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Nope. Thanks though! Gave up, and I’m taking it in for a diagnostic at a local place. 3 day quarantine before repairs, but that’s understandable. to any google archeologists who find this thread: it might die here, or I might be able to share some miracle fix. You’ll know, I sure as heck don’t.

Hi. Installed two games, loaded up Elite Dangerous for the first time in years, and it broke my system. All Components have been removed (including all 3 drives), save my RAM and the CPU. I've got a single monitor plugged into through the mobo ports, and a keyboard. The issue is the following: System stars up, fans work. Then the fans audibly slow. The thing doesn't post for around 15 seconds, but when it does it is the blue "Gigabyte UEFI DualBIOS" screen. After 1-2 seconds of that screen, the system shuts down. Fans stop moving completely, then power on briefly, and then the cycle repeats. I found a brief moment of joy when I found this page, which describes a near identical issue on the same board. I have tried the first fix by the user "John245" on this page: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/computer-shows-gigabyte-uefi-dual-boot-blue-screen-then-reboots-constantly.2467335/. I have not attempted the 2nd fix, as it is beyond my ability to do. This first fix has not worked for me. When attempting, I can do the boot up part no problem. PSU is switched off, I hold down main power button. I turn switch on, system starts. I wait 2-3 seconds, then turn off switch and release the button. There are two possible outcomes that I've found next: 1. I turn on the PSU, and without hitting the power button on the case the machine starts up and continues its boot loop 2. I wait 10-15 seconds while the PSU is off, then switch it on. The system does not start automatically as it does in 1., but instead needs the button to be pressed. Upon pressing said button, nothing changes. I recently experienced a drive failure (February 2020) and upgraded the system as it seemed a good time. None of the upgraded components are currently connected, which leads me to assume they are not the issue. My hope is to not have a bricked motherboard, especially now as shipping times are long. While this forum post sit's I'll be trying that fix repeatedly. I'm hoping that someone can help me here. Regards, Sean

thanks m8

Thanks, will try. boot times have been fine, even on my HDD, but they've gotten longer in the past few days in a way that defies logic.

Hi! posting here before i seek professional help. Just recently upgraded my rig from being in a HAF 912 case to a Mastercase 5, and switched from stock cooler to a hyper 212 evo. The issue i'm having is two fold: my boot period is very long, and while gaming (typically after a period of 30 min -2 hours) i will lose video. The machine still seems to be fully working- game sound continue, skype call work, and audio on youtube still plays- but no video at all. If you have any ideas, please say, or I'll just go to Canada computers and have them diagnose it for me.(for a $40 fee, so i'm trying here first) My full specs are: gigabyte 'windforce' r9 280 Intel i5-4460 w/ cooler master hyper 212 evo cooling gigabyte H97-d3h XFX 550 Bronze Coolermaster Mastercase 5 http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Ptnhyf Thanks, if you can help me.

To any people of the future who find this by Google search, I solved it- kinda. I left system totally unplugged for 24+ hours- by my guess like 36, and after a VERY long boot (3 minutes) it was running again. Cheers.

So, my PC was running stupid hot because of bad contact, so yesterday I swapped the cooler for a 212 EVO. Yesterday it work fine, was perfect. Today I booted up just fine (if a bit slowler than usual) tthe immediately experienced a full system crash- system turned off and everything. I've tried to reboot several times and windows ten offers to do a system restore to when his wasn't happening, and I've been getting nothing but the windows logo for the past 10 minutes. My application of the paste was not the best, could this by a short? Or would a short make my PC just not work at all? Any idea what I'm looking at here?

Gotcha

Thank you both- the little switch worked. System is posting, and I am never ever ever touching anything to do with flashing again.

thank you, here's hoping

Do I switch the motherboard bios off of outputing through the integrated gpu to do that? Like right now its set to first choose the intergrated, do i switch that to a pci-e lane? I've only set it to that so i can actually use the thing, i know that isnt the issue i just dont what to seem totaly stupid

There is a small white switch, not labeled

Gigabyte R9 280 'windforce' http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr928wf3oc3gd

If you mean did I save a backup before I flashed, yes I did

I don't know, how can I check