Long delay from I push the power button to my computer turns on.

[paxelius]

I have this odd problem that when I push the power button, sometimes I have to wait for 10-15 seconds until the Computer starts up. It's fairly random how long it takes, sometimes it starts right away but usually I have to wait a few seconds until the power lights up and the machine starts to work.

What is causing this you think?

 

[micker377]

What system? Do you mean before Windows appears, or before the fans spin up and you can hear "noises" (beeps) from the computer?

 

[mainegeek]

paxelius,
If you press the button and it takes several seconds for the power indicator light to light up, then I would suspect that the power button itself is binding maybe from "Dust" built up inside the front cover. Is this an AT or ATX system?

 

[paxelius]

My system is:

CPU:
AMD Athlon XP "Barton", 1833 MHz (11 x 167) 2500+

Motherboard:
MID: 01/15/2003-FN41-6A61BH29C-00
MName: Shuttle FN41 v1/v2

Chipset:
North Bridge: nVIDIA nForce2 IGP (Crush18)
South Bridge: nVIDIA MCP2-T

BIOS:
Type: Phoenix-Award BIOS v6.00PG

It's now 3 years old.

Micker: From the moment I push the powerbutton until the fan spins up yes.

Maingeek: You might be on to something.

 

[edfair]

Suspicion that it is more serious than the power button. Sounds more like the M/B keepalive and powerup circuit is slow responding.

When you hit the power button it sets a latch on the M/B and shortly sends a signal to the power supply. So it can be the M/B or the P/S. At least at the simplest.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.