Recent content by berbes

is there a chance that disconnecting the battery will reset and rectify the issue stated? i'm just trying to see if it is the MB needing replacement.

thanks for the confirm. some engineers are just plain evil. they even put the word, "BATTERY" on that cover to tell me EXACTLY where the battery is that can't get to :)

Hello all. Alienware R3 p45f on/off boot loop. turn it on, 4 secs blue light/4 secs red light, an audible click and reboot. turn it on, 4 secs blue light/4 secs red light, an audible click and reboot. ..forever. i removed RAM and SSD, it gives 2 short beeps (indicating no RAM). Put in...

EXCELLENT reply. thanks so much for your time :)

thanks again. you've helped me in th epast, and it is GREATLY appreciated. i will be sure to follow those rules verbatten.

thank you, sir. this was an issue where everything worked for them until it didn't. i was hoping for a click somewhere in the BIOS to make it work again, but i appreciate the knowledge :)

Hello! a client has a PRIME Z690-P with 4 Vengeance 16GB chips. No boot. i removed the RAM down to one stick, got it to boot. Updated BIOS (it was oooold), got it to boot with 3 sticks, but no boot on all 4. stuck in a completely different Kingston Fury Beat 8GB RAM stick in the 4th slot...

the client began putting this together and bought it to us with this inability to boot to the disc or get display. he bought 2 Vengeance DDR532GB(2X16GB) 6000MT/s 36-44-44-96 1.35v ver 3.43.04 i also tried some 16GB Kingston Fury Beast we had, but same result.

Hello and THANKS!! yes, you are correct for A2 & B2. it only recognizes the one RAM stick in B2 Vengeance DDR532GB(2X16GB) 6000MT/s 36-44-44-96 1.35v ver 3.43.04 i'm on BIOS ver 3067. i pulled the CMOS battery after the BIOS upgrade.

this ASUS TUF GAMING B650-E WIFI MB would not get past the DRAM yellow error out of the box when i tried to use 2 sticks of compatible RAM. i had to use one stick in slot B2 to get it to the boot. i reset and updated the BIOS, but it stick won't get past that DRAM error with 2, 3, or 4 sticks...

HP Envy desktop works fine with 2 sticks of Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 RAM, no prob, add 2 more (SAME RAM, same specs), no display whatsoever. Whatcha think? BIOS? THANKS!! berbes

sad story. got a call from parents who lost their son. not sure of the exact back story, but it broke my heart when i saw it had W11 with BitLocker on it. i always thought it would be impossible to get around it, but i googled and found something called BLR-BitLocker-Recovery-Tool is this...

i have a client who dropped off a acer laptop that will not charge. they first took it to an ifixit franchise located in the same walmart where they bought the unit. they held it for a week, and installed a new battery. they took it home and it still didn't charge, so they brought it to us...

dell inspiron 7773 with a dying KB, so we swapped out a different keyboard and now bitlocker is asking for the key. of course, no one knows it. if i put the guts back onto the original KB/palmtop, will it boot normal again, so i can disable bitlocker or find the key? i'm worried that once...

hello. i have a client who would like his w10 hard drive to have a separate partition to run older 16 bit programs/games. he wants a menu to popup when he boots the system to choose which OS he wants. will i run into any issues doing this? thanks! berbes