Epic Fail! Freezing in BIOS Setup!


  1. Posts : 27
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit [Full Retail Vista Upgrade w/ x86/x64]
       #1

    Epic Fail! Freezing in BIOS Setup!


    Hi all,

    About 9 months ago, I built my PC with the specs listed under my user info. It was difficult to get it running initially (Mwave had to replace the motherboard and memory), but has worked fine ever since...

    That is, until the other day. I was using my PC in Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit when it suddenly crashed. The screen didn't just lock up... The USB mouse lost power and the video card stopped (the monitor said "No Signal"). I rebooted and found that my BIOS had lost all my settings. I pressed F1 to reset them, but while I was in the BIOS setup, it froze again. This, and all subsequent times, the video locked up, but continued to send video signal to the monitor.

    Since then, I have only been able to make it to the Windows startup screen, where it tells you your system wasn't properly shut down. I told it to start normally because I don't think this is an OS problem, but it just ended up rebooting the machine. The second time, Windows reccomended some sort of diagnostic, but again, it froze just then. Now I can't even make it past POST most of the time before it freezes on me.

    I've been working on PCs since '95 or so and I've tried everything I know. I even loaded the latest BIOS version (1003 or 1004) and I get the exact same problems.

    I've never had a system lock up in BIOS setup before (unless I was over-clocking and I'm not). All I can figure is that either the ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard or my PSU is bad. But maybe it can be fixed... Can anyone please help me?
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  2. Posts : 475
    Windows 7 Pro x64 -- PCLinuxOS KDE4 FullMonty 2011
       #2

    Just a big guess here. What about the boards battery?
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  3. Posts : 27
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit [Full Retail Vista Upgrade w/ x86/x64]
    Thread Starter
       #3

    RE: Batttey


    Hipster Doofus said:
    Just a big guess here. What about the boards battery?
    A good guess, bro. I took out the battery and tested it and found it was only putting out 2 volts instead of 3v. So I replaced it. I went in to the BIOS to set the time, etc, and it FROZE! I rebooted and it froze before I could even press F1 to reconfigure the BIOS setup. So, thanks for the idea, but it's still locking up on me.
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  4. Posts : 474
    Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1
       #4

    Sounds like a bad board...

    Have you phyically examined it to see if their are issues with any of the capacitors?

    Have you tried unplugging and replugging everything that connects to the board including cables & cpu?

    Have you tested the ram to see if that could be faulty?
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  5. Posts : 27
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit [Full Retail Vista Upgrade w/ x86/x64]
    Thread Starter
       #5

    merkat106 said:
    Sounds like a bad board...

    Have you phyically examined it to see if their are issues with any of the capacitors?

    Have you tried unplugging and replugging everything that connects to the board including cables & cpu?

    Have you tested the ram to see if that could be faulty?
    Since I don't have another computer that accepts DDR3 RAM, I couldn't run memtest86, but I did play musical chairs with the individual sticks on this board. No dice. I agree with you and say it's a bad MB.

    So, after one more try at unplugging/replugging everything, I was thinking of just buying a newer revision of the same board, since I already know it and my OS is set up for it. That is, unless someone here on the board has a better board to reccomend...
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  6. Posts : 474
    Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1
       #6

    I agree, stick with a board with the same chipset. Other boards with the chipset:
    Motherboards - Intel X58 Express, - ComputerShopper.com_
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