Need help with a boot problem

[Sir0zero]

Hey everyone! Trying to fix a PC, I have no display untill I force shutdown, the it boots into the bios saying overclock failed. So I set everything to default, then try to boot again and no display. So I force shutdown and turn it back on, and it boots into the bios, again. 

 

It doesn't boot into the bios or show any visuals at all inbetween before a force shutdown. I'm not running any overclocks at all, and memory frequency is set to auto but I've also tried the lowest it can go.

 

I've tried a different PSU/GPU/SSD but I haven't had any luck. Any settings someone can recommend I could flick on/off to try? Thanks a ton.

 

Hardware info:

A170-A

I7 6700

16gb of ram rated for 3200 (only testing with one stick)

R9 280x (also tried a 1070)

500w PSU (also tried 750w, no difference)

[suedseefrucht]

2 hours ago, Sir0zero said:

I set everything to default

You can remove the BIOS battery and unplug the power cable to make sure, everything is set to default.

 

2 hours ago, Sir0zero said:

I've tried a different PSU/GPU/SSD

If "overclocking failed" it's probably a CPU problem.

[Sir0zero]

On 12/8/2021 at 5:50 AM, suedseefrucht said:

You can remove the BIOS battery and unplug the power cable to make sure, everything is set to default.

 

If "overclocking failed" it's probably a CPU problem.

Yeah I've tried resetting the BIOS, I think I have a dual core from that gen I can test. Thanks for the recommendation :)

[Sir0zero]

On 12/8/2021 at 5:50 AM, suedseefrucht said:

You can remove the BIOS battery and unplug the power cable to make sure, everything is set to default.

 

If "overclocking failed" it's probably a CPU problem.

After resetting the bios, trying a different PSU, CPU, GPU, SSD, and ram I'm almost positive something is wrong with the motherboard. Do you have any recommendations on anything else to test?

[suedseefrucht]

On 12/8/2021 at 8:50 AM, Sir0zero said:

Hey everyone! Trying to fix a PC, I have no display untill I force shutdown, the it boots into the bios saying overclock failed. So I set everything to default, then try to boot again and no display. So I force shutdown and turn it back on, and it boots into the bios, again. 

 

It doesn't boot into the bios or show any visuals at all inbetween before a force shutdown. I'm not running any overclocks at all, and memory frequency is set to auto but I've also tried the lowest it can go.

So the problem appears when windows is booting.

The BIOS is set to default.

Maybe some software installed on windows tries to overclock?

 

On 12/11/2021 at 4:00 AM, Sir0zero said:

After resetting the bios, trying a different PSU, CPU, GPU, SSD

By trying different SSDs you mean testing with a different SSD with a different/fresh windows install?

If yes, there is probably no additional software causing the problem.

If no, you can try a fresh windows install.