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Motherboard won't power-on until it rests for ~10min with no power plugged in
I have a strange ASUS Rampage Formula motherboard issue.
When the computer is off — I can't power it on: 'Power' button press gives just a short impulse on fans. When I disconnect the power cable and ...
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Computer only turns on after many hours off/unplugged
I'm having a problem with my PC.
My computer specs are:
Mobo: Gigabyte GA H81M S2PV
Proc: Intel Pentium G3220
Ram: 2x8GB 1333MHz Kingston (Passed on Mem86+)
PSU: Corsair CX430 III
HDD: Seagate ...
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Can dusty RAM slot fail to POST?
Today after a heavy dusting in my house, I booted the pc (which was covered in a thin layer of dust already), it failed to post. It only worked when I cleaned the RAM slot. This once happened in my ...
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New computer won't boot
I've recently purchased a set of components and set about building my own desktop. It is not booting and I am stuck.
When I hit the power button, the fans spin, but that's all. There is no video. ...
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No POST on new built desktop
I just finished building a desktop again and it will not perform a successful POST. No beeps or video either.
Since my goal is a successful POST, i removed all irrelevant hardware already and am only ...
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Computer Doesn't Always Turn on when Pressing Power Button
I have a desktop and my case's power button stopped working after a while. I reverted to using a small screw driver or paper clip to turn my computer on by touching the contacts on the motherboard ...
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Computer hangs at POST, sometimes
I had an issue where sometimes the computer would hang at startup, during POST, with either a code 67 or 99 on the motherboard's debug LED (Asrock Z77 extreme4). If it was the former (code 67), the ...
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No POST until I switch the power off at the mains for a period of time
I seem to have quite a temperamental problem, occasionally when booting my machine all the fans start at 100% and there is no POST, no system beeps, nothing (have to power down holding power button ...
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no POST while booting. monitor not displaying anything
The monitor not displaying anything.
I don't hear the POST signal as well. ( the beep while booting )
Things that I have tried.
Connected MONITOR to laptop ( which I am using currently ), displaying ...
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Can a water damaged motherboard or power supply ruin a functional CPU?
I found half of a desktop on the side of the road the other day. It included a 430 watt power supply, DVD r/writer, ASRock B250M-HDV motherboard, Pentium g4560 CPU, as well as a case with both side ...
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What parts do I need to RMA? I made a TON of careless mistakes upgrading. Motherboard fried for sure, not sure what else [closed]
Ok, so I have a asrock extreme3gen3, core i5, 5 case fans, 2ssd, 2hdd, 1cdrom.
I have screwed up so many times doing this upgrade, I need some help sorting it out.
I had a 560ti which I overclocked ...
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Computer died after pressing reset button, DRAM Led stuck on
yesterday after a long gaming session I decided to quit the game and my PC stuck at the exit screen, I couldn't move my mouse pointer, ctrl+alt+del didn't didn't work and out of frustration I decided ...
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P.O.S.T issue and keyboard failure
I have bought an 4core1600twins-p35 motherboard a few month ago and am only testing it now.
When i plugged it in, the keyboard light automatically turns on. and when i boot computer it freezes right ...
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PC won't post after every power outage
I moved into a college dorm a few days ago and whenever I leave the room I have to take my student ID with me, without the ID in its place the room loses power.
I had to learn the hard way that this ...
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Computer used to work with 16Gb of memory, now only works with 8Gb
I have a rather puzzling problem, my computer used to just work for many years but now it refuses to even pass POST.
Trying to narrow down the problem, I figured out that by removing two memory ...
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