- Jul 29, 2020
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First of all, I'd like to state that I'm not sure whether or not I am in the right forum.
I have a ROG G20AJ
Bios Version 0703 x64
Windows 10
Around 3 years of use.
A while ago, my pc would turn on but the CPU fans would instantly stop and I wouldn't be able to interact with anything at all, just an infinite loop of turning the monitor on and off. A friend of mine said it would happen with him whenever he disconnected the gpu or some other components for cleaning and that finding the CMOS battery and resetting the BIOS would usually solve it, so we did that and it worked.
Two days ago, my PC wouldn't turn on again, but I could access the BIOS, but my SSD (where I had my windows installed) wouldn't be an option in the boot options, even though it was recognized. After clicking directly on it, instead of really choosing it as an option, it would turn black and come back to the same interface, showing me that it wasn't being able to boot from there.
I took it apart, reset the battery, and came back in. This time I don't remember if I even got to see the BIOS interface, but it got to a point where I couldn't even see the image pop-up of the "Press F1 to enter the BIOS setup" and could only see an image for a fraction of a second which said "Press CTRL + I to enter configuration" and it turned out to be the Intel Rapid Storage Technology. In another post, someone told me to still smash the F1, even though the image didn't pop-up, and it did work and I was able to reach the BIOS interface.
I downloaded an image of Windows into a flash drive in hopes of formatting the whole thing. I had done this before and I knew how to do it and what I didn't know I searched for. In previous formats, I had to mess with the command prompt before starting the Windows setup. This time I had to do it, but for a new reason, I had to change my SSD out of GPT format (or into, one of them). Nevertheless, I was able to format both my SSD and HDD and start the installation of Windows 10, but, at some point, it needed to restart, which it did, but when it turned back on it didn't go into the windows setup interface, instead it entered the same infinite loop of turning my monitor on and off and in which I could never get into the BIOS interface, no matter how hard and for how long I tried smashing the F1 button.
So I decided I was gonna reset the battery again and try to mess a bit more with the boot priorities and so on.
So I did that and I got into the BIOS (I always can get into the BIOS the first time I boot the PC) and my flashdrive (where the image of windows is) had two options, both in the "Boot priorities" and in the "Manual boot option", one that read "UEFI (FAT) USB DISK 2.0" and one that just read " USB DISK 2.0" (yeah, it did have a "space" before the name), so I wasn't really sure which one it is, so I figured that if I put one over the other and disabled the other boot priority options it would try one and if it didn't work it'd try the other one. FYI, I put the one that said UEFI over the one that didn't. Then, as my experience with this BIOS, I had two options, either "Save and reset" or click on one of the manual options for booting. As I didn't really know which one to pick I figured I should let the boot priorities try both, so I saved and resetted, which restarted the computer but, lo and behold, it entered the same infinite loop of turning the monitor on and off and I can't reach the BIOS software no matter how hard and for how long I press the F1 key.
I even try and restart the PC, but once I get into this loop where I can't access the BIOS, I reach the conclusion only resetting the battery manually gives me the oportunity to try a different solution. Thing is, I've taken my PC apart like 4 times the last few days. And this is a factory build. Trust me, messing around with it sucks! I have to take basically everything out apart from my HDD.
Like, I usually don't get many answers, so I'll probably take it apart and try a different solution tomorrow, but I'll keep my wishful thinking that I'll get some kind of idea from one of you guys. If that's the case I'll be immensely appreciative.
Thank you very much,
Pedro
P.S. As I was unsure of where to post this, I figured guys who understand about motherboards and BIOS software will help me better than guys who understand Windows, as I think this is more of a BIOS problem than it is of Windows. I think.
Also, realistically, could it really be a problem with the CMOS Battery? I was under the impression it would most likely outlive my pc as a whole.
Also, this probably doesn't matter, but how can I know, from my BIOS interface or somewhere other than windows, if I'm running on Legacy BIOS or UEFI?
I have a ROG G20AJ
Bios Version 0703 x64
Windows 10
Around 3 years of use.
A while ago, my pc would turn on but the CPU fans would instantly stop and I wouldn't be able to interact with anything at all, just an infinite loop of turning the monitor on and off. A friend of mine said it would happen with him whenever he disconnected the gpu or some other components for cleaning and that finding the CMOS battery and resetting the BIOS would usually solve it, so we did that and it worked.
Two days ago, my PC wouldn't turn on again, but I could access the BIOS, but my SSD (where I had my windows installed) wouldn't be an option in the boot options, even though it was recognized. After clicking directly on it, instead of really choosing it as an option, it would turn black and come back to the same interface, showing me that it wasn't being able to boot from there.
I took it apart, reset the battery, and came back in. This time I don't remember if I even got to see the BIOS interface, but it got to a point where I couldn't even see the image pop-up of the "Press F1 to enter the BIOS setup" and could only see an image for a fraction of a second which said "Press CTRL + I to enter configuration" and it turned out to be the Intel Rapid Storage Technology. In another post, someone told me to still smash the F1, even though the image didn't pop-up, and it did work and I was able to reach the BIOS interface.
I downloaded an image of Windows into a flash drive in hopes of formatting the whole thing. I had done this before and I knew how to do it and what I didn't know I searched for. In previous formats, I had to mess with the command prompt before starting the Windows setup. This time I had to do it, but for a new reason, I had to change my SSD out of GPT format (or into, one of them). Nevertheless, I was able to format both my SSD and HDD and start the installation of Windows 10, but, at some point, it needed to restart, which it did, but when it turned back on it didn't go into the windows setup interface, instead it entered the same infinite loop of turning my monitor on and off and in which I could never get into the BIOS interface, no matter how hard and for how long I tried smashing the F1 button.
So I decided I was gonna reset the battery again and try to mess a bit more with the boot priorities and so on.
So I did that and I got into the BIOS (I always can get into the BIOS the first time I boot the PC) and my flashdrive (where the image of windows is) had two options, both in the "Boot priorities" and in the "Manual boot option", one that read "UEFI (FAT) USB DISK 2.0" and one that just read " USB DISK 2.0" (yeah, it did have a "space" before the name), so I wasn't really sure which one it is, so I figured that if I put one over the other and disabled the other boot priority options it would try one and if it didn't work it'd try the other one. FYI, I put the one that said UEFI over the one that didn't. Then, as my experience with this BIOS, I had two options, either "Save and reset" or click on one of the manual options for booting. As I didn't really know which one to pick I figured I should let the boot priorities try both, so I saved and resetted, which restarted the computer but, lo and behold, it entered the same infinite loop of turning the monitor on and off and I can't reach the BIOS software no matter how hard and for how long I press the F1 key.
I even try and restart the PC, but once I get into this loop where I can't access the BIOS, I reach the conclusion only resetting the battery manually gives me the oportunity to try a different solution. Thing is, I've taken my PC apart like 4 times the last few days. And this is a factory build. Trust me, messing around with it sucks! I have to take basically everything out apart from my HDD.
Like, I usually don't get many answers, so I'll probably take it apart and try a different solution tomorrow, but I'll keep my wishful thinking that I'll get some kind of idea from one of you guys. If that's the case I'll be immensely appreciative.
Thank you very much,
Pedro
P.S. As I was unsure of where to post this, I figured guys who understand about motherboards and BIOS software will help me better than guys who understand Windows, as I think this is more of a BIOS problem than it is of Windows. I think.
Also, realistically, could it really be a problem with the CMOS Battery? I was under the impression it would most likely outlive my pc as a whole.
Also, this probably doesn't matter, but how can I know, from my BIOS interface or somewhere other than windows, if I'm running on Legacy BIOS or UEFI?
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