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Motherboard won't post after electrical storm
An electrical storm hit earlier and has taken out my phone line, router and a PC. Both PC and router were plugged into a surge protector.
The PC no longer POSTs. I've swapped out the PSU to no ...
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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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My PCIe video card does not work in POST, only comes on when Windows loads
I have an ASUS Maximus V Extreme motherboard which has onboard video. There is an Asus GeForce GTX 670 in PCIe slot 1.
In the BIOS, I have PCIe selected as the preferred GPU. I've tried disabling ...
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After working for over 4 years, a custom PC won't POST
Configuration:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-A ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 1866
PSU: Corsair RM750
When I turn the PC on, the ...
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What are the possible causes of a not-booting motherboard with drdebug 00 code?
I have pursached a new Asrock Z68 Extreme4 motherboard with an i7 2600K and 2x4GB ADATA DDR3. My problem is that it doesn't boot or beep, and the onboard drdebug led constantly displays "00" - which ...
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What does this beep code mean?
When I wanted to start my laptop today (an Acer Aspire 8920G), the laptop started beeping. I know this beeping is a POST error code, but I can not figure out which one it is. The motherboard of the ...
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PC hangs during post when webcam is plugged in
My PC keeps hanging during POST, just before identifying the amount of RAM, anytime I have my webcam plugged in. If I unplug the webcam, it will unhang and continue to boot up just fine. It also ...
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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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Is my new Graphic Card cause for my PC hanging?
My Computer Specification
My Motherboard specification
My new Graphic Card
Some days ago I bought a GeForce 8400 GS Graphic card.
My computer satisfied all the minimum system requirements it ...
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ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Debug error code 79 and 5A
While working on Windows 10, my desktop computer suddenly rebooted itself and stops to display a POST screen. Computer was running on low profile and has never been overclocked.
Computer ...
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PC startup: 2 long beeps + 1 short beep; what does it mean?
It's a gigabyte motherboard. When I press the button, nothing comes on the screen and it beeps:
*LONG BEEP*
*LONG BEEP*
*short beep*
What does it mean?
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DELL Optiplex 790 Shows only 3rd LED
My Dell Optiplex 790 Machine is not starting, and only 3rd Diagnostic LED is solid. Sometimes it's starting (After a 100 times restart)
Can anybody tell me what's the real issue ?
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Graphics card causes motherboard to delay power off
Recently a glass of fruit juice was dumped into my tower. I immediately scrapped the motherboard and power supply unit, replacing both, and attempted to salvage both the RAM, GPU, and the CPU. I took ...
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Computer powers up, but doesn't POST. Suggestions?
I have a system that powers up. The CD/DVD drive fires up, I can hear the hard drive spin on, and all the fans spin. However, the monitor doesn't display anything. I have made a checklist of things I ...
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MSI laptop will only turn on once
I am working on an MSI A6200 MS-1681. When you press the power button the lights all flash. The fan comes on. The screen comes on and shows the POST screen for a second and then it dies. I have been ...
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ASUS ROG B450-F motherboard QLED blinks in sequence and won't post
For some odd reason my computer won't post, the QLEDs on my ASUS ROG strix are stuck in a loop flashing in sequence and won't post. All the fans turn on. I removed all peripherals and is currently ...
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Keyboard does not respond at POST screen, but works fine everywhere else?
Mobo: Gigabyte 7TESM
OS: Win 10 Pro
CPU: Dual Xeon X5650s
I’ve been dealing with this problem across two different motherboards. I understand it is an astronomically small possibility this happened ...
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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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Supermicro X9SCA-F won't POST anymore
I have about 20y of experience building systems (mostly for myself), but I have never seen a thing like this:
Since about 3y, I have a Xeon 1230V2 on a Supermicro X9SCA-F rev 1.01 and 32GiB ECC RAM ...
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BIOS not reaching post
GT70 0NC-012US
Issue: BIOS not reaching POST.
Backstory:
Several days ago my slave HD started to lock up the OS with any related programs running from that disk. In an attempt to fix it, I used ...
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Motherboard prints no POST messages at all, but otherwise works perfectly -- is this normal?
I bought a slot A3+ motherboard (Gigabyte ATX GA990ZA-UD3-R5) with an AMD FX-8320E CPU. It works fine, all eight cores are enabled, dual-channel memory works, as well as everything I could test (audio,...
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Bad motherboard
I have an ECS P4VXASD2+ and it's really frustrating right now to see what is causing it to not POST. Throughout this entire time, there were 2x 512 MB PC-2100 DDR-266 SDRAM, one DVD-ROM, one CD-ROM, a ...
