CMOS

Forum discussion tagged with CMOS.
  1. B

    Question Tiny UEFI change permanently destroys PC

    Asus 2012 UEFI 16GBDDR3 Laptop N56V(z) Veracrypt version from april 2023 Win10 22H2 Pro Encrypted C Windows system partition, then deleted all partitions on disk, then in UEFI, removed Veracrypt in boot menu. It never booted since then. It is always black screen, 100% black, never any text of...
  2. Ace_on_pc

    Question Enabled csm and secure boot at the same time, now the pc won't post.

    So, my friend was trying to play valorant and as he is on w11 he needs secureboot on and it wasn't working so I thought he should try enabling csm as I wasn't sure what it was but secure boot was enabled. After doing some research it seems like that was a bad idea as they are parallel settings...
    • Ace_on_pc
    • Thread
    • 5600g amd bios CMOS cms gigabyte secure boot
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Systems
  3. S

    Question PC not booting/doesn't POST/Black screen unless CMOS is reset in which case it only boots into BIOS ?

    Hi, I really hope someone here can assist with this as I have tried various things and my knowledge has hit a wall and I have reached the limits of my experience. I scoured the internet for fixes to my problem but was unsuccessful which is why I am making this thread as a last cry for help. I...
    • strafe555
    • Thread
    • bios blacks screen Boot boot after bios boot after cmos CMOS post
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Systems
  4. N

    [SOLVED] PC beeps (4beeps-4beeps-4beeps-4beeps) on shutdown and doesnt turns off

    I turned on my PC after a very long time (3+ yrs). Its a Lenovo thinkcentre M58 and as the title says it doesnt wants to turn off normally. On shutdown, it beeps in the abovementioned order and then the fan keeps running forever. There is no HDD activity and no display output. I have to turn it...
    • ngftsa
    • Thread
    • Beep bios CMOS Lenovo ThinkCentre
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows 10
  5. L

    Question PC wont boot, tried everything I know and read

    I do a lot with computers, I just cant figure this issue out, its driving me nuts. SPECS: Processor: i7-3930k Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79s-up5 PSU: (new) EVGA 650W Bronze (previously had 500w chinese PSU) Memory: 16gb HyperX Fury Blue 1333Mhz (4x4) GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G STORY...
  6. 1Reality1

    [SOLVED] Stuck on BIOS Screen - Won't Boot to OS

    Monitor went into "Power Saving Mode" while I was sitting at the keyboard and actively using the PC. Shortly before the happened, there was screen flickering and going black - and it came back from that a few times; until it didn't anymore. After trying a couple things, I reset the CMOS and...
    • 1Reality1
    • Thread
    • bios CMOS OS Power Saving Mode reboot win 10 won't boot to os
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Systems
  7. N

    Question Pc Screen with no signals after Secure Boot and TPM turned on

    Good Days to you all! Thank you for taking your time to read this thread. I seem to have an issue with my computer. Recently black friday sales i got myself an Aorus x570s Pro Ax with Ryzen 9 5900x and I was updating and got the option of getting a free upgrade from windows 10 to 11 and i was...
    • no542
    • Thread
    • CMOS desktop pc secure boot tpm windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Systems
  8. J

    Question PC Doesn't turn on until I reset CMOS

    Basically, my issue is, I'll be using my pc for a few weeks/months no problems at all, no signs of something being wrong with my system in the slightest. Then randomly one day I go to power my PC up like on any other day to come and find out it won't power on. My motherboard shows signs of life...
    • joey.5
    • Thread
    • CMOS CMOS Battery Problem help motherboard
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Motherboards
  9. A

    Question PC getting into boot loop after Bios logo

    I'm using Ryzen 7 2700 along with B450 Aorus Elite motherboard. 16 Gb ram and Rtx 3060. The problem is pc getting into Boot loop after bios logo. I can access the Bios anytime but it gets reset all the time. So i cannot change and setting in Bios. I reset Cmos using the jumper snd changed Cmos...
  10. MegaProject

    Question Gigabyte b450 ds3h stuck I'm bootloop after enabling secure boot

    Hi, Been trying to install windows 10 on my m.2 SSD instead of my regular 126gb SSD. After enabling secure boot in bios, it just gets stuck in a bootloop, the motherboard doesn't even power the keyboard. Have tried to CMOS clear it but with no luck. Been running the same setup almost 2 years...
  11. A

    Question Pc seemingly randomly Boots up very long and clears CMOS.

