down from sleep mode I guess.

 

Just a thought.......hold the power button on the case down for about 5 seconds..........then after a couple seconds try to turn it back on with the power button.......

 

No go. Holding/pressing the power button down does not stop power. I'll try to word this better

Press power button and nothing happens but power on mic and headset. Once "on" passing or holding the power button doesn't turn them off. The lights stay on until I flip the switch on the psu.

 

Stop messing with it until you find out what is wrong. The testers that plug into the cables on the Power Supply cost more than a new power supply. Only problem is that it could be a bad switch on the case, bad motherboard, bad hardware device.

Call around and see if there are any mom & pop shops that can take a look at it and go back through checking everything. Standard procedure in this case is to unplug the computer, pull all plugs from drives, etc, pull the CMOS battery and then pull all cards and RAM. Then get a can of air, blow out all hardware slots, put back in RAM one module to see if you can get to the BIOS screen. If your keyboard is attached. You should get a series of blinking lights for the POST. Then it is getting the information to decipher the POST error.

 

There are more than a few 'H81M' boards out there from MSI.

I assume that they all have jumpers to clear the CMOS settings. On the H81M-E35, it's labelled JBAT1.

 

Sorry. The complete model is

MSI H81M-E34 LGA 1150 Intel H81 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

I don't have the manual but can download it and find the jumper.

 

If you don't see any such jumper it usually works to pull the power cord out and remove the quarter-size battery in the middle of the board and let stand for awhile, say while having lunch. I usually time it so there's a long time span while I do something else.