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over 6 years

i have a newly built pc that wont boot into the motherboard bios & cant figure out why

any ideas?

over 6 years

blacksnakemoan says

CPU temp is fine, it's something else

are all the drivers up to date? is Windows fully updates? how much RAM do you have and if you only have one DIMM in there can you swap it out for another to see if that solves anything

check the error log too, bc this sounds more software than anything else


Specifically, the windows error log. Best way to find the error is to force it to happen, mark down the time it did, then after a restart look at the logs during that timeframe.

If you can't find it / don't know how to read it, post it here.
over 6 years
CPU temp is fine, it's something else

are all the drivers up to date? is Windows fully updates? how much RAM do you have and if you only have one DIMM in there can you swap it out for another to see if that solves anything

check the error log too, bc this sounds more software than anything else
over 6 years
cpu temp is maxing at like 45
over 6 years
ditto, we put on a little fresh paste too
over 6 years
don't think the cpu temp is the issue :(
over 6 years

SENPAl says


Kerry says

and now my pc keeps freezing when i try to play games


get something that measures the temp of the cpu

https://openhardwaremonitor.org/

did you apply fresh paste in the end?

but only replace it if the cpu overheating is the issue (which is v likely)


over 6 years

Kerry says

and now my pc keeps freezing when i try to play games


get something that measures the temp of the cpu

https://openhardwaremonitor.org/

did you apply fresh paste in the end?

but only replace it if the cpu overheating is the issue (which is v likely)
over 6 years
and now my pc keeps freezing when i try to play games
over 6 years
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over 6 years
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over 6 years
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over 6 years
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over 6 years
we havent got a keyboard workin yet but we did get the ps2 mouse working

anyway windows now says

‘No device drivers were found’ when installing Windows 7

so im redownloading the iso just in case thats the issue
over 6 years
over 6 years
ok new problem: windows 7 bootable usb doesnt recognise any keyboards or mice
over 6 years
ahh the old 'soak the cpu pins in thermal paste' trick
over 6 years
we did it somehow wtf
over 6 years
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over 6 years
unlucky.

as long as you can get that off WITHOUT BENDING THE PINS, there's likely no permanent damage though.
be very careful w/ the pins.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/282643-28-thermal-paste-pins

Also it really shouldn't matter how you apply that paste if you don't overclock. it doesn't need to cover the entire heat spreader at all. just putting minimum amount in the center and let it spread under the pressure of the cooler should work fine.
over 6 years