My PC doesn't even reach BIOS.

akhilattri_ · September 4, 2020

Hello there!

Story : I have a really old (Pentium g2020 baytrail based) PC. So only in the last month, I bought an SSD. Then I installed Win10 and everything. But then I wanted to change the SATA controller from IDE to AHCI, as the latter one us supposed to be better for SSDs. So I did that after some googling. Then it ran fine. Then I shut it down.

But that was its last shut down. Since last 4 days it is stuck on boot loops, in first try doesn't show anything, in second try the cpu fan turns on and immediately off and in third attempt it shows the logo - first screen, (the one that says press DEL to go to BIOS settings). Then it just shows a blank page for a brief time, and then the cycle repeats itself all over again.

Thanks for your time.

star_weaver · September 4, 2020

Have you cleared/wiped/reset cmos for lack of a better term?

akhilattri_ · September 5, 2020

23 hours ago, star_weaver said:

Have you cleared/wiped/reset cmos for lack of a better term?

Yes I have, i removed and reinserted it many times, also i tried booting without CMOS, and also tried removing it and keeping it removed for one whole day , but still nothing