Failed oc on asus z97-a now black screen

[Clarence_7]

I can hear the system booting into windows but I have a black screen I could really use some assistance here is this an upgrade for me AMD system which I found much easier to overclock for me

 

[Tolis_GR]

Clear CMOS. There should be a cmos reset 3-pin module or button, check your manual. Otherwise simply pull out the cmos battery for 5-10 minutes and try to boot again. It should be fine

 

[Tolis_GR]

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1150/Z97-A/E9378_Z97-A_UG_V2_WEB.pdf?_ga=2.242375813.627336016.1538654740-1189400777.1538311020
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[guanyu210379]

5-10 mins? hahahahaha
unplug your PC from electricity completely and pull out the CR2032 BIOS Battery.
After removing the battery, wait about 20 seconds...30-60 seconds if you want to...your BIOS settings should be already gone now
5-10 mins will still work tho'.
5- 10 days will also work

 

[Tolis_GR]

5-10 mins? hahahahaha
unplug your PC from electricity completely and pull out the CR2032 BIOS Battery.
After removing the battery, wait about 20 seconds...30-60 seconds if you want to...your BIOS settings should be already gone now
5-10 mins will still work tho'.
5- 10 days will also work

Electricity left inside the capacitors can keep cmos powered for some time even when the pc is completely unplugged

 

[guanyu210379]

emptying caps related to BIOS does not take that long

 

[Tolis_GR]

Noted but i'd rather take the worst case scenario when suggesting a solution or the op will come back and claim that clearing cmos doesn;t work

 

[ElectrO_90]

If you want to empty the caps, unplug your PSU from the mains, remove the bios battery if you can't find the jumper, press power on button - clears it all, 30 seconds later put in battery - bios cleared.

If you can find the BIOS Jumper, no need to take out battery and you only need to move it across for a second and move it back to original position.