I restarted Windows in order to install some printer drivers and it wouldn't boot into Windows again, so I cut the power. Now it won't turn on at all; everything spins up, but the POST screen never appears. I think I can safely rule out a hardware failure, because it was working fine literally 10 minutes ago. Any ideas?
Specs?
Any beeps/debug LED codes?
Doesn't seem right that a driver update would prevent it even POSTing.
i5-3330
MSI B75-G43A
some Radeon 7770
8gb corsair xms3
500gb wd blue
Corsair cx500
I don't have a beeper.
It's going to be some hardware issue if it doesn't even post. Completely drain the caps. Unplug it from the wall and hold the power button for 15-20 seconds. If that doesn't work, reseat everything.
Didn't work. Weirdly enough, I can hear the hdd occasionally seeking. Fans are running on full power, though. I tried mobo video outputs, no dice on that either.
[QUOTE=AtomicSans;48459568]Didn't work. Weirdly enough, I can hear the hdd occasionally seeking. Fans are running on full power, though. I tried mobo video outputs, no dice on that either.[/QUOTE]
I had this issue less than a month ago! Try unplugging ALL usb devices and booting, if it still stops, unplug all hard drives and SSD's.
In my case one of my HDD's had a corrupt boot sector, which was fixable within 10 minutes.
Removed all USB and sata devices, still no POST.
Do you have any spare components you could use to rule out broken components, and have you completely reset the bios/replaced the battery?
Reset the bios? Battery?
[QUOTE=AtomicSans;48459771]Reset the bios? Battery?[/QUOTE]
Most motherboards have a jumper or button that is labeled "Clear Cmos" or "clr". If your motherboard has this jumper, disconnect the power supply, press the power button to drain the capacitor of your power supply, disconnect the small coin sized battery and press the button/connect the jumper. If you cannot find any jumper or button, just removing the small battery and pressing the power button should clear the cmos's.
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The battery should be located below your video card, possibly not visible due to the video card.
Resetting the cmos seemed to do the trick! Thanks guys!
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