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The Dreaded Frozen BIOS Screen
Hi all, thanks for having me on the Forums.
I built a new PC which has been running a dream for about 3 days right up until today when I updated the BIOS to the latest version (1304). On reboot every time the machine started to blue screen (very quick, not enough time to see the message) and when I managed to get into the BIOS it would just freeze up.
I did a bit of research on the web and decided to reset the jumper and remove the CMOS battery for a reset. On booting up this time the machine constantly freezes on the BIOS screen which is telling me to press F1 to run BIOS setup. I press F1 and nothing happens. I also cannot enter BIOS by pressing delete as the keyboard wont function (even though it shows as connected).
I've tried all sorts including:
- Longer time without the CMOS battery and jumper reset
- Removing RAM, changing slots etc
- Removing all devices including drives, USB etc.
- Checked cables and connections are ok
- Removing GFX card and trying a different one
Nothing so far has helped or made any difference in the symptoms. I would REALLY appreciate a steer please.
Intel 4790K @ 4Ghz
16Gb Hyper-X Beast DDR3 2400Mhz
Asus Z97-PRO Mobo
AMD 280X
2 TB SATA
Windows 7 Ultimate x64