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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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Motherboard wont boot , PSU tested ok, motherboard light on , system and cpu fans not turning
Hope you can help.
I've a motherboard that seems dead. I've changed the processor, psu, memory for known working ones and disconnected all non essential peripherals (drives, USB connections).
The ...
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MSI P6N motherboard - Bad CMOS Checksum
Twice in the last month, my computer has failed to boot, or even POST, because of this message:
CMOS checksum bad
Press F1 for Setup
Press F2 for default values
When I press F2, the BIOS values ...
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Newly assembled PC build fails to POST
I recently put together a PC, intended to be used as a x86 router running either IPFire or OPNsense, but that's not so relevant yet, since when I try to turn it on, it doesn't even get pass POST. ...
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Medion PC turning on but not booting up
A colleague of my mother has a problem with her pc and asked me to look at it. Now i've tried quite a few things but can't get it to boot up.. It is a medion pc and as soon as I push the power button ...
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Common beep codes reference [duplicate]
What are the common beep code alerts for most BIOS out there?
Author note: I'm posting this QA after finding an excelent resource leading from this QA
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Intel server motherboard S1200V3RPS diagostic LED displays unlisted POST code
After some initial hiccups, I was able to get the Intel motherboard to at least power up. Now it does not start the boot process. I tried to understand the LED displays which explain problems ...
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My pc shorted out and now it doesn't boot up
My PC was working fine. One day, I plugged in my USB printer and shorted out the PC.
I restarted and it worked until today. Now the PC won't turn on.
I tested the power supply on its own with a ...
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Boot Failure After Updating Bios Asus M5A97 EVO
I have a FX-8150 with M5A97-EVO. I recently updated my BIOS to 1208 from the previous one due to occasional stability issues. Now the system does not POST (no-screen) and the CPU LED is always on and ...
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Brand new ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3 motherboard won't pass POST
I am staring at some brand-new kit that doesn't want to play with me:
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3
CPU: Intel i7-2600K
RAM: 1 stick only of Corsair Vengeance 4GB 1600MHz (originally 4 sticks, ...
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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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Why does any RAM I put in my PC read as bad?
I've been building computers for 15+ years and this one has been 10x more trouble than anything I've ever seen. I'm on my 2nd motherboard now, and 3rd set of RAM, and I can't get a booting system. I'...
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PC POST issue four beeps and no video signal
in last week i had a problem with my pc. In POST step i haven't received no beeps and no signal video. I tried to start it without HD , video card, resetting bios, no of this steps had solves my ...
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ASUS Z170 stuck on boot_device error LED
I've just bought this motherboard, added PSU, CPU, RAM and turned it on (using on-board video for now). Lights come on in turn indicating it's checking CPU, RAM, VGA and finally boot device, which it ...
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acer aspire x3995 desktop continuous beep on startup
PC was beeping 4 short beeps and after some google decided to move ram to a different slot. I didn't ground myself and now it continually beeps on startup.
I have unplugged everything from mobo ...
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Flashing BIOS using an external SPI programmer
Has anyone succeeded with BIOS flashing using an external SPI programmer ? I saw some cheap serial flash spi programmers on eBay for very cheap price such as $3. (CH341A based programmers)
I was ...
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Computer refuses to POST
Computer refuses to POST. What it will do is the fan spins up, and the lights come on on the motherboard, but other then that it just sits there and laughs in my face!
Here is what I have done... I ...
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Can't sometimes access BIOS or Windows after startup
Sometimes after I start up my computer it freezes in the "press Del or F2 to enter UEFI BIOS setting" screen and doesn't react to those buttons. The backlight on the USB keyboard is lit but it doesn't ...
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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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pc hang at motherboard's splash screen
last night my pc was working normally. Today when I power on my pc it just hangs at motherboard's logo screen. The keyboard was working slowly (when I press num lock key the light indicator works ...
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New desktop won't POST
I've just built a PC, and for some reason the motherboard won't POST and boot the OS. I can hear/see everything get power and but nothing happens.
I have pulled the RAM to see if it's bad and it ...
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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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What do i do about this? Motherboard Error
Ok, I have this motherboard that is old and I dont even use. But I play around with it sometimes. I got it out today and found this...What do I do?
This cord or wire thing (could you maybe inform ...
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Intel Server Board S3420GP fails to boot with video connected
Building a new system using an Intel Server Board S3420GP motherboard and an Intel Xeon X3440 processor. Before installing this motherboard into the chassis we want to test that it will actually boot ...
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