Computer not turning on?

[NotJude]

Whenever I press the on button on my computer it loads up the MSI screen and when it goes to the boot-up menu all there is is a flashing _, I have no idea why this is happening, I can press F11 to choose the boot-up device but I cant go into the BIOs, can someone help me?

[paddy-stone]

Have you got a backup just in case things go wrong? if not I would suggest backing up first and then reset the CMOS, that will allow you to get into the UEFI/BIOS, but it will also wipe your settinsg and you will need to re-enter the settings or use default.

[S7117]

9 minutes ago, NotJude said:

Whenever I press the on button on my computer it loads up the MSI screen and when it goes to the boot-up menu all there is is a flashing _, I have no idea why this is happening, I can press F11 to choose the boot-up device but I cant go into the BIOs, can someone help me?

First try turning off the power supply and then unplug the power. If this doesn't, carefully remove the CMOS battery on the motherboard. Its is a small button battery. Just take this out for a few seconds and then put it in. This will reset the bios. If this works it would probably be a good idea to update the BIOS.

 

[NotJude]

14 minutes ago, S7117 said:

First try turning off the power supply and then unplug the power. If this doesn't, carefully remove the CMOS battery on the motherboard. Its is a small button battery. Just take this out for a few seconds and then put it in. This will reset the bios. If this works it would probably be a good idea to update the BIOS.

 

I cant get to the CMOS battery, my cpu cooler is in the way

[NotJude]

15 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Have you got a backup just in case things go wrong? if not I would suggest backing up first and then reset the CMOS, that will allow you to get into the UEFI/BIOS, but it will also wipe your settinsg and you will need to re-enter the settings or use default.

How am I meant to backup if I can't get into my computer

[S7117]

2 minutes ago, NotJude said:

I cant get to the CMOS battery, my cpu cooler is in the way

Ok. Some motherboards will also have some clear cmos contacts. You will have to look up the motherboard specs to see if yours has them and if it does you will connect those two contacts using a paperclip or wire.

 

[NotJude]

Just now, S7117 said:

Ok. Some motherboards will also have some clear cmos contacts. You will have to look up the motherboard specs to see if yours has them and if it does you will connect those two contacts using a paperclip or wire.

 

I have the MSI Z97S SLI KRAIT EDITION

and

Do I have to backup my computer?

[Moonzy]

i would suggest resetting cmos by either removing the battery for couple seconds or short the pins for resetting cmos (look in the manual)

if that doesnt work, you can try booting with onboard graphics if your cpu/board supports it or use other gpu if you have any laying around

[S7117]

3 minutes ago, NotJude said:

I have the MSI Z97S SLI KRAIT EDITION

and

Do I have to backup my computer?

No cmos does not affect the hard drive at all.

[S7117]

Here is the manual:

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z97S-SLI-Krait-Edition.html#down-manual

The CMOS clear is on page 1-27

Just follow the instructions on that page.

[NotJude]

41 minutes ago, S7117 said:

Here is the manual:

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z97S-SLI-Krait-Edition.html#down-manual

The CMOS clear is on page 1-27

Just follow the instructions on that page.

I reset it using the BIOs battery and turned it on, i pressed f1 and saved and exited, when it restarted it had the same problem. when i pressed f2 to just continue i had the exact same problem

[S7117]

So you cannot access the bios anymore after resetting?

 

Are you trying to boot an SSD?

 

[S7117]

9 minutes ago, NotJude said:

I reset it using the BIOs battery and turned it on, i pressed f1 and saved and exited, when it restarted it had the same problem. when i pressed f2 to just continue i had the exact same problem

Id say the only other thing to try is to try removing the hard drives and then boot to see if it kicks you into the bios. It may be a hard drive issue.

 

[NotJude]

6 minutes ago, S7117 said:

So you cannot access the bios anymore after resetting?

 

Are you trying to boot an SSD?

 

i am

[paddy-stone]

3 hours ago, NotJude said:

 I can press F11 to choose the boot-up device but I cant go into the BIOs, can someone help me?

 

3 hours ago, NotJude said:

How am I meant to backup if I can't get into my computer

By your first post it seemed like you were able to boot up by choosing the boot device... as I quoted above. Was just trying to help you, but now you can get stuffed.

[NotJude]

18 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

 

By your first post it seemed like you were able to boot up by choosing the boot device... as I quoted above. Was just trying to help you, but now you can get stuffed.

considering your original quote didn't even help in the first place you can't really tell me to get stuffed

[paddy-stone]

Yeah, was not helpful at all to try and get you to backup just in case things went wrong.. and also saying about clearing CMOS... I stand by my statement and hope you get what you deserve /thread

[NotJude]

Just now, paddy-stone said:

Yeah, was not helpful at all to try and get you to backup just in case things went wrong.. and also saying about clearing CMOS... I stand by my statement and hope you get what you deserve /thread

thank you for your encouraging words of ever-lasting wisdom, I too hope you prosper and live a long life good sir!