CMOS

I ran a UserBenchmark and discovered that apparently my RAM is "Performing below potential" and that I need to "ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled". For whatever reason, my BIOS is one of those older CMOS menus, with the solid blue backgrounds. I searched through it fairly...

Hey everyone, So firstly, I thought I was pretty good with computers... until this came along. That is why I am reaching out :) I've put together a build: -Ryzen 5 3600 -Gigabyte Arous B450 I Pro WIFI (Ryzen 3000 compatible sticker on box) -Corsair SF450 Platinum -Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4...

I built a PC for a friends mother. I am having a strange problem now, and here is how it went. Specs - Ryzen 5 3600 Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo 2x8 3600MHz Corsair Vengeance Asus Prime B450M-A/CSM EVGA 550W non-modular PSU 500GB WD 2.5 SSD AMD HD 5450/GTX 1660 Super (explained later) All of the...

I've cleaned my PC before but not this thoroughly. It all started with me dusting it. I took out GPU to dust it separately. And later decided to take off heat sink in order to dust the cooler since there was a tone of dust there. After dusting it thoroughly I put the heat sink back on and then...

Hello again. So to kick things of i went to buy new RAM sticks (2x8gb) with the supported MHz rate. Now when I installed them with my other 8gb stick my monitor won’t display HDMI or Displayport. Also EZ DEBUG LED CPU is on. What I’ve tried: All dimma slots with all RAM sticks, CMOS reset, basic...

I don't know the exact forum on which I should post this issue I have an old laptop (goes back to 11 years ago), I have encountered only a few issues with it along the way, nothing unusual, until a few weeks back. The second I turn on my laptop, there is this "CMOS" error code popping up ...

HI, I'm having a problem booting my computer now. I was setting up my second/old gaming PC to use as a small home server. I was trying to install Ubuntu on it. During the entire installation process the computer was INCREDIBLY laggy. Most menus would take 3 seconds to load. So I figure step 1...

Hi, i have an A320m pro-max, and when i tried to update the bios, it loaded to 100% and then the pc restared. The pc gets power, i can charge my phone when i connect the cable to the pc, but when i turn on the pc it gets blackscreen and nothing happens. The motherboard ports doesn't detect...

Hello. My pc is like 2 years old now. I bought 3200mhz ram and tried enabling the xmp profile #2 which makes it run at it's advertised speed. I've had it running stable for several days with gaming on profile #1 which sets it to 3000mhz. After enabling profile #2 pc didn't even boot into...

I am having issues with my motherboard being in a boot loop and not being able to access BIOS. Every time I have started it, it will run for anywhere from 1 second to 3 minutes until it reboots again. Also, the debug LED turns on for a split second before shutting off, and I can't get the...

Hi guys. So about an hour ago I was gaming, and all of a sudden, a dark green screen with horizontal lines just appeared and at that point, I couldn't do anything. I had tried alt+f4, ctrl+alt+f4, alt+tab and also win+d before realising that the only thing left is to try to shut it off or...

Hello fine citizens of tom's Hardware! After rereading my mobo manual several times, 50+ articles/threads later, I've finally come to you all...defeated...in hopes for any ray of light. System: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB...

I just installed new mobo and cpu so i was wondering if i need to reset my cmos for these kinda changes? old mobo and cpu: Msi b150m bazooka I5-7400 new mobo and cpu: Ryzen 5 2600 AsRock b450m pro4 mATX

Ok, so this is a bit of a doozy, see this has been plaguing my pc for a year now and I have tried pretty much every conventional solution I could find on the interwebs. My time keeps being moved forwards by 2 hours, sometimes by 4, immediately, no this is not time zones messing up before it used...

I just bought an RTX 2060s and looked up how to install it. So I uninstalled my current 1060 drivers, restarted and everything works without the drivers. So I downloaded DDU for a full driver reset so I can install the 2060 clean and before I did anything I booted my PC up into Safe Mode through...

Alright, settle in for this. CPU: ryzen 5 3600 MOBO: B450 Tomahawk (not max version) RAM: g.skill 16GB DDR4 3600 Storage: M.2 1TB SSD GPU: GIGABYTE Radeon RX 5700 XT PSU: corsair 650 80+ gold OS: Windows 10 Ok, I'm building my own PC and all the parts came in and I put everything together and...

Hi everyone, The thing is my PC was running normally at night, but the next morning when I turned it on, it began with a boot loop. The CPU cooler fan and the GPU fans started to spin for just 2 seconds, then the PC turned off and tried to start again, doing the same, getting in a boot loop...

Hi all, PC specs: Intel i5-4690K ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Mobo MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB G.skills X Series 8GB RAM (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Samsung 840 EVO SSD Seagate Barracuda HDD After transporting and doing maintenance on my rig it seems to be throwing an A2 error. All I did was clean...

Hi everyone, My PC has been working fine for months since i got it, but when i restarted it yesterday the bios was suddenly (partially) reset. Time and date was OK but custom RAM settings where changed. I set the bios to my preferences again and tried to replicate the problem -> first reboot...

So long story short after meddling around in BIOS trying to fix one part of the PC the CPU fan won't stay on longer than a few minutes, almost always just a few seconds at the most. I have tried resetting BIOS, pulling the CMOS battery while the PC wasn't plugged in, cleaning the fan, and tried...

