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Hello interwebs, Listen a Friend bought a "dead" Alienware M17X R3 for 100$ Core i7 2620QM 16gb DDR3 (4x4) 128gb ssd 500gb hdd, GTX 460M 1.5gb , that the seller stated that it was dead as it didnt want to power on and all it did was Beep 5 times, well, he bought it and send it to me, after googling a while i found out that those beeps were related to a dead CMOS Battery wich was changed and the laptop booted no problem 5 months after, my Friend bought a GTX 770m (wich is indeed supported and sold as an upgrade kit on official stores like Eurocom) but right before the card arrived the laptop began with thoose 5 beeps again, we tried the new card and its the same did ALL the mandatory trouble shooting ETC, even tried brand new CR20 batteries, but still the computer does those 5 Beeps, OR, just Boots into the bios with no image at all not even to an external monitor (and it does with both gpus and igpu) so.. we also tried a different cpu ram hdds etc, any insight?
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Hi so today i wanted to build my pc, this is my second time doing it. after plugging everything in, when i start checking of everything work, the pc would turn on for just some few seconds and then shut down. So after going around on the internet trying to found solution, i have tried a lot of things but nothing work. I have unplug everything, when i unplug the cpu the lights on the motherboard turn on and stay on but there's no beep sound to be heard. No bios or something showing up on my monitor, the monitor even say no connection. Specs MSI B250 PC MATE I5 8400 16gb ddr4 ram does anyone know what the problem can be? and yes i installed the cpu correct. right now there is 1 ram in with no cpu, the mother light turn on but nothing appear on the screen. When i insert the cpu, then the problem come back.
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I was building my friends pc when i was going to install Windows and my monitor didnt detect any signal from gpu tried a tv too i also had a problem in Which my keyboard and mouse would not work the keyboard led would turn off after 1 sec and tried of both motherboard usb and case usb please checked all cables and pins too make sure they were fully flush and correcty inserted pkease help
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hi guys i having this weird issue where my DVD drive will just randomly not detected by bios.Yesterday is was working fine but after i just unplug the fan 4 pin plug to clean my fan it not detected. I tried update bios version,using cmos to reset, changing my sata cable with other device i have. Weirdly enough when i decided to plug back the sata cable that i though it failed works again.Then just yesterday it cant be detected again. So is it the sata port itself or the cable i really dont know how to answer that. I tried connect to my other sata port same issue i doubt both of my sata port will fail at the same time right ? my dvd works fine can open close normally just cannot be detected on my computer Anyone who know can tell me which is the root cause ? i was hoping is not the traces in the motherboard that crack causing this issue thx i also notice when i plug the suspended cable my computer will hang at the post screen for about 10 sec or so then it boot to window .When i remove it , it will boot normally (about 3 sec)
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Hey guys, I need some new input. Well, the title is pretty self-explanatory. My PC wouldn't start, it turns on and shuts off immediately. What happened the night before: for some reason arch linux went sleep and I couldn't wake it up so I kill-switched it with PSU on-off switch (don't think that's the cause or is it?), so the morning I push the start button and voila, it won't start. PSU makes a "click" sound, Q code shows 00 and the it shuts down. Narrowed down to 3 parts: MOBO, CPU and RAM. Everything else is literally unplugged. The PSU tested on my other PC, works just fine. Visually inspected MOBO, looks normal. No smell. Checked for loose cables. SPECS: ASUS ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING Intel i9 7900x GSKILL 8*8GB Trident Z RGB 3200Mhz 850 EVGA G3 GOLD SOLVED What I did was remove the CMOS battery and followed the "Clear RTC RAM" instructions.
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Last night I powered down my PC through the desktop, that I just got done using in order to move it to my new desk area. When I plugged everything back in at my new desk area, the SSD is not recognizing the install of windows and requests me to insert a bootable drive. I have checked in the BIOS, the SSD is there, as the bootable drive. I have switched Sata Cables and ports. I've disconnected the HDD, which does not have windows on it. I have reset CMOS Not sure what else unless the data was just wiped or the SSD has gone bad.
