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Problem description: My system was working fine when I shut it down last night, using Start-> Shut Down. This morning, however, it will not boot up - not even as far as the BIOS, and the red CPU light on the motherboard is staying lit, which according to the motherboard manual is the sign of a critical problem. I'm not even getting any "beep codes", even when plugging in another PC speaker to the motherboard. All I can think of is that my CPU sems to be fried, which frankly makes no sense since it was perfectly happy last night. (Couldn't have been a power surge or blackout as it's plugged into a surge-protected UPS.) Attempted fixes:
None of which has had any effect. I had the power off when playing with everything on the motherboard. Recent changes: A few recent changes:
After I installed the graphics card I put the panels back on the machine and screwed them in place. My machine was working just fine yesterday after the cleaning and the new graphics card. I didn't do anything more strenous with my machine than watching youtube videos and playing the PC ports of Disgaea 1 and 2 for a bit. I saw no blue screens or other errors, although I didn't look at the system event log. EDIT 2: Apparently this model does not support flashing the BIOS... so I'm screwed? -- Operating system: Windows 7 64-bit System specs: Motherboard: Asus Z87-A CPU: Intel i7-4770 Graphics: Asus Nvidia GTX 1070 Location: Canada I have Googled and read the FAQ: Yes I have googled, but the results were basically "it could be any one of a number of issues. " So is my CPU (inexplicably) fried? Are there other things I could try to narrow down the problem? Thanks for any help or suggestions you can offer. EDIT: Ooh... this thread ("Computer won't POST (or enter BIOS) with new video card") looks useful, it looks almost exactly what my problem is, but it's not the same motherboard. EDIT 2: Apparently this model does not support flashing the BIOS... so I'm screwed? Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Feb 6, 2017 |
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Zogo posted:The CPU is probably okay. I'd try using onboard video temporarily and see if that works. Sorry for the delay replying, I was away and the forums seem to be acting slow tonight for me. Yeah, I have a hard time figuring out how this makes sense either how it could be the CPU. I just tried your advice, I removed the graphics card completely and plugged the monitor into the motherboard display port. It didn't change anything, still no BIOS screen or beep code. The PSU I'm using is a Coolermaster GX Bronze 650 W, and it has to be at least two years old. I guess it could be broken, although it seems to at least be happily powering lights and fans. I guess it might have been underpowered for the graphics card, but if there was a problem I would have expected it on first powerup, or bluescreening or crashing when playing games (although not like Disgaea PC is graphically intensive). I just picked up a new Antec Truepower Classic 750 W PSU today though. It's still in the shrinkwrap, though. Tomorrow I'll probably take it into a shop I trust to see if they can isolate the problem.
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# ¿ Feb 7, 2017 04:46 |
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I haven't taken it in yet, but if the problem is the motherboard, will Windows 7 complain if there's a new motherboard of a different make and model? Because I would prefer to not have to wipe and re-install Windows. I can always order a replacement Mboard matching the old one.
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# ¿ Feb 7, 2017 15:31 |
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I haven't taken it in yet, but if the problem is the motherboard, will Windows 7 complain if there's a new motherboard of a different make and model? Because I would prefer to not have to wipe and re-install Windows. I can always order a replacement Mboard matching the old one. Just got the news - the repair shop said that the motherboard was broken. They have a Z97 in stock which they can use to replace my Z87-A, and they say Windows will still work without needing to be reinstalled.(but new drivers will need to be installed, naturally).
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# ¿ Feb 7, 2017 21:11 |
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Obviously, yes, it is not ideal and not something I'd normally do either, but if my choices are "wipe out everything on the C: drive and start over", and one which will at least give me a chance to save some of the data before doing something, I'd at least like to try to save the data first. I can't do that without plugging the drive into another system anyway. I suppose another option might be to order another Z87 from somewhere, but that could take weeks of shipping. I'll look into a Windows 10 upgrade. Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 00:50 on Feb 8, 2017 |
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