- Feb 12, 2015
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Built current PC in 2015, worked fine until recently when issue began where it won’t boot normally.
Except for XMP profile on RAM dimms, there are no other overclocks and Motherboard is up F7 bios version which is last one Gigabyte published in 2015. Windows 10 was up to date at the time of issue.
Case : Fractal Design Define R5 with 3x Fractal Design Dynamic GP-14 fan @ 1000 RPM (2 intake, 1 exhaust)
MB : Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0)
CPU : Intel CORE i5 4690K 3.5GHz
Cooler : Cooler Master 212 Hyper Evo
RAM : Crucial Ballistix Tactical LP 16GB (2X8) [DDR3L 1600MHz 8-8-8-24 1.35V]
GPU : ASUS Strix 97O GTX 4GB DirectCU II
SSD : Crucial MX500 1TB [replaced 256GB MX100]
HDD : Segate Barracuda 2TB
PSU : Antec Edge 650W 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular
Media : ASUS DRW-24F1ST
On the first day, the PC would power on, system lights came on and fans were running, but no display as the monitor could detect no feed. I restart the PC and it would post, load windows and work normally. I had noticed in the past, that sometimes if I left the computer for a while and it went to sleep, if I interacted with it, something similar would happen [light and fans, no display] where I would have to either restart the PC or the PC would shut itself down after a few seconds. But would work normally afterwards.
The next day, the same issue happened again and when rebooting PC, received error about BIOS not loading correctly, and presented options to enter bios or load optimised defaults. I loaded the defaults and the PC passed BIOS and loaded Windows.
On the third day, same issue again with same workaround. I wanted to test this further as I noticed the previous days that restarting the PC did not affect it, but shutting down and then starting the PC brought the problem on. So, I shut the PC down and turned it back on with the usual system lights and fans working but no display. However, this time the attached keyboard and mouse which have lights on them began to flicker and then stopped. After this, I tried several times, but the PC would not start correctly.
A few days later when I had the time, I disconnected all the cables and outside attachments, opened the PC and detached the GPU, SSDs, HDDs and media drive, leaving only the CPU, RAM and PSU installed.
I used plain non-RGB keyboard and mouse for testing, although the RGB keyboard and mouse are still functional when plugged into a laptop.
I powered on the PC and could see the lights [motherboard and case] and fans [CPU cooler and case] all start working, but nothing displayed on the screen using the motherboard HDMI connection.
I tried the following with power offs and on between:
+Clear cmos by shorting motherboard pins with screwdriver
+Replaced CMOS battery
+Reseated RAM modules
After some of these actions, when I powered on the PC, the monitor received a signal and would display the screen that the BIOS did not load properly, presenting options to
+Load optimised defaults and reboot
+Enter bios
Trying either options would eventually get me to the screen that no boot drive could be detected and restart and present the above options again.
I did notice in the BIOS that all the installed RAM dimms were recognised and the correct size was read.
If I shut the PC down and powered it on again, nothing would display again, and I would have to again clear the cmos, remove the battery or reseat a Ram Dimm to get the BIOS options to appear on the next power, but was not guaranteed.
Afterwards, I tried with the GPU and SSD installed and no luck, so I stopped testing at that time.
Additionally, I think I had to have the keyboard and mouse disconnected from the PC for the System to get to the BIOS screen and then reconnect them to continue interacting with the BIOS screen.
I don't have spare parts to try any further testing, and I don’t know anybody with spare parts or who would be willing to lend their working parts for testing. So, I would have to buy in parts for testing for example PSU, Ram or Motherboard.
Also due to the age of my PC, getting a replacement motherboard could be expensive and risky due to used\refurbished units that in some cases sell for nearly the same price as my motherboard originally cost.
Does anyone have further suggestions to try troubleshooting this issue?
Or Is it worthwhile trying to get parts to try resolve this issue, or look to upgrade instead to newer parts?
Except for XMP profile on RAM dimms, there are no other overclocks and Motherboard is up F7 bios version which is last one Gigabyte published in 2015. Windows 10 was up to date at the time of issue.
Case : Fractal Design Define R5 with 3x Fractal Design Dynamic GP-14 fan @ 1000 RPM (2 intake, 1 exhaust)
MB : Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0)
CPU : Intel CORE i5 4690K 3.5GHz
Cooler : Cooler Master 212 Hyper Evo
RAM : Crucial Ballistix Tactical LP 16GB (2X8) [DDR3L 1600MHz 8-8-8-24 1.35V]
GPU : ASUS Strix 97O GTX 4GB DirectCU II
SSD : Crucial MX500 1TB [replaced 256GB MX100]
HDD : Segate Barracuda 2TB
PSU : Antec Edge 650W 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular
Media : ASUS DRW-24F1ST
On the first day, the PC would power on, system lights came on and fans were running, but no display as the monitor could detect no feed. I restart the PC and it would post, load windows and work normally. I had noticed in the past, that sometimes if I left the computer for a while and it went to sleep, if I interacted with it, something similar would happen [light and fans, no display] where I would have to either restart the PC or the PC would shut itself down after a few seconds. But would work normally afterwards.
The next day, the same issue happened again and when rebooting PC, received error about BIOS not loading correctly, and presented options to enter bios or load optimised defaults. I loaded the defaults and the PC passed BIOS and loaded Windows.
On the third day, same issue again with same workaround. I wanted to test this further as I noticed the previous days that restarting the PC did not affect it, but shutting down and then starting the PC brought the problem on. So, I shut the PC down and turned it back on with the usual system lights and fans working but no display. However, this time the attached keyboard and mouse which have lights on them began to flicker and then stopped. After this, I tried several times, but the PC would not start correctly.
A few days later when I had the time, I disconnected all the cables and outside attachments, opened the PC and detached the GPU, SSDs, HDDs and media drive, leaving only the CPU, RAM and PSU installed.
I used plain non-RGB keyboard and mouse for testing, although the RGB keyboard and mouse are still functional when plugged into a laptop.
I powered on the PC and could see the lights [motherboard and case] and fans [CPU cooler and case] all start working, but nothing displayed on the screen using the motherboard HDMI connection.
I tried the following with power offs and on between:
+Clear cmos by shorting motherboard pins with screwdriver
+Replaced CMOS battery
+Reseated RAM modules
After some of these actions, when I powered on the PC, the monitor received a signal and would display the screen that the BIOS did not load properly, presenting options to
+Load optimised defaults and reboot
+Enter bios
Trying either options would eventually get me to the screen that no boot drive could be detected and restart and present the above options again.
I did notice in the BIOS that all the installed RAM dimms were recognised and the correct size was read.
If I shut the PC down and powered it on again, nothing would display again, and I would have to again clear the cmos, remove the battery or reseat a Ram Dimm to get the BIOS options to appear on the next power, but was not guaranteed.
Afterwards, I tried with the GPU and SSD installed and no luck, so I stopped testing at that time.
Additionally, I think I had to have the keyboard and mouse disconnected from the PC for the System to get to the BIOS screen and then reconnect them to continue interacting with the BIOS screen.
I don't have spare parts to try any further testing, and I don’t know anybody with spare parts or who would be willing to lend their working parts for testing. So, I would have to buy in parts for testing for example PSU, Ram or Motherboard.
Also due to the age of my PC, getting a replacement motherboard could be expensive and risky due to used\refurbished units that in some cases sell for nearly the same price as my motherboard originally cost.
Does anyone have further suggestions to try troubleshooting this issue?
Or Is it worthwhile trying to get parts to try resolve this issue, or look to upgrade instead to newer parts?
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