Help! PC start up issue

[HeavyHitter]

Hey Guys,

 

I need help with my PC.  I was switching out video cards and now I cannot boot to the OS.  At first I thought it was the video card, but I tested it out on another machine and worked.  I had to remove the main power connector to the board to release the video card, and when I put everything back together I can't get past the HP start up screen.  So I put back the original video card (quadro) back in the machine and still no go.  I hold f11 or esc key but can't get past the following screen after that.  What went wrong?  Did something get fried?  I checked all my connections, everything is secured.  The fans are working, the video card fan is also working, but it just doesn't go any further than the HP screen.  What other things can I trouble shoot?  Please review the pictures if it helps.  Also, if worst case scenario my computer is corrupted,  how do I got about retrieving the data on the SSD?  Thanks so much in advance.

[STRMfrmXMN]

Did you clear CMOS?

[HeavyHitter]

What are CMOS?  How do I do that?

 

Thanks

 

HH

[HeavyHitter]

On 1/18/2017 at 11:20 PM, HeavyHitter said:

What are CMOS?  How do I do that?

 

Thanks

 

HH

CMOS- Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

 

You can reset CMOS by using the jumper (tiny small plug) located near the coin battery.  Remove the jumper and place it on the last pins while the computer is off and unplugged.  You can also remove the battery.  Holding the power button for about a minute while unplugged.

 

HH

 

Thanks HH, it did reset CMOS after I stalled the original graphics card back.  Looks like the drivers from the previous quadro card may have interfered with the newer graphics card and would not boot the OS.  So I'll just leave it alone, without replacing the graphics cards with a newer one.

 

Thanks,

 

HH

[vaiwalker]

i've had this issue with a lenovo laptop just last week. it wouldn't move out from the lenovo logo. couldnt load into bios or do anything at all. had to remove the hdd from the laptop and use a external hdd case to connect it to another PC and use DiskPart to clean it. you might wanna try that.

[HeavyHitter]

On 1/23/2017 at 9:38 AM, vaiwalker said:

i've had this issue with a lenovo laptop just last week. it wouldn't move out from the lenovo logo. couldnt load into bios or do anything at all. had to remove the hdd from the laptop and use a external hdd case to connect it to another PC and use DiskPart to clean it. you might wanna try that.

Thanks, will do.