    Hello everybody, I hope you can provide some Insight into my newfound Problem. I recently changed my Case, since my old one started to break a bit (1 fan had a broken bearing and the others certainly werent in much better shape). After said change i first had the Issue mentioned in the Title...
    • AbGe
    • Thread
    • Boot CMOS startup
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Systems
  12. Mer08

    Question Computer not starting after saving any change to BIOS settings.

    Hello. I have a QDI Kudoz 7x/400a mobo and the CMOS seems to have some issues. Whenever I change any settings (I want to change boot order) and press F10 to save, the computer resets and after the boot logo only a flashing cursor at the top left corner shows up instead of the normal Detecting...
  13. RajTheGeek

    Question Help!! No display output after upgrading GPU

    So I just upgraded from GTX 1060 to Asus RTX 2060 12 GB. As soon as I did it I played game for few mins. Everything was fine because I had enabled Vsync so that was capping at 60 fps. As soon as I disabled it to check how further it goes. After 5 mins game got crashed, closed and system got...
    • RajTheGeek
    • Thread
    • CMOS gpu upgrade no display rtx 2060 System Crash
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Systems
  14. M

    Question Intermittent Power Cycling

    Good afternoon y'all, Specs: i7-11700k ASUS PRIME Z590-A Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000 16GB MSI Ventus 2x RTX3070 WD blue NVME SSD Corsair CX750 PSU Windows 10 Recently built this computer for a friend, on build turned on XMP and UEFI compatibility mode in bios and let the remaining Asus...
    • Marshmalllowman
    • Thread
    • 11700k 16gb (2 x 8gb) ddr4 asus prime CMOS cmos failure powercycling rtx3070 windows 10
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Systems
  15. D

    Question 3080 ti black screen, fans work, does not appear in device manager

    Just purchased a new EVGA 3080 ti XC3 to replace my 2080. On boot: black screen (monitor says no input), fans and leds turn on, gpu not detected in device manager, vga light flashed on motherboard. Going back to old 2080 everything works fine. Other specs: Ryzen 7 3700x NZXT B550 motherboard...
    • Diswittlepiggy
    • Thread
    • 3080 ti black screeen CMOS DDU Drivers EVGA evga 3080ti xc3 no bios VGA
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Graphics Cards
  16. OMGSam

    Question Laptop would not start on battery (CMOS or Laptop Battery)

    If CMOS or Laptop batteries are plugged in, it wont even boot/POST. it will show its charging but wont turn on. even the power button would be off. Also, it has to be started in a specific way. I have to unplug it and wait for the charge to discharge. The plug the charge in (without switching on...
  17. lxire

    Question Is my motherboard bricked?

    I spent all day yesterday trying to update my bios. I have definitely made things worse. My motherboard is the B550 A PRO, my CPU is the Ryzen 9 5900x, the rest of my parts are here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dj4kW4 I have installed everything from the list, I am going to transfer my GPU...
    • lxire
    • Thread
    • CMOS Flash BIOS motherboard msi b550-a pro
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Motherboards
  18. Joa745

    Question My pc won't boot unless I clear the cmos (Aorus b450 elite)

    Hello everyone. I bought my pc 1 year ago, and it's been working perfectly until a few weeks ago when it started having problems. When I press the switch the fans spin but the monitor doesn't recive any signal, the rbg don't turn on either and the cpu light stays on red. Later I found out that...
    • Joa745
    • Thread
    • boot after shutdown boot black screen CMOS
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Motherboards
  19. OMGiTxREALHASSAN

    Question PC not starting.

    PC doesn't start when I press the power button, No fans nothing, not even PSU fans. I was searching online and I found out that it could be solved if I reset CMOS. But it didn't work maybe because I didn't do it correctly. There are 4-pins above where CLR-CMOS is written on my MOBO I have a...
  20. C

    Question Pressing "Clear CMOS" button leads to "inaccessible boot device" error, and eventually error 0xc00000f upon trying to boot from boot manager ?

