Computer Boot Issue - Can Someone Help Me Out?

Power Penguin on 07/01/2014 - 07:28

Hey Guys,

Hoping someone can help me out with my issue - My PC won't boot up at all the fan still spins and you can hear it trying to read the drive, the monitors don't power on etc. I think it could be a motherboard issue but the numbers don't really mean anything to me that are displaying on the board as they just align with processes initialising in the documentation for the motherboard. Can someone technical help me out in diagnosing the hopefully non expensive issue to fix? I included a video link of the motherboard lights etc - https://www.dropbox.com/s/0l5twv0xt7o0nkc/IMG_5700.MOV

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Comments

  • battler on 07/01/2014 - 08:55

    What is the brand & model of the motherboard?
    Do you have a separate Graphics card, or using the inbuilt graphics on the motherboard?

  • arcticfox007 on 07/01/2014 - 09:16

    Check all cables plugged in to start off with.

    Easy things: Try reinstalling RAM, resit the cmos battery. Might be overload, there OL code. Not sure if that applies to your board.

  • humdingaling on 07/01/2014 - 10:35

    do you have any monitor you can try plug in?
    do you have another computer you can try plug into your monitor?

    does monitor not work at all or does it go past post then go black?

    • Power Penguin on 07/01/2014 - 11:22

      The computer doesn't boot up at all, I have tested the monitors on a laptop so that's not hte issue unfortunately.

      • humdingaling on 07/01/2014 - 12:25

        have you tried the two things arctic suggested above?

        cmos is just the flat battery looking thing

        • Power Penguin on 07/01/2014 - 13:06

          How do I reset it - sorry for the silly question I dont really know what im looking for.

        • humdingaling on 07/01/2014 - 13:44

          http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/tp/clearcmos.htm

          i would just suggest the 3rd method its the easiest

          basically take out battery put it back in

        • Power Penguin on 07/01/2014 - 14:41

          Thanks! Will check it out when I get home from work and post back - really appreciate the suggestions.

        • Power Penguin on 07/01/2014 - 17:36

          You are a legend!!

          Now to work out how to get it all back to booting ;)

        • humdingaling on 08/01/2014 - 13:58

          that didn't fix it?
          is it posting now? can you get into BIOS?

          found with google works wonders if you type exactly what the problem it
          so much helpful sites out there these days especially with computitech type stuff

        • Power Penguin on 09/01/2014 - 08:52

          I can get to the bios screen but as soon as I exit bios I just get a black screen.

        • humdingaling on 09/01/2014 - 11:25

          at this point its pretty much trial and error at your end
          there are many causes which you just need to systematically check

          google
          black screen after bios

          and there should be many results on what you can try

  • blitz on 07/01/2014 - 11:19

    The solutions in this thread may help you:

    http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?10413-Asus-Rampage-IV-Extreme-sees-only-16GB-out-of-32GB-2133-(32GB-set)

    Has your system ever worked? I.e. is it a new build?

    • Power Penguin on 07/01/2014 - 11:22

      Yup has been working for the last 1.5 years and just decided to crack it :(

      • Geekomatic on 08/01/2014 - 14:27

        Most motherboards have a CMOS reset—> generally a set of 2-3 pins you cap, or "bridge" to reset the system BIOS.

        Doing this should bring you to a BIOS screen.

        So, unplug all drives. Remove all but one stick of RAM. Take out & re-seat your graphics card. Reset CMOS (either by pin method or by removing the cin battery).

        FYI- CMOS reset is done with power cord removed & after power button is then held in for a few seconds to release any residual power in the system.

        Now, see if you get into BIOS.

        Let us know. If this doesn't bring any joy, I'll suggest it's likely your PSU.

      • Geekomatic on 09/01/2014 - 19:10

        If you have access to another PC, burn a CD image of Knoppix & boot to it- see if it runs. If so, there's likely a HDD or Windows OS error.

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