I've been stuck for a day on the infamous POWER SAVING MODE screen everytime i boot my pc up.
I am currently attempting to turn it on with:
NO USBS connected whatsoever
NO HARD DISKS - INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL
a SINGLE ram stick that sits on the second out of 4th spot on the right from the cpu
GPU connected to the screen- at least, i hope? i've reseated it so many times to remove the CMOS battery, jumper cap here and there, turn the pc on without battery, without power, i have no ide what to do
I've just noticed that at this moment, the pc is "on"
monitor went into power saving mode
but i notice a red light on the top right - near the most right available ram stick spot.
if anyone knows what this could possibly mean and how this could be fixed please let me know. my hands hurt from attempting just about every combination of cmos, ram sticks and jumper cap
for all i know, the red light could've been there all the time.
my main objective is to at LEAST get to the bios.
then ramstick combination my way into getting as much usable ram as i can
update:
tried all 4 ram sticks each by each on the LEFTMOST BLUE SPOT ON THE RIGHT OF THE CPU - everytime the red was always red,
pressed memok and all had same behavior - blink blink blink blink, turn off, blink blink blink blink, faster blinkblinkblinkblink, then stays red again
currently trying the RIGHTMOST BLUE SPOT ON THE LEFT of the cpu [motherboard is p9x79]
first ram - red light, i pressed memok, blink blink restart, blink blink blink restart, blink blink blink blink restart, faster blinks, more restarts
second ram - WITHOUT PRESSING MEMOK - CPU_LED goes red for a millisecond, followed by DRAM_LED red, on for 3 seconds, then it goes out, then cpu_led goes red for a millisecond, then dram_led red for 3 seconds and on and on
i pressed memok but it seems to have unsynced the two red leds, that's about it, no restarts whatsoever
I am currently attempting to turn it on with:
NO USBS connected whatsoever
NO HARD DISKS - INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL
a SINGLE ram stick that sits on the second out of 4th spot on the right from the cpu
GPU connected to the screen- at least, i hope? i've reseated it so many times to remove the CMOS battery, jumper cap here and there, turn the pc on without battery, without power, i have no ide what to do
I've just noticed that at this moment, the pc is "on"
monitor went into power saving mode
but i notice a red light on the top right - near the most right available ram stick spot.
if anyone knows what this could possibly mean and how this could be fixed please let me know. my hands hurt from attempting just about every combination of cmos, ram sticks and jumper cap
for all i know, the red light could've been there all the time.
my main objective is to at LEAST get to the bios.
then ramstick combination my way into getting as much usable ram as i can
update:
tried all 4 ram sticks each by each on the LEFTMOST BLUE SPOT ON THE RIGHT OF THE CPU - everytime the red was always red,
pressed memok and all had same behavior - blink blink blink blink, turn off, blink blink blink blink, faster blinkblinkblinkblink, then stays red again
currently trying the RIGHTMOST BLUE SPOT ON THE LEFT of the cpu [motherboard is p9x79]
first ram - red light, i pressed memok, blink blink restart, blink blink blink restart, blink blink blink blink restart, faster blinks, more restarts
second ram - WITHOUT PRESSING MEMOK - CPU_LED goes red for a millisecond, followed by DRAM_LED red, on for 3 seconds, then it goes out, then cpu_led goes red for a millisecond, then dram_led red for 3 seconds and on and on
i pressed memok but it seems to have unsynced the two red leds, that's about it, no restarts whatsoever