    Out of sheer stupidity and ignorance, I managed to screw up my PC. No matter what I do, I can’t boot it. I hope I can get into Windows with my files intact because I am quite stressed right now. specs: Core I7-8700 GTX-1080 16 Gigs of RAM 500 GB Samsung SSD (which has the OS) And a DVD drive...
    • Cro55ed
    • Thread
    • 0xc00000f CMOS error 0xc00000f inaccessible boot device windows 10
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Systems
  21. sirtudor

    Discussion Windows 11 and Valorant [problem]

    Hello dear community I need some help because I feel like throwing my pc thru the windows of a 11 story building. I upgraded to windows 11 a couple of weeks ago. I had previously installed windows 10 Side note: I had problems with windows 10 , especialy the windows apps like Microsoft Store...
  22. itsparsic

    Question DELL - PC wont boot unless CMOS is reset, HELP!

    I am currently fixing up my old DELL XPS 8700 computer after a few years without using it. Long story short, pressing the power button doesn't do anything to the pc, nothing happens...sometimes. Occasionally the pc will start with a delay after hitting the power but not frequently enough not to...
    • itsparsic
    • Thread
    • bios build CMOS Dell reset strange system Wont boot
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Motherboards
  23. Coldluc83

    Question GPU acting weird and system needs to be powered on twice at startup ?

    So, this happened earlier today for the first time I pressed the start button on my computer and everything inside lit up (ram, GPU, motherboard, fans, etc) but then it all turned off. I then pressed the power button again and everything started up. Along with this, when the system actually...
    • Coldluc83
    • Thread
    • bios CMOS gpu grapchics card help power supply
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Systems
  24. H

    [SOLVED] Motherboard trying to use internal graphics instead of the discreet graphics card

    In my BIOS, I pressed an option that said "Load Optimised Defaults". Ever since, my PC has just had a black screen whenever I try to boot it up and my monitor says no signal. I tried to swap out the graphics card for another, but the same thing happened. I used the CMOS jumper and removed my...
    • Headzz06
    • Thread
    • battery bios Boot CMOS gpu Jumper motherboard
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Motherboards
  25. S

    Question GPU blinks when pressing power button but computer doesn’t start at all ?

    Yesterday I reset my pc like 7 times trying to turn on secure boot in bios to play valorant. After playing for a few hours in secure boot, I shut it down and went to bed. Now when I try pressing the power button the gpu blinks and then nothing happens at all. I’m so lost and what I should do bc...
    • slimeyyy
    • Thread
    • Boot CMOS computer gpu power system
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Systems
  26. M

    Question PC restarts instead of waking up once a month

    TL;DR: Sometimes my PC restarts 2 times instead of waking up, at first there's no display output, then there is, then it restarts one more time. The time in Windows is wrong and there's nothing in event viewer. My PC also sometimes restarts by itself (Machine Check Exception; Cache Hierarchy...
    • Majououo
    • Thread
    • amd bios cache hierarchy error CMOS Error hardware machine check exception power problem reboot ryzen sleep time windows 10
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Systems
  27. Phantom300

    [SOLVED] ASUS BIOS settings not saving, even with a different CMOS battery?

    Hi! I've been having problems with my current machine for quite a while now, got it from a relative back in November. The BIOS settings keep getting cleared everytime I cut power from it (unplug it from an outlet). I've replaced the CMOS but to no avail. I've also flashed the BIOS to the latest...
  28. C

    Question [LAPTOP] CMOS Checksum error after PC is OFF overnight

    Hello everyone I am new to this forum. I have an HP-Laptop 17-by1036nr. I recently opened it up to change the battery and a ram stick. I also replaced the cooling paste for the CPU. Since then, I have been having CMOS checksum errors. CMOS errors only show up when I try to turn on the computer...
    • cabzx
    • Thread
    • CMOS CMOS Battery Problem laptop
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Motherboards
  29. A

    [SOLVED] Really messed this one up! Can't use keyboard/mouse - BIOS problems

    I have been really messing around with an older computer because I am trying to do a dual boot raid 0 with ubuntu/windows 10. I messed it up so much I should be proud of myself but I am just crying. I installed windows on the raid 0 drive and then to get the ubuntu installation to work I changed...
    • AdamHFF
    • Thread
    • CMOS Dual Boot System no usb mouse ad keyboard raid 0
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Motherboards
  30. venybzz

