Ultra technical question! Cold boot and Ac Cycle

[Avenger411]

Hey guys!

I wanted to test some new ram settings during cold boot. Correct me if i am wrong but a cold boot occurs when there's been an ac cycle (or whatever it's called) right ? So how can i trigger a cold boot without waiting hours for an ac cycle? Could i in exemple, apply new bios settings, boot to windows, shut down comp, power off psu and disconnect psu then reconnect it straight away then power on. Would that boot be the same as a cold boot (booting in the morning after 7-8hours being shutoff).

I think i've made myself somewhat clear even though i don't really know much about this subject. Insight would be appreciated!

Thank you

Max

[drop4205]

just shut psu down and unplug for a min to make sure all power is drained from board then plug back in and turn pus back on. That will make it cold boot

[Chino]

Avenger411 wrote:
Could i in exemple, apply new bios settings, boot to windows, shut down comp, power off psu and disconnect psu then reconnect it straight away then power on.

When you've disconnected the PSU cable, press the Start button on the motherboard to discharge andy remaining power. Leave your system for 1 to 2 minutes. Then power on.

[Avenger411]

Chino wrote:
When you've disconnected the PSU cable, press the Start button on the motherboard to discharge andy remaining power. Leave your system for 1 to 2 minutes. Then power on.

Okay thank you guys this solves my problem! thread can be closed!

Max