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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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