    Question Pc won't start on CMOS normal position

    Hey all, So, this my drama! I have an old pc laying some years and I decided to fix it as I currently don't have another pc. The problem with it was the hard drive as it was dead, so I bought an SSD Kingston. Install it and tried to install windows from a usb but the pc couldn't recognise the...
  31. J

    Question I cannot get past my bios splash screen

    Hey everyone, Last night my computer turned off normally. I’ve not had any issues with it, at least of this magnitude I run windows 11 My mobo is an ASROCK b450m-hdv CPU a Ryzen 3600 GPU Radeon 6700xt I get stuck on the “ASROCK” splash screen. It stops it from going any further. I have the...
  32. B

    Question No post after doing something with Platform Key

    To play Valorant it required me to turn on secure boot and TPM 2.0, which I've done in the past. Ever since I got a NVME I haven't been able to enable secure boot. So, as a way to remedy that I thought I should do something with Platform Keys, something I shouldn't mess with. After that I get...
  33. noobandstupid

    [SOLVED] No HDMI signal on boot , uEFI utility and Window recovery mode

    Motherboard: Asrock B560 pro4 GPU: AMD RX 580 CPU: Intel i7 10700F Recently, I entered the uEFI utility settings(F2). Then I turned on the Ultra Fastboot option ,now There is no HDMI signal on boot animation, uEFI utility and windows recovery. Tried to reset the CMOS tho shorted the CLRMOS1 pin...
  34. Formabd9

    Question Very first boot takes too long and CMOS date and time is wrong, after restart everything is fine - Windows 7 Ultimate

    The very first time I turn on my pc on a day it takes about 10-15 minutes (during which pc fans run normally, hard drive activity light is off, monitor is on, monitor power light blinks constantly and it doesn't display anything) to get to Bios post screen in which I get displayed that CMOS...
    • Formabd9
    • Thread
    • CMOS no video slow boot time windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows 7
  35. Z

    [SOLVED] Where is the cmos reset on this mb?

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09GLBZYSV/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I can’t find the cmos reset on this mb
  36. jazuk

    Question No display after BIOS update.

    So I downloaded a BIOS update through the official ASUS website, flashed it, it said the flash is successful and the PC will now reset, and the screen went black and since it hasn't shown any signal on my display. All of the fans are on, all of the lights and peripherals are on too, I tried...
    • jazuk
    • Thread
    • bios Boot CMOS cmos battery cpu motherboard no display no display after bios system update
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Systems
  37. wobbleidz

    [SOLVED] Unable to get into bios settings on MSI MAG Tomahawk Z690 WIFI DDR4

    Hi, I just build up my new system and I can't seem to be able to get into the bios settings. I've tried resetting CMOS, tried only keyboard in USB, tried holding SHIFT while powering off (so I could reboot straight into bios), tried hitting delete (what the manual tells me to do), tried all...
    • wobbleidz
    • Thread
    • bios bios post Boot Booting CMOS motherboard post
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Motherboards
  38. Speedhemi10

    Question PC Will only boot to BIOS

    Hey so I’ve had this computer for about 3-4 years now and I’ve never had any issues with it, I have had windows 10 the entire time. And I was playing League of Legends with some friends the other day and when I went to leave the game everything I had open went to not responding, I didn’t think...
  39. ItsNightFall

    [SOLVED] Bios settings doesn't save.

    Pc sepc: Msi B450 A PRO MAX Ryzen 5 PRO 4650g 1 * 8 XPG Hunter 3200Mhz Bios: msi click bios 5 My ram was running on 2667Mhz so i enabled XMP. Then my PC turned On and Off twice before booting with default bios settings. (With ram still at 2667Mhz). I also tried testing other bios settings...
  40. K

    Question PC boots to UEFI after being unplugged for hours

    Hello there. Recently I've moved house, the first time I turned my PC on it booted to UEFI. So I setup some of my custom settings as they had been lost and continued. After shut down I switch the power off from the outlet (this is every day). The next day I turn the PC back on it boots back to...
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