Recent content by cybervegeto22

I've also never seen something like that before - it literally just said "Locking..." It looked like a standard shutdown screen, black background with the Dell logo. Our IT dept has nothing showing on their end, and I can't find any reason online for why that message would have displayed.

My computer was recently bumped (slightly) while running, and then showed me a "Locking..." error screen followed by a shutdown. It attempted to reboot itself, but said "No hard drive detected." I haven't had any success booting it, or swapping the hard drive to another system. It appears dead...

Yeah, like I said this is a property management office... its primary function is to make orders for maintenance parts. There are appliance lists on that computer which can easily be reobtained, so thankfully none of the files are really that important. What I'm curious about is the "locking"...

When the hard drive isn't recognized by any machine? Explain?

Hey all. A coworker of mine came in to my office yesterday and started shuffling the computer across the floor, because it was in his way. I was on the computer while he obliviously did this, staring at him in disbelief. My disbelief turned to dismay as he moved the chassis maybe 4 inches, and...

Sorry for late update -- after realizing those numbers on the mobo weren't temperature, but error codes, I looked up the codes online and discovered a way to fix the issue. (Those codes have something to do with a memory problem.) I just had to take out all my RAM, and plug 1 stick it into the...

Thanks for the replies guys! Interesting contrast in those suggestions.. I think it might be this motherboard. My original mobo had an issue where it would boot up, turn itself off, then boot up again and be stable. The time it took to reboot would vary, and would sometimes the reboot wouldn't...

***************** -- UPDATE -- After realizing those numbers on the mobo weren't temperature, but error codes, I looked up the codes online and discovered a way to fix the issue. I just had to take out all my RAM, and plug 1 stick it into the first slot. Then I booted and everything worked...

I have no idea. I have one keyboard plugged in through a USB extension cord, one USB dongle for a wireless mouse, an HDMI cable, and an ethernet cable.

Hey everybody, I recently finished building my third custom PC, and I am having the same issue right now as when I built my first one in 2011. That issue goes like this: I turn on the PC. I am met with this screen: and I press F2 to continue. The MSI splash screen shows up, as it is set by...