[soundman98]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Alright, I could use a little PC wizard help.

So here's how the story begins,
A few days ago, when I booted my computer up, it said the CPU was new and to begin the boot sequence. Initially I said no to it as I hadn't changed anything. It did it another time and then I said yes. After that all booted fine with no problems for a couple days. Then this happened again last night when my computer restarted after a windows update. Well this morning when I went to turn my PC on, it didn't post initially so I just restarted it. Then it brought up the 'Press DEL or F2 to enter BIOS' it usually does upon boot, but there was no circling Window's logo nor did it go any further than that.

I cracked open my computer and the Asus Mobo LED was red for the CPU. I figured, maybe with the windows update it needed a BIOS update. After I did the update, it posted the 'bios recovery mode' display for whatever reason. I shut the computer down and checked the BIOS I had flashed from my laptop and it was the right one. When I went to turn the computer back on again, the DRAM light came on. I took out one stick of RAM and then the white LED for the VGA light came on. Tried putting in my temporary video card to see if that maybe had something to do with the riser cable reverting to Gen 3 and not posting. Nothing came up and there was no post. Then the VGA light stayed white and nothing happened. I tried updating the BIOS again, nothing happened. No post, just the white VGA light.

So... I know this is a wild chase of mobo lights and not knowing what I did wrong. But if anyone has tips or suggestions I'd appreciate it.

i'm late, i know. so i'm compensating with bigger text.

you need a new battery!

real explanation of same symptoms @ 6:00