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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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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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Newly Build Computer Not Running POST
I build a computer using entirely new parts (except for the video card with I used in my old computer for about a month before deciding to upgrade everything). When I turn it on the fans run and some ...
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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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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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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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Why I can't boot anymore?
my problem started 15 weeks ago (December 17, 2017), when my PC had trouble to boot, the POST message said that I had a CPU fan error, then shut down. I tried to reboot but no avail. I swap the CPU ...
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Flashing power LED, no POST, no beep after travel
I recently relocated from the United States to the United Kingdom. I flew and brought two systems with me (carefully packed and shipped in checked luggage in an old military surplus crate they fit ...
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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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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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New 450w PSU boots up but no post/signal from the motherboard
I have a problem reagrding my new 450w that's not functionning correctly, there is no post or any signal from the motherboard. I made sure that other parts are working. here is the config:
CPU: Intel ...
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POST failure - Motherboard, PSU, GPU or other?
Last night, I was playing Far Cry 4 and had been at it a good hour or two when the sound suddenly broke up and stopped; next the PC switched itself off. It tried to reboot, but keep failing in a "...
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Computer does not boot, often
I've ran into a issue with my computer that it does no longer reach POST, but simply powers on for a fraction of a second and powers off. But this is not always, some times it boots just normally and ...
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