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Can't boot my PC or BIOS

Discussion in 'Windows BSOD, Freezing, Restarting Help' started by xgamerss, Dec 12, 2012.

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  1. xgamerss Newcomer, in training

    Hi, I was going to boot up my computer, but then I saw that it couldn't boot. I tried to access the bios by tapping delete, but when I tapped delete, nothing happened. A text came up and said something about that it was trying to boot the bios, but it just froze there. It couldn't boot. I tried to remove the motherboard battery and put it in again to see if that worked, but it didn't. I also tried to boot the computer without the hard drive, but nothing happened. The same thing came up on the screen.

    I would be very happy if someone could help me solving this problem
    xgamerss, Dec 12, 2012
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  2. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,712   +61

    What is this computers make and model?
    Tmagic650, Dec 12, 2012
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  3. xgamerss Newcomer, in training

    Are you asking about what specs the computer has?

    it uses Windows 7, intel core i7 3770k 3.5 ghz, 16 GB RAM.
    do you need to know anything else`?
    xgamerss, Dec 13, 2012
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  4. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,712   +61

    When you removed the hard drive, you should have see something like "operating system not found" on the screen. It sounds like the bios is corrupt, which is bad news
    Tmagic650, Dec 13, 2012
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  5. xgamerss Newcomer, in training

    Well how do I fix the bios then?
    xgamerss, Dec 13, 2012
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  6. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,712   +61

    By installing a new motherboard. Was there a power outage or power surge to your house recently?
    Tmagic650, Dec 13, 2012
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  7. xgamerss Newcomer, in training

    No there was no power issues or something like that at my house that day and it havent been any recently
    xgamerss, Dec 14, 2012
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  8. xgamerss Newcomer, in training

    Now I figured out that the screen looked just the same with and without the hard drive.
    xgamerss, Dec 14, 2012
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  9. xgamerss Newcomer, in training

    When I boot my PC, its just black, then it comes a text that says "press CTRL+S to access setup menu", and then I dissappears again.
    If I try to press F8, F11 or DELETE, a text appears saying "Entering setup...", and then it just freezes there.
    xgamerss, Dec 14, 2012
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  10. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,712   +61

    Still seems like corrupted bios, meaning a new motherboard is in your future
    Tmagic650, Dec 14, 2012
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  11. xgamerss Newcomer, in training

    Okay thanks for helping me.
    I've seen other posts too similar too this and they said that it is either a motherboard or a hard drive problem and that that needs to be replaced.
    xgamerss, Dec 14, 2012
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  12. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,712   +61

    Well you pulled the hard drive and didn't see the "no operating system found message" so it has to be a motherboard/bios issue
    Tmagic650, Dec 14, 2012
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  13. xgamerss Newcomer, in training

    Yeah probably. thank you so much for the help
    xgamerss, Dec 20, 2012
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  14. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,712   +61

    You're welcome. Let us know when you get things running again...
    Tmagic650, Dec 20, 2012
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  15. xgamerss Newcomer, in training

    Bought a new motherboard and deleted what I think destroyed my motherboard from my harddrive before booting with it again :)
    xgamerss, Mar 7, 2013
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  16. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,712   +61

    So everything is working normally again?
    Tmagic650, Mar 8, 2013
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