Any PC Gamers Around?

[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.

[Yoshoobaroo]

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.

Try clearing the cmos?

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

Try clearing the cmos?

That's the next step and I'm going to feel really stupid, but I can't find the clear cmos button or battery on my ITX board. So I may have to pull it out.

[spcmafia]

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.

The RAM controllers are in the CPU, so any lights indicating a fault in DRAM could be a faulty CPU.

[spcmafia]

Originally Posted by weederr33

That's the next step and I'm going to feel really stupid, but I can't find the clear cmos button or battery on my ITX board. So I may have to pull it out.

If that doesn't work try another SSD. It could be that some files got corrupted and the SSD where the boot drive takes place got all messed up.

[spcmafia]

Originally Posted by weederr33

That's the next step and I'm going to feel really stupid, but I can't find the clear cmos button or battery on my ITX board. So I may have to pull it out.

This may help

https://forums.tomshardware.com/thre...klist.1285536/

[weederr33]

Ok, just downloaded the manual and found the clear CMOS header location and reset it. We are good to go... for now!

[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

[Yoshoobaroo]

Wait motherboards still have batteries?

[soundman98]

yep. despite all the fancy flashing lights and digital controls, we're all still stuck in a 1970 time loop.

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by soundman98

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

you need a new battery!

real explanation of same symptoms @ 6:00

Well I found the battery under the Vram heatsink but after I used the clear cmos headers all is fine. However, my computer does not like being shut down and will boot back up, but not post. So yea... that's a thing now.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by soundman98

yep. despite all the fancy flashing lights and digital controls, we're all still stuck in a 1970 time loop.

Well, there's also the supercap option. The problem with those is they lose charge faster.

[soundman98]

most likely cuplrit when computers don't post is usually memory

otherwise, it could be the default bios-- if you're using a wireless keyboard on a motherboard with ps/2 mouse/keyboard ports, sometimes the lack of a ps/2 keyboard will halt post

[elBarto]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Well I found the battery under the Vram heatsink but after I used the clear cmos headers all is fine. However, my computer does not like being shut down and will boot back up, but not post. So yea... that's a thing now.

Had that with a few pc's as well. Problably a correct shutdown will fix it. Try using the following command in the command prompt:

Shutdown /s /t 01