[ArieS]

Right now I have an AMD A8 3870K on a MSI A75MA-G55 and the issue I have is sometimes my XBMC crashes so I need to shut my HTPC down. But when I try to turn it back on it just won't power up. I need to wait hours to be able to power it up again. That happens even when the PC is cold so I Know it's not because it was overheating.
It happens more and more too
It has to be the Mobo, right?
It is in a SilverStone Case GD05B and it has a Scythe BIG SHURIKEN 2 Rev B Cooler on it.
So the question is, which Mobo should I get which would have similar specs but obviously better quality product as this one is only 2 years old.
One thing I need is to be able to wake it up from sleep (S3 or something?) with WOL and even to power it up with WOL.

Thanks in advance peeps!

[ArieS]

Anyone?

[LinusPL]

Hi,
the A75MA-G55 has a speaker on it. Pleas tell me if you can hear any beeps while trying booting up after you system crashed?
* If yes this can be a memory issue, remove - clean pins - reinstall in different order in different slots. If no changes exchange memory.
* if no replace MBO
Kind regards
Linus

[ArieS]

Hi,
the A75MA-G55 has a speaker on it. Pleas tell me if you can hear any beeps while trying booting up after you system crashed?
* If yes this can be a memory issue, remove - clean pins - reinstall in different order in different slots. If no changes exchange memory.
* if no replace MBO
Kind regards
Linus

Sorry it took so long for me to respond but I had given up getting help
Anyway, no beep, nothing.
It always happens after a crash.
I have 2 sticks of memory and I've tried to power up the htpc with 1 stick at a time but no dice.
I still haven't changed the mobo. When it first started happening I would be able to power up the htpc a few hours later but lately it's been terrible. Recently I wasn't able to start it for a few days.
Then it started working again for 2 days and it happened again.
It happened again this afternoon and tonight I was able to start it again by unplugging-plugging the power cords several times. It's driving me f*cking nuts!
So I guess I have to Google what would be the best MoBo to get

[LinusPL]

Just before you buy new MBO, please try to replace PSU. This piece of hardware can cause similar issue so maybe you can borrow another one just for testing.

[ArieS]

Ok, I installed a new PSU. I'll see what happens in the next few days
*crosses fingers*

[ArieS]

Just a follow up LinusPL.
Turns out you were right and it was the PSU.
Thanks for the help buddy