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DancinJack wrote:Clear CMOS, try getting into the BIOS. I'd try those two first.
edit: Obviously boot with minimum you need to use the comp. Monitor, keyboard, mouse. No speakers or other USB devices if you can manage.
DancinJack wrote:Clear CMOS, try getting into the BIOS. I'd try those two first.
edit: Obviously boot with minimum you need to use the comp. Monitor, keyboard, mouse. No speakers or other USB devices if you can manage.
kamikaziechameleon wrote:DancinJack wrote:Clear CMOS, try getting into the BIOS. I'd try those two first.
edit: Obviously boot with minimum you need to use the comp. Monitor, keyboard, mouse. No speakers or other USB devices if you can manage.
My mobo is the B5M-E And it doesn't have a reset button on it. How would I clear CMOS? Do I pull the battery our of the mobo?
kamikaziechameleon wrote:Reset CMOS, no dice. When I turn the computer on it doesn't put out any video signal at all. It doesn't post or anything. No beeps. Just fans wirling up. I unplugged the HDD and disk drive to no avail. IF drivers are installed on the HDD and that is not plugged in shouldn't it post?
anotherengineer wrote:kamikaziechameleon wrote:Reset CMOS, no dice. When I turn the computer on it doesn't put out any video signal at all. It doesn't post or anything. No beeps. Just fans wirling up. I unplugged the HDD and disk drive to no avail. IF drivers are installed on the HDD and that is not plugged in shouldn't it post?
Google didn't bring up a motherboard for me. Have you tried using different display ports? And a also tried a different monitor?
vargis14 wrote:I just saw your PSU post...If you have the systems together already swap out the PSU's but since the fans are spinning up I do not think thats your problem. Make sure the CPU power plug is secure on the problem rig, remove it look for burn marks and replug it in. Also scan the board really good for a burned trace or component that looks burnt or even just loose.
Humm,
If i have trouble resetting the Cmos I remove the battery and the power cord from the PSU and Jump the clr Cmos jumper for at least 10 minutes.
Also I always hit the power button after i remove the power cord from the PSU to discharge the capacitors/ETC inside the PSU. I had a boot loops problem with my p67 board and the cmos would not clear until I did that. Sounds strange but thats what it took to fix it...plus a bios update.
I know it is probably because of a combo deal...but why a 4770k with such a lame motherboard "no Offence" but the power delivery system/VRM's look horribly inadequate. Or do you plan on swapping a i3 haswell cpu into one of your bosses rigs and snag a 4770k for cheap:)
I was reading the asus site and that board has some USB bios fixer, but if you cannot even get a post I do not think that will help.
I would try a dedicated video card just to see if it posts, If it does I would want a new CPU and motherboard since both could cause the problem.
Or throw in the towel and ditch your current cpu and motherboard for a inexpensive z87 board..perhaps a ASROCK board. If you plan on sticking with the 4770k you might as well get a hyper 212 evo cooler also since I have heard the Intel coolers are very noisy even running at stock speeds when loaded.
ryko wrote:well i don't think a hardware swap was necessary but too late now. it seems pretty likely that some driver that was installed during your "updates" was the culprit. most likely a video driver from windows update. all you needed to do was boot into safemode and remove the old driver and install the newest one from intel since you are using the 4770k integrated video. also make sure to use either the 32bit or 64bit version for your particular operating system. good luck with the new board.
Waco wrote:ryko wrote:well i don't think a hardware swap was necessary but too late now. it seems pretty likely that some driver that was installed during your "updates" was the culprit. most likely a video driver from windows update. all you needed to do was boot into safemode and remove the old driver and install the newest one from intel since you are using the 4770k integrated video. also make sure to use either the 32bit or 64bit version for your particular operating system. good luck with the new board.
Video drivers won't keep a board from POSTing...
I'd be on premature motherboard failure - which parts did you end up swapping out kami?
Chrispy_ wrote:You did the right thing with the hardware swap.
If a board won't POST, something is dead or incorrectly assembled.
Clearly the new one works so your assembly skills weren't the issue.
No driver I have ever come across (not even fastboot Win8 stuff) has ever been know to prevent POST; POST basically means "pre-driver"
If something won't POST, I unplug everything until I have just the PSU, CPU, 1 RAM stick and a PC speaker.
If I don't get "where-the-hell-is-my-graphics-card" beeping (or LED status codes for fancy boards) then it's time to swap the PSU with a known working one to see if the board or the PSU is at fault. Even faulty RAM produces a beep code, so it has to be one of those two things - based on the fact that I have never in 20 years seen a processor stop working without it letting out the [i]magic smoke[/i (and that is a smell you will never miss easily).
Troubleshooting hardware is easy as long as it's not an intermittent fault