CMOS

Hello everyone, today I upgraded from a ryzen 5 1600 cpu to ryzen 5 3600 on my MSI B350 motherboard and now when I turn on my pc everything lights up all fans spin but I don't get any display and none of my usb connections work. I tried doing a CMOS reset by taking the battery out of my...

So, the main problem is, when I updated the BIOS via mflash, it installed 100%, then it rebooted and got into a loop of trying automatic repair. After 6 rounds of trying that, I got the blue screen that says automatic repair failed. I don't really know what happened, it looked like it updated...

So I've built my first pc and everything was going fine, I was able to install windows and everything. But I realized I installed the windows home instead of windows pro Since I have the key for windows pro I tried to install that version of windows but when I was seeing my boot priority in...

hey so as i said everytime i wanna turn on my pc i have to unplug cmos battery and plug it again otherwise its gonna shut down after 2 seconds

I was recently adding new parts to an old computer when I was trying to connect the wifi chip (AC8265) to the motherboard (b36h4-ad) but was silly enough to attempt to plug it into a SATA power cable whilst powered on. The computer didn't work after however It attempted to load the computer and...

Hello I have had this GTX 970 for nearly 4 years and in the last year occasionally it will just say "no video input" and I had to do really random things like remove the cmos, swap ram around etc. But since a few days ago I have been unable to fix it, nothing I normally do is working. I saw...

I tried to reset BIOS settings with removing cmos and putting in back in. after I did this and tried to power up, pc started and stopped immediately, I tried unplugging everything and resettings CMOS again but nothing helps. It just starts and stops after a second. Motherboard Model: P8H61 –...

I'm building a pc using a bunch of older components I've had laying around and now that everything is put together, I can't get windows to install. I have the flash drive selected as the boot (afaik, the bios is old and simple) but every time I try booting it the black screen says "loading...

I Installed new ram the other day now my pc turns on but doesn't come up the MB logo and then screen goes black. I have tested the ram in other pc it works. I've took it out and run with just old stick but doesn't work now. All the fans come on etc just the LED on the MB indicates boot failed or...

As title states, I just got this HP Omen 30L almost a month ago (Model#: 2H4A2AV) And I just added some extra RAM, and you have to do a workaround with XTU and the Omen software in order for it to let you overclock. I had done it before and it worked fine, however this time I accidentally...

Hello, Starting a few days ago, whenever my pc has been unplugged from power for a while and i start it, it then starts for a brief second, and then restarts and i get to the American Megatrends screen where it says: Please enter setup to recover BIOS setting. After setting up Intel(R) Optane...

Hello, So here are my specs i9-10900kf rtx 3080 colorful z490 vulcan x 20 colorful 32gb ram gamemax 1050w psu When I go to bios and change EIST ( Intel SpeedStep ) to off, Overclocking doesn't work anymore for some reason, I'm able to change the core clock in bios but when I do nothing happens...

Hey all! I bought a second-hand GTX 1080 ti the day before yesterday. I Installed it and also changed the thermal paste to my CPU at the same time. However, the computer wouldn't turn on. Tried putting back my old GPU, wouldn't turn on with that either. The only way I can get my computer to...

I have: ROG Strix GA35 I changed something in bios and now there is no display. Lights on, fan on, no beeps, solid orange on mother board plus the dancing lights dance. No display from the onboard either. I've tried hitting del etc even though there's no visible prompt to do so. I'd like to...

I am a lazy person and I don't want to lose my BIOS settings. I want to learn how much time does the BIOS settings stand without a CMOS battery. Will they be reseted if I change the battery fast enough?

Can I switch my 3V Lithium CR2032 CMOS Battery with a 3V Lithium C2025 Wrist Watch Battery? I have a wrist watch with a 3V CR2025 Lithium Battery in it. And my (dead) CMOS battery on my motherboard is a 3V Lithium CR2032. Can I replace my CMOS battery with my wrist watch's battery?

On Christmas I received a 32GB G.Skill Trident Z 3600mhz RGB Ram, swapped out some HyperX Fury 2933mhz 16GB ram. The ram kept crashing my computer and freezing up whilst playing games such as GTA V, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, and even small games such as Minecraft. - I knew that wasn't a...

I'm using my laptop for more than 2 years now. My laptop came with 128GB ssd and 1TB HDD. 128GB ssd was too low for me , so recently decide to change it to 500GB SSD. 1st attched photo was my Previous SSD and 2nd one is the new one. After removing the old and intslled my new SSD, I went back to...

I built a new build for a friend that was working perfectly fine for a few days until I got to factory resetting it to give it away. I7 9700kf intel Cooler master 240mm aio Gtx 1060 6gb asus strix 16gb 3200mhz g skill Ballistix 250gb samsung evo 840 2tb Seagate hdd 16gb intel optane memory...

Hi, so currently i play valorant and I'm having an fps problem, before i had to clear my cmos my fps in valorant would hover around in the 150-250 fps mark and after clearing my cmos it's dropped to 80-150 fps. I had to clear cmos because i accidentally applied "Game Mode" in Ryzen master and...

My second ram slot doesn't seem to work. When I have a RAM stick in it it starts, boots Windows up, then when I start to play a game, or do something, I get a bsod, or just a blank deep blue screen or it just freezes entirely. After that I have to manually power it down, by pressing the power...

