BIOS freezes

[Ergroilnin]

So guys,

 

since it has been a while, since I last cleaned my PC, I decided it was time to give it another go. I turned off the pc, then the power, removed side panels and used compressed air can to clean off the dust out of the system, then I put the panels back on, turned on the power supply and the computer.

 

I does not make any weird or new sounds and it does boot to windows perfectly fine and works fine (SSD, CPU, GPU, all fans on) and in the same time as before. But when I try to go to BIOS now, the PC will freeze and I have to hard reset it.

 

Now what could have I possibly done that would cause this and what should I do to remedy this?

[Ergroilnin]

Still have this problem going on.

 

Found out few more things.

 

1) I tried to turn off the pc completely off power and take out CMOS, waited like an hour, put it all back, nothing

2) Removed GPU completely, plugged monitor directly to mobo, nothing

3) Installed newest BIOS, nothing

4) If I mangle with my drives in a way, that the S.M.A.R.T. check finds error and asks me to choose boot priority manually, I can get to BIOS this way, change things there and save the settings, but still get freeze on normal try to access the BIOS

 

Any other ideas?

[Ergroilnin]

I am sorry to up this topic, but does seriously noone knows what could I possibly do to solve this? Or at least aim me to the right direction for some more ideas to test?

[ZacoAttaco]

Seems like a very unusual problem, what time type of motherboard is it?

[Ergroilnin]

5 hours ago, ZacoAttaco said:

Seems like a very unusual problem, what time of motherboard is it?

what time of motherboard?

 

If you mean if it keeps the time right, then yes it does.

 

If it was a typo/autocorrect and you mean what kind, it is ASUS Z87-Plus.

[ZacoAttaco]

Sorry, typo. There was no way it could have accidentally been damaged while you were cleaning?

[rheyL]

have you tried reseating everything inside? 

try removing everything out, replace thermal paste of processor, reseat ram, gpu. 

 

if else, try removing cmos and boot without it and turn off then return cmos and boot again. 

[Ergroilnin]

2 hours ago, ZacoAttaco said:

Sorry, typo. There was no way it could have accidentally been damaged while you were cleaning?

 

Well I did not touch anything either by hand or the can, but iirc there was a one small time where the gas condensated on the mobo so can that damage it?

 

2 hours ago, rheyL said:

have you tried reseating everything inside? 

try removing everything out, replace thermal paste of processor, reseat ram, gpu. 

 

if else, try removing cmos and boot without it and turn off then return cmos and boot again. 

 

Haven't tried that yet, probably will when I get the chance to buy thermal paste, since I plan to do that soon anyway, thanks for the tip.

[ZacoAttaco]

3 hours ago, Ergroilnin said:

Well I did not touch anything either by hand or the can, but iirc there was a one small time where the gas condensated on the mobo so can that damage it?

It could but I doubt that would cause the issue. I'd suggest contacting Asus support to see what they have to say about it. It's a very peculiar problem considering everything else is working fine. Sorry I couldn't help more.