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Power On Self Test, a routine that a device runs immediately after turning on.

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1TB Samsung M.2 SSD drive (less than 2 years old) just died after the recent storms. Now it will not post. What can be done? [duplicate]

I have a 1TB Samsung M.2 SSD drive in my machine. It serves as my c drive Windows 11 OS. It's less than 2 years old. After the recent storms in Dallas it suddenly will not even post! We eliminated all ...
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Asus/Intel NUC 12th and 13th Gen: The System BIOS has detected an unsuccessful POST attempt - Watchdog

Finding with NUC12WSv5 and NUC13L3Hv5, with BIOSs v0087 to v0092 and v0043 respectively, when hot restarting, come up with a "The System BIOS has detected an unsuccessful POST attempt..." ...
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Not POSTing Without Graphics

I have a homelab with an ROG STRIX B760-I Gaming Wifi motherboard (bios manual), and upon changing the operating system it will no longer POST unless I have a graphics card. When there is no graphics ...
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Why won't my MSI Z90A finish POSTing if HDMI is not connected? [duplicate]

I just got new desktop built based on https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-Z790-A-WIFI with no additional GPU (for now) but relying only on Core i7 integrated graphics. Everything works fine when HDMI ...
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Identical RAM won't work, second pair

Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z690 AORUS Elite AX RAM: CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 5600MHz CL36 Intel XMP (CMK32GX5M2B5600C36) I ordered another two, identical sticks of RAM last week, and they ...
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Computer not booting with single RAM stick. Could Dual Channel be required?

I have just recently ordered new computer parts. In the motherboard and CPU spec, only dual channel are specified. Does that mean my computer may not be able to post and boot normally because I am ...
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Why is cURL returning just two square brackets with this request?

This curl request returns empty square brackets []: curl "https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/NodeAPI/geoDataLookup/getGeoJSON/-2.8530120849609375/51.263633525637/-2.126541137695313/51.456574106519724/11&...
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Gigabyte Z97 D3H won't post after shutdown, fixed by RAM reconfiguration every time

My Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H motherboard has recently developed new problem. I works OK as long as I don't shut down computer but only put it to sleep. If I shut it down, the next time when I turn it on, it ...
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BIOS USB Recovery for Lenovo Ideapad 15ALC6

I bought this laptop for cheap hoping to repair it. It came with solid lights on esc, caps lock and num lock. After doing some testing (display, power, other components) it seems that it got bricked ...
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WOL to perform Post Reboot

We have a scenario where some machines get stuck in POST and the fix is to simply reboot it, doing so, requires a physical reboot as PC is not fully boot and doesn't have network access, is it ...
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Who is responsible for checking/ blocking a laptop from booting due to low battery? Motherboard's POST, bootloader or the kernel?

is it the motherboard's post that will prevent a critically low battery from continuing with booting up the OS? is it the bootloader's responsibility? (e.x GRUB) or is it the kernel who runs some ...
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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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System won't POST after BIOS upgrade (Asus z170-A)

After a "hard" power on (plugged in for first time) the "CPU" QLED stays lit and the device hangs. If I reset it, the CPU check passes and the "Boot device" QLED stays ...
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HIS Radeon HD 5770 (H577FK1GD) isn't recognized on an H-JOSHUA-H61-uATX motherboard

I've got an old HP H-JOSHUA-H61-uATX motherboard that is running just fine after a BIOS update to 8.20. But when I plug in my working H577FK1GD video card there's no POST. pcpartpicker says they are ...
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Getting 5 beeps plus another 5 beeps on a ThinkPad T440p

So, I am trying to repair a ThinkPad T440p for a family member, and I am getting the 5 beeps of death. It is a T440p with an i5 and Nvidia Graphics. Basically, when I press the power button, it beeps ...
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