Hi All, Due to some instability issues like failure in prime95 tests and random freeze reboots in my pc build which was working fine for the past 1 year, I decided to rule out my RAM by doing a Memtest. I tested them together passed Memtest86 and HCI Memtest with no issues. Then I tested one...

My PC is working fine until I remove power cord from wall socket. If power is disconnected then pc does not boot all fans will be spinning but no signal on monitor and when I reset CMOS it will start normally after bios reset. Please help what can be resolve the issue.

Hello, I have an ancient Sony Vaio laptop (PCG-7Y2L) that refuses to post. It doesn’t have a battery and nor do I intend to spend 115$ on eBay for a new battery. No, 115$ is not a typo. However, I’m afraid the lack of battery might be why it’s not posting. All that happens when I hit the power...

Hi, up until yesterday I was perfectly fine with my system (listed below) doing stuff as always. While I was playing a game system just shut down completely no sign of life even on/off button led on mobo (which stays lit while the system is turned off) was gone. I tried to restart nothing...

Hi everyone. Sorry if i make some errors writing but english is not my mother tongue. i bought a lenovo legion t530-28icb used on the internet with only the motherboard , i5 8400 and a stick of ram 8gb 2666 ramaxel. bought a new psu Antec 600w and a new fan for the cpu And the computer was...

Hi. So I updated my BIOS of my Gigabyte Gaming 3 MOBO. I updated it through the app center (Gigabyte's App). Then when I restarted my PC, the screen just stuck at the booting logo. I can't even enter BIOS. I keep pressing F12 to open the Boot Menu but nothing happens. Other keys are not working...

Got myself an ASUS ROG G20AJ with Windows 10. A while back it stopped booting, the cpu fans would start and instantly stop. A friend of mine suggested that sometimes, when he was cleaning his components, he had to reset the BIOS battery, so he came over, we opened it all up and did that it...

Hi, I'm using ASUS m4a88t-m motherboard. While I was cleaning the CPU, I removed the CMOS battery and then I re-plugged it in. After that my pc was not booting. Only CPU fan runs, but no display on monitor and no power for keyboard and mouse. As I surfed google, it seems that pc can start...

Hello! Whenever I start up my computer, the settings under CSM (Compatibility Support Module) under my BIOS keep resetting back to "Legacy Only" even though I manually set CSM to be disabled. View: https://imgur.com/CJjIp61 I replaced the CMOS battery that came with the motherboard with a...

I have an Alienware Aurora R7 I was trying to fix an issue with my NVIDIA control panel not recognizing my GTX 1080. So while messing around (like an idiot) I disabled the Intel Driver instead of the GTX 1080 driver. Instantly my screen went black, and an orange light is on instead of blue on...

Hi all, I have an MSI mag z390 tomahawk motherboard. I swapped out my hyperx fury 2x8GB RAM with some Patriot Viper steel 2x8GB 4400Mhz RAM and my screens are showing that there is no signal, and my keyboard isn’t lighting up. I have tried moving the RAM into different slots, removing the...

I just wanted to check if my CPU is overclocked or not, when i checked it's not OC'ed. And when i wants to exit from bios, suddenly my monitor is black and i checked my motherboard. The EZ LED CPU Debug is on. I've tried to reset CMOS and it worked, the PC can boot now and everything is great...

So I went into BIOS to turn the RGB to off, and enable XMP profiles, and when I saved the changes and tried to launch into windows, there was no output. So after a while I removed the battery and waited 10 min, and then replaced it. And it cleared CMOS like it’s supposed to do, but when I got...

Hi !! I have a pc, core i5 3rd gen with intel desktop board. It sticks on motherboards logo. I did each and every technique like i take it out ram(s) cleaned them and then inserted, I took out CPU cleaned it and then inserted, I change harddisk, I changed jumper location, I removed CMOS...

I suddenly had this error. As you can see the error seems to be within the CMOS. The issue is that i cant interact with the computer, pressing F1 or F2 does nothing. Restarting the computer takes me directly to this screen. I cant enter the BIOS to change de Date/Time from start up or from this...

I was working on repairing my Grandparent's 7 year old Toshiba Satellite laptop so that we could give it to my young cousin. I got the repairs finished when it came time to replace the CMOS battery as it was getting old. I removed the battery and put it back in after some time. I then attempted...

I have just tried replacing the CMOS battery of an Acer One 14 Z1402 only to discover... there is no CMOS battery! There is in the Z1401 and thus I was fooled when looking online! The owner of the laptop is weighing up the option of getting a new laptop but her savings are limited. So she...

I got a aorus b450 pro with a ryzen 7 3700X and 16gb of corsair vengeance ram. Its been a week that my pc keeps posting super slow and the status leds on the mobo are switching back and forth between cpu and dram before going to the gpu led and then booting the system. This process is kinda...

Hi guys, My name is Mark and i got a big problem with booting my pc: There is my pc specs MSI B75MA-P45 ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 TURBO-GTX1060-6G Intel® Core™ i5-3450 Processor RAM 16 GB 400 W PSU I got this PC 2 years and back days it works normally So i tried everything, i clear Cmos jumper i...