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I recently upgraded my Alienware x51 R1’s Graphics card to a PNY GTX 1050ti. After installing the hardware and plugging my monitor into the drive it boots to this screen (see attached image) and then stays frozen on it, any keyboard inputs are met with clicks from the computer. The computer also makes a single periodic beep. My Computer: Its BIOS is currently at A03 (attemps to update are met with “Restart Application” error) My OS is Windows 10 Home 64bit I have an i7-3770 Processor 330w Power Supply 8GB Total RAM I have attempted to reset the BIOS/CMOS using Dell’s instructions ( http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln284985/how-to-perform-a-bios-or-cmos-reset-and-or-clear-the-nvram-on-your-dell-system?lang=en ) but have not been successful due to not understanding the instructions. (Keep getting confused at step 6) Have tried the “normal” way by switching one jumper to pins 2 and 3 then back, and then both jumpers when that didn’t work. I have tried just about everything I can think of except taking off the battery, although I can’t tell wether its able to be put back in place or not which is what has kept me from doing so. (Pictures of both battery and jumpers provided) My computer boots just fine when I used my previous Graphics Card. Ive been stuck on this for about 2 days now and have been unable to find anything related to my problem. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated, thank you for taking the time to read.
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HI i have big problem with my system. Everytime i need to reset cmos battery or unplug usb devices to run motherboard.At my 5-10th try motherboard booting. And when i shut down pc, goes in to sleep mode, i can only shutdown from power supply switch. motherboard asus p6x58d-e ram 1333mhz 1600 mhz two sticks 4gb core i7 930 processor gtx 1050 ti video card. PS; i tested my psu on other pc, it runs without problem. -
So I accidentally disabled my intel HD Family graphics card then the screen went all black , I tried to reset the BIOS but then the laptop wont boot , I tried holding the power buttom and plugging off everything , when I press the power button , only the bulb light shows up (the one on the left) , pls help guys!! -
Is it possible to set the BIOS date and time by flashing the ROM? As I understand it, flashing the CMOS resets the hardware clock to some specific date and time such as 1.1.1970 or doesn't touch it at all leaving in the time it was at but whichever the case is, it can't set the date and time right. It'd need more than just flashing the ROM. But am I wrong? For context, my employer could have the supplier flash in a custom BIOS for us with our specific settings entered by default. This is a huge deal for us because we're talking of hundreds of machines that we wouldn't have to configure ourselves at all saving a lot of time for hundreds of times over years to come. But one of the things we need is for the hardware clock to be within +/- 5 minutes from UTC. Flashing the BIOS is included in the price of the unit but other setup work isn't so if they need to do extra steps to set the time it'd affect the price leaving us potentially better off just doing it ourselves as a first-boot process. Then again, we'd have to program, test, validate, have approved and implement such a process wasting time once. So if I ask them to set the time to UTC, will I get fired? -
I wanted to install a clean windows so I erased all my drives and changed my boot order and now my PC won't boot I've tried resetting the CMOS and I have scoured the forums and I cannot find anything that helps I have a b350m gaming pro mobo with ryzen 3 1300x I do not have money to be replacing any components Please any help is greatly appreciated
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Hi All, Hope someone can help, I need to remove a BIOS password. Does anyone have any experience using cmospwd on HP (or any) laptops? I'm unsure about using it, I've seen some people say it can brick a laptop due to RAM configuration and something to do with the proprietary mainboards. I need to remove a BIOS password from an HP Pavilion 15 aw084sa but unfortunately I get an alpha-numeric (apparently the numeric code encrypted) checksum after failing the password 3 times, so I can't use the generators like bios-pw . org . I've seen somewhere that apparently you can press one of the Function buttons (F2??) to display the checksum numerically but it hasn't worked for me. I've updated the BIOS from within Win10, I've tried flashing the BIOS from USB, I've disassembled the rear enclosure from the laptop and completely disconnected and removed the mainboard for about 20 mins (the RTC itself isn't accessible from the rear enclosure only the connector to the mainboard). If anyone has any ideas short of swearing at it a lot (I've also tried that!!!) I'd be really greatful. Or if anyone can teach me to decode the checksum of the BIOS password that'd be massively brilliant. Anyway, thanks in advance everyone. -