So I cloned Windows from a 120Gb SSD onto a 480Gb SSD. I accidentally converted the 480 to a dynamic disk. Now I can't boot from either one and my BIOS take ages to show up. (POST-Screen gets shown for like 20-30 seconds) I have a WIN10 install disk, I can boot to it if I have my 120Gb SSD in...

I bought an old server board from eBay because it had a few features I was interested in. The motherboard is an Arbor Technology MB-i67Q0 board, and the manual is available online at https://www.arbor-technology.com/gl/Product/Pro/Model/MB-i67Q0_1/Download. I tried booting into the BIOS so I...

My motherboard is giving me major issues as of recently. BIOS configurations keep resetting, and it won’t power off unless I switch my PSU off. This all started after I installed a LED strip kit. I got them mounted in my case, and plugged them into the RGB Fusion header as instructed. Powered...

So I ordered a Ryzen 5 2600 from Amazon about a week ago which arrived today. I did all the steps of installing the cpu well and booted up my pc. (It didn't work) It powers up and the fans start spinning but it won't start up, just a black screen and a 'no Input' message popping up. i tried...

I have a system that I was gifted from a neighbor that has been giving me some trouble. The original system was; Asus m5a99x R.2, a fx 8350, 12gb of ram, and a gt 610. In this configuration the system booted fine (unless one of the tpu/epu switches was in the wrong spot) I could get into the...

Not sure if this is the right sub. I'm going to buy a new motherboard and processor and re-connect all of my other hardware. I'm not confident this will work because the new, blank CMOS will not recognize my SSD, but in theory, it should just boot right? Because the SSD will still have...

Hi so i have been trying to change my ram timings and such because i have amd, but then i do so such as turning the xmp profile the bios or cmos will crash to blackscreen and won't show anything after restart. I have to reset the cmos with the pins on the motherboard. Sry if everything isn't...

Hi and good day! Maybe it's a good time to buy ASUS stocks. I disassembled a 2014 ASUS laptop, model A555LP to try reset the CMOS because the turd can not even boot to BIOS menu (screen is dark but HDD spins) after I set some BIOS parameters. Funny thing is I can't find a battery. I know...

I have an HP Probook 640 laptop which I got from my school (the computer belongs to the school while you go there, but you pay a fee each year and when you're finished it's yours). The computer gets wiped as they give you administrator rights. I've used it for studying ever since, and today I...

Hi, I'm having a problem with my desktop computer. Motherboard Intel DX58S0, CPU Intel i7 930, 4 x 2 GB DDR3 (1333 MHz) I turn it on but whenever I turn it off, I discovered that I had to take off the cell or battery (the silver circle one) and put it on again for the computer to turn on. I...

I was tinkering with the bios settings and especially os defaults. It was set to Win 7 (I am using Ubuntu 18.04) and I changed it to manual alongside the fast, and secure boot options, that I changed to enable. I saw a text with 'VGA' on it in the settings after I changed to manual, but didn't...

My computer recently received a windows blue screen that restarts in a loop. The stop code is Session 1 Initialization failure, I tried all the troubleshoot options including entering various commands through command prompt but to no avail. Therefore, I decided to reinstall Windows 10 iso...

Hello all, First of all my system specs: Mobo: Asus Z170 Deluxe CPU: i7 6700K Bootloader: Clover PSU: Corsair RM750 OS: Separate SSD dual-boot MacOS Sierra & Windows 7 Ultimate (64bit) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 512GB(MacOS) & 256GB (Win7) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport PC4-21300 (4x8GB) GFX: 1080 Ti...

A couple hours ago I updated my bios because i was experiencing blue screens and bios was the last possible cause. Before updating it when i pressed the on button my keyboard and mouse lighted up and the screen displayed asrock, then windows would come up. After updating, all fans are spinning...

I can't get past the BIOS load menu. My PC won't recognize any USB or PS/2 keyboard until the PC is fully booted to Windows login screen. I reset CMOS and PC is stuck in the menu where you choose whether to load with default BIOS settings or choose settings yourself and i can't choose anything...

Hello all! I usually search around here and find solutions to my own problems. This time I have a problem I cannot figure out. My personal custom PC I built had a hiccup today. I went to turn it on just like any other day and when I pressed the case power switch all of the lights lit up as...

Hi, i recently moved to another country and i had my PC shipped here. I powered on my PC and noticed that the fans and leds are working but i cannot get into BIOS. As far as peripherals, my led mouse turns on for about a second before it dies. Also the ethernet port does not seems to be getting...

Hi there, I've been having an issue in the last week with a new system that I built less than a year ago. The new build consisted of all new components which you can find the specs below. Any help or suggestions would be awesome as I'm at a complete loss as to what the cause is. TLDR...

Hello all, i just built my first pc - spec: intel i7-9700k Asus z390e 2x16gb G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2TB 850 evo MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 2080 Super Corsair R850x Corsair H100i pro Windows 10 pro 64-bit (All components new out of box) -but am running into a problem within the first couple hours...

Hello everyone, Occasionally my BIOS would not be accesible and i have fixed this several times with a CMOS reset. Now, even after CMOS reset, system gets stuck on a white dash tickling with the mouse of the BIOS present and usable. I have tried: Battery off for 8 hours CMOS reset with...