- Jan 1, 2012
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So, I've recently upgraded my PC to a new motherboard, and new CPU. I've got the Gigabyte B560M AORUS PRO AX (U3E1) motherboard, and I've got the i5 11400F CPU. I've got a Corsair RM1000W PSU, 1080Ti Asus Turbo (Watercooled) with Byski block & Ripjaws 3200Mhz RAM (I think the CPU can only handle 2933Mhz)
Now, I've had a super weird thing happening to my system - first of all, the first time I booted, It wouldn't give any video signal, I had the 'DRAM' light on my motherboard light up (Didn't have speaker plugged at that time), and then it just kept booting with that light on the motherboard. Now, recently (After not even touching the PC at all), it's randomly started beeping 4 times when booting, and when this happens, it skips BOIS, and boots straight to windows, with BIOS settings of RAM frequency, unchanged. Sometimes, it boots with 4 beeps, and it doesn't have any video signal at all.
Checklist of 'noob' things to check:
Right now, as I type this, I'm on my PC, running graphics intense games such as Tarkov, COD, at give or take some motion blur, max settings, at 2K, getting no less than 100 - 140 FPS easily. Now, the fact the the PC runs this well, and this smooth, without any issue at all, yet every time it boots, is showing warning signs for the CPU/ RAM, makes no sense to me.
Again, I've done the typical checks of re- seating the GPU, RAM (Not the CPU - as it's a pain to take the watercooling block on & off), yet there is no physical way I'd imagine the CPU being a problem, like I said, seeing as it's running this well & smooth.
The issue I'm having, and wanting to fix; Is the fact that sometimes I can't get into the BIOS when booting. Whenever I boot, without fail, it seems to: Boot, re-boot, beep 5 times now, reboot, then work completely fine. Something is super weird.
P.S. I tried resetting the BIOS, which the first time did nothing, the second time did work, however on the second time, it did the same ol' thing where it rebooted a few times first. Pls help, pls. Not even sure where to start here. It literally seems that whatever I do with a PC when building it, there's always a problem that makes absolutely no sense what so ever, and just shouldn't happen when spending this much money & time in making it neat & properly built.
EDIT
official, simplified diagnostic: PC beeps 5 times every single time it boots, skips bios screen, can't enter bios using windows advance startup boot.
- after beeping 5 times, the pc seems to re-boot, straight into windows login, every time without a doubt. - I've just tried changing the CMOS battery, using the CMOS clear on the motherboard, all of which causes the exact same result. PC cannot enter the BIOS settings, yet boots to windows and runs perfectly fine, actually really smooth. Thanks in advance for any help, if there is anyone out there who can read my extremely confusing post.
Now, I've had a super weird thing happening to my system - first of all, the first time I booted, It wouldn't give any video signal, I had the 'DRAM' light on my motherboard light up (Didn't have speaker plugged at that time), and then it just kept booting with that light on the motherboard. Now, recently (After not even touching the PC at all), it's randomly started beeping 4 times when booting, and when this happens, it skips BOIS, and boots straight to windows, with BIOS settings of RAM frequency, unchanged. Sometimes, it boots with 4 beeps, and it doesn't have any video signal at all.
Checklist of 'noob' things to check:
- When I tried re-seating the RAM, I created a magical new problem - it now boots with 5 beeps, and again, sometimes boots to windows, sometimes boots but doesn't have video signal
Right now, as I type this, I'm on my PC, running graphics intense games such as Tarkov, COD, at give or take some motion blur, max settings, at 2K, getting no less than 100 - 140 FPS easily. Now, the fact the the PC runs this well, and this smooth, without any issue at all, yet every time it boots, is showing warning signs for the CPU/ RAM, makes no sense to me.
Again, I've done the typical checks of re- seating the GPU, RAM (Not the CPU - as it's a pain to take the watercooling block on & off), yet there is no physical way I'd imagine the CPU being a problem, like I said, seeing as it's running this well & smooth.
The issue I'm having, and wanting to fix; Is the fact that sometimes I can't get into the BIOS when booting. Whenever I boot, without fail, it seems to: Boot, re-boot, beep 5 times now, reboot, then work completely fine. Something is super weird.
P.S. I tried resetting the BIOS, which the first time did nothing, the second time did work, however on the second time, it did the same ol' thing where it rebooted a few times first. Pls help, pls. Not even sure where to start here. It literally seems that whatever I do with a PC when building it, there's always a problem that makes absolutely no sense what so ever, and just shouldn't happen when spending this much money & time in making it neat & properly built.
EDIT
official, simplified diagnostic: PC beeps 5 times every single time it boots, skips bios screen, can't enter bios using windows advance startup boot.
- after beeping 5 times, the pc seems to re-boot, straight into windows login, every time without a doubt. - I've just tried changing the CMOS battery, using the CMOS clear on the motherboard, all of which causes the exact same result. PC cannot enter the BIOS settings, yet boots to windows and runs perfectly fine, actually really smooth. Thanks in advance for any help, if there is anyone out there who can read my extremely confusing post.
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- definitely a good tip for someone with the same issue, that can't fix it with the ol' display cable
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