So, my wife and I got a used gaming PC back in may of 2017 it was extremely well kept and the person barely used it, maybe once a week if even. It has worked beautifully since, however maybe a month or two after getting it we ran into a problem where the time would change after booting up and be a hour or so off. The date never changes. So I got a new CMOS battery went through all hell pulling the motherboard out to get the protective shroud off of it and putting a new battery in. Cool, it was back to normal. Two months later, again time starts changing. This time it does it after resyncing the time, about 30 minutes later the time end up not being correct. Okay, replaced CMOS again. Now it seems that I have been replacing the CMOS more and more frequently. It dies within 3 weeks to a month on schedule every time. Is this a sign my motherboard is dying? Since the PC came with a GTX 670 2gb I'm assuming it has to be from 2012 or 2013, so what 5 years old. I don't have something to test the batteries to see if they're actually dying however it is strange that replaces them does fix it temporarily. Now I do have my CPU overclocked, I have a I7-4770k oc'd to 4.3ghz at 1.25v been stable there since we got it, not sure if that could affect it. I can't find any posts through google or elsewhere with this same issue so here I am now. Anyone have some sort of idea/s on what this could be? Is it hardware related, software related, bios maybe? Specs ASUS Maximus VI Formula Z87 GTX 1060 6gb I7-4770k 4.3ghz Samsung 950 evo SSD 16gbs DDR3 Windows 10 Pro [SOLVED] - So it seems this entire time it isn't the CMOS, but something to do with Windows 10 I'm assuming. I found a forum, and someone suggested this fix. Step 1. Right click on windows. Step 2. Run, and type services.msc and hit enter. Step 3. Find Windows Time make sure it is running, and if not click restart. Now even if it is go ahead right click and go to properties. Step 4. Make sure under Startup type, it says automatic and not manual. Manual is what mine was set to and the cause of my time screwing up. -
Hello guys, here's a very high challenge for you as I've got easily 15 years of tech support yet I'm stuck on a damn phone as my computer stopped posting completely right on Jan 1st with every stores being closed, lost a full rare day of gaming, worst new year ever. The issue starts at the link below, as initialy I was trying to overclock my 8600K that appears to be the worst sample ever but it's now the least of my problems. This morning I tryed the suggestion of somebody to use 1.00v for the "PLL OC" voltage instead of the default that is higher than most boards on my MSI, which is 1.20v then I did save & exit and right there the computer wouldn't boot anymore at all, black screen, all fans spinning but the video cars that tries but barely move at all, no light on keyboard and the white led on the mono is stuck at "CPU Undetected or Fail". Usually it would had been super easy and I would have must cleared the damn CMOS but I did and nothing change. WTF how trying to boot once with 0.20v less on the PLL could possibly fry instantly my 335$ CPU?! It just makes no sense, never seen such bs since my first computer 18 years ago (-_-) I'm gonna go buy a spare CPU and board tomorrow to see by swapping hardware what will work and perhaps RMA my board already after just 5 days, to MSI and lose money over shipping, great stuff like my car battery that need to be boosted tomorrow morning so I can get to the store and to work after. www.overclock.net/t/1644977/help-i5-8600k-wont-stabilize-over-4-6ghz#post_26526912
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I have an Asus Maximus Hero IX and 2x8 g.skill ddr4 3600mhz ram installed in slots b1 and b2 (with XMP enabled). I just bought another set of identical ram and put them in slots a1 and a2 and attempt booting up, but didnt post. Qcode threw 53 yellow at me, which says (50-53: memory initialization error, imvalid memory type, or invalid memory speed) i tried resetting the cmos, but same issues, and now the original pair of RAM that was working no longer boot in the original setup. What can i do? Can anybody help? I'm not sure if i reset the cmos correctly. I left the power cable in and the psu in the on position, then held the button for 5 seconds. Another thing i did wrong, call me an idiot, but i held the bios button in another attempt (dont know what it does, didnt look it up, so call me an idiot. Go ahead lol) but still same issue, yellow 53
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Hey I can't find my CMOS battery anywhere and I need to reset my bios, any clues as to where it is or what to do
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A few days ago I noticed my time started to slow down and every few hours I had to re-check the "auto time" function on Windows 10, this computer was a new build and is around 4 months old. Since the time has slowed on my system any game I play that is online has stutters feeling like I'm playing at 300ms despite it hovering around 25-35ms. Are these two things related and is it a simple CMOS battery replacement or would it be an RMA? The motherboard in question is a x370 MSI Gaming Plus. It can't be FPS as this is paired with a Ryzen 1700 @3.9Ghz, a GTX 1080 G1, 16gb 3000mhz and a 650w Power Supply.
