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Removed CMOS battery and replaced, now system won't boot
Using ASUS 470, intel I5, Geforce 1060.
First, I was updating the ram from the 8gb it came with to 32 from a Corsair kit I had laying around. When I attempted to change the memory speed in the bios ...
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PC double boots before POST, then boots normally
When turned on from any power state (S1-S5), including sleep modes, my PC turns on, then off, then back on and boots as if from shutdown, thus losing work and closing programs. The shutdown occurs ...
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Blank screen on boot, even with onboard graphics
So I have a custom-built PC with an Intel motherboard, an Intel i5 processor and a GTX 560 Ti connected via a PCIe x16 slot.
Whenever I turn on the computer with the graphics card plugged in, my ...
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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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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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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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Why are my video cards heating up when my machines won't boot or pass POST?
I have three machines with the exact same hardware and the exact same problem. After I push the power button, the CPU fan runs continuously at a high speed rather than spinning down to a low speed. ...
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No POST, No Display, Fans Spin, LEDs On
I have an Acer Aspire M5641 that won't boot. First, the onboard video stopped working; I bought a new compatible video card and connected it but it made no difference. I started some deeper analysis - ...
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PC won't post, black screen
I was formatting some old harddrives and toying with my desktop recently and now it wont post. When I turn it on the LEDs turn on, the DVD drive has power. The harddrives seem to have power to them as ...
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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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