Mobo splash screen hang

[Max]

On several occasions lately, when booting up the computer the Gigabyte splash screen hangs in limbo, preventing full boot up to the desktop. Normally that screen appears for a second or two. Pressing the small round restart button on top of the case usually solves the problem.

Any thoughts as to what's causing this?

[Bizman]

Power supply?

You can disable the splash screen in bios settings. Try if the system still hangs, and if it does, what does the screen say?

[Max]

The PS (Seasonic 750W) is only months old, as is MOBO & CPU.

Will try the BIOS suggestion if it continues to hang up.

[Chalenge]

Any peripheral can cause an issue with boots, as well as the PSU and memory.

[ImADot]

Ever since I swapped out all my computer guts (still stayed with Gigabyte brand mobo), I have to unplug the USB hub to get my computer to boot. Sometimes the BIOS splash hangs, sometimes the Windows loader hangs. Never had it hang with the hub (which all my CH gear is plugged into) unplugged.

[Chalenge]

Ever since I swapped out all my computer guts. . .

Not to change the subject, but do you have the hub plugged into the BIOS update USB port by chance?

[Bizman]

Speaking of USB, I've noticed that not every USB2 device is USB3 compatible. USB3=blue tongue, USB2=black tongue. Most gaming gear are USB2. Worth checking.

[ImADot]

Not to change the subject, but do you have the hub plugged into the BIOS update USB port by chance?

Nope. Specifically leaving that one empty.

Speaking of USB, I've noticed that not every USB2 device is USB3 compatible. USB3=blue tongue, USB2=black tongue. Most gaming gear are USB2. Worth checking.

I've looked at that too. Sadly, nothing works and I have resigned myself to the fact that this is how it will be.

[The Fugitive]

Nope. Specifically leaving that one empty.


I've looked at that too. Sadly, nothing works and I have resigned myself to the fact that this is how it will be.

Same on mine as well. It seems that the "power" might be back feeding on mine and holding that little bit of juice to keep the computer from totally shutting down. If I do a "restart" I have no issues, but a shutdown and it will hang. Thought of building a switch so I don't have to climb under the desk all the time. 

[Bizman]

Another USB related thing: What is the boot device priority, concerning both Max and Dot? Is there a USB device before your hard disk? That would explain booting without the hub which may incorrectly be recognized as a bootable media without a functioning operating system.

And hopefully your hubs are powered ones.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I have run into this problem also. It was fixed by simply getting a new usb hub.

[100Coogn]

Another USB related thing: What is the boot device priority, concerning both Max and Dot? Is there a USB device before your hard disk? That would explain booting without the hub which may incorrectly be recognized as a bootable media without a functioning operating system.

And hopefully your hubs are powered ones.

I had this problem too, because I had left a flash-drive plugged in.  Windows was trying to boot from that. 
Changing the boot priority fixed it for me.

Coogan

[ImADot]

I did some playing around; it's not the powered hub. If my CH stick and/or throttle are plugged in, it won't boot. So it's easier to just unplug the cable from the hub on my desk and then when the computer finishes booting up I just plug the cable back into the hub.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I did some playing around; it's not the powered hub. If my CH stick and/or throttle are plugged in, it won't boot. So it's easier to just unplug the cable from the hub on my desk and then when the computer finishes booting up I just plug the cable back into the hub.

Did you try booting with the stick and throttle directly connected to the back USB:s? If not the USB hub may still be the cause of problems, they only manifest themselves when the peripherals are plugged in.

[ImADot]

Did you try booting with the stick and throttle directly connected to the back USB:s? If not the USB hub may still be the cause of problems, they only manifest themselves when the peripherals are plugged in.

Yes. I spent about an hour unplugging, rebooting, plugging, rebooting...

The BIOS would hang from a power-on, and Widows would hang from a reboot. Windows seems to "reset" the USB controller early on, because my keyboard lights and optical mouse light flash once while the animated Windows logo is doing its thing. I think the new mobo reacts to that a little differently than the old one did.