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After resetting cmos. The core multiplier wont go higher than 33, and only 6gb is detected. But in asus spdf all the ram is detected??? Asus p8p67m
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Does anyone know why clearing the cmos made it so my ram isnt detected? I have 12gb and only 8 is recognized. Also i cant set the multiplier to more than 33 after cmos clearing, before clearing i was able to set the multiplier to 41 I5-2500 p8p67m 12gb xms3
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Running a 3930K on a MSI x79a-gd65(8d) with 16GB RAM, cooled by a NZXT Kraken x61, GPU is a MSI 680 Twinfrozer III, and a Corsair RM750i as PSU. Allright since a couple of days I have a odd curveball in my system. Overnight I shutdown the PC as allways. I made no system changes for hardware and software. But since a few days when I boot my system it gets in a loop. First a few times the post is just stuck at the first step already giving the 01 code. Then after a few times it posts further and gets stuck on 67 and then again after a few times. It finally startsup with a screen saying its going to default settings completly clearing all bios settings. Iam still in the process of eliminating causes. And sadly I can only replicate this problem once a day. Turning down my PC now doesn't make a difference, all is fine and boots up normally. So it has to be turned of for a long period of time. First i thought it might be certain bios settings like the OC so last days I ahve been going certain settings default, and for tommorow I will find out if going all the way stock settings besides XMP profile make a difference (but I start to doubt it). However since the whole boot cycle is just taking a few steps to get over it, could it be related to the CMOS battery? Havn't had much experience with that part of troubleshooting, but maybe you all have some ideas about this. Let's say the battery is getting less: normally when a battery gets less you also get less out of a full charge. So that combined with how the boot cycle goes I was thinking that maybe the battery is drained empty overnight, causing this odd boot cycle untill the battery has enough juice to boot up properly. Is this an possible scenario or is this not how it works? If yes, I could try replacing the battery might be a fix then? Other stuff I plan to trouble shoot if tommorow is same story: switching pump connection to other fan header, check cables connections (quick glance didn't reveal anything), take of AIO and test with aircooler. Havn't thought past that yet. Share ideas and thoughts. And thx for the input in advance.
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So my problem is this. I have a new rig that has a motherboard by MSI (MSI B150m Mortar). After installing the OS, drivers, and everything, I noticed something every time I turn off and back on the PC; The BIOS setting resets to default. The black screen always shows first (the one that says (All settings were reset to default values. Press F1 to...etc) and not the MSI banner. SO, in my knowledge,there is a problem with the CMOS battery. I got a new battery and replaced it and still did the same. Also, the time and date doesn't update itself even when the auto-update is on on the desktop (which updates to what time zone you are in). Then I experimented about it. FIRST, I tried turning it on > set the time on the bios > save and restart > all the way to desktop > shuts down > unplug the AC > turn the PSU's power switch off > waits for 10-15 minutes > turned on Results: Bios defaults itself again. Time and date was 10-15 minutes late. SECOND, I tried turning it on > set the time on the bios > save and restart > all the way to desktop > shuts down > LEFT THE PSU'S power switch on and the cable plugged in > waits for 10-15 minutes > turned on Results: By surprise, the Bios didn't went to default setting. Time and date are up-to date (what). So that is good. . real question: WHY??? I mean, it doesn't really makes sense to me. This didn't happened on older systems. Please help, it's making me crazy on what the real reason is. Or if anyone has a solution to this problem, that would be awesome of you.
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Ok i used that software msi live update 6 To update bios and after that My pc IS showing no signal on the monitor but the fans are spinning My liquid cooling logo led IS working gpu fan IS spinning. Ok i Tried every option possibile reset cmos etc. Remove battery. Trying flash recovery bios from usb Nothing. So ok my mothetboard IS bricked If i buy new one tomorrow this should solve the problem no?? Because everything on pc is working fan spinning, led fan working gpu fan spinning i have 2 gpu all of them work
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HI, i got this motherboard ( used ) ASUS-P5k-Premium. Everything is working fine but except whenever i restart my PC or Turn or or there is any Electricity Cut off. It says Set your CMOS on boot and in bios date automatically goes back to 2002. I have the latest bios. One thing i want to mention, this motherboard requires 8pin from psu connector but im only using 4 pins. Is that the cause? Thanks.
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So I have had this problem for a while my pc will not boot unless I hit the small reset button on the back of my pc which is for the cmos luckily I have that button or I would have to open it up every time! But I've tried a new battery, twice still the same if i do not hit that button then it will turn on keyboard and mouse won't be on and the monitor stays on standby I'm so lost if anyone has any suggestikns that would be awesome, I fear a new motherboard is what needs to happen thanks!
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So workin on a new build & decided I'd give easytune 7 a go as It came with my mobo. spec: G1 B7 Sniper (gigabyte) i5 6600k 750EVO SSD (samsung) gtx970 gaming ed (MSI) It seems to of 'burnt' a 3.9 OC into the bios, I've flashed it, cleared the CMOS & tried multiple bios versions but whatever I do I cannot seem to reset what is now the stock & only clock of 3.9gHz. Any Ideas? Is it possible it's created some sort of registry entry? ( but that wouldn't explain why I'm now locked out of options in UEFI ). Lots of love, jeza
