Integrated graphics driver

[DreemWarrior]

WOOHOO. Score one for the team! We freakin rock people! ^5
"Windows is preparing your desktop"

 

[CarlTR6]

Outstanding!!!!!

 

[CommonTater]

The squence is quite easy...

1) totally power down the machine (unplug it)
2) Move the jumper to the "clear CMOS" position
3) Turn the power back on and start the computer
4) Move the jumper back to it's operating position

This should give you a "CMOS setting bad" message (or similar).
In any case it should get you to the video...
Press Del to go into the BIOS and go through the settings.
I'm betting it's had a buscard video in it and the on-board video is disabled.

Umm, you should NEVER power up your rig with the jumper setting on clear CMOS, as it could damage your motherboard. Every rig I own has that stated in the manual. It will also void any warranty. All you need to do is set the jumper to clear CMOS, and then wait a few minutes and change it back. The motherboard battery is sufficient power to clear it. And you should NEVER attempt to change jumper settings while the motherboard is powered up.


Max

Ok, then use plan B...

Power down the machine.
Take out the CMOS Battery
Turn it on
Once in the BIOS reinsert the battery.
Then do your settings

Asus boards are a little different. I've probably built 20 machines with the same motherboard I'm using and every time I had to do one of these two sequences to get it to boot properly the first time.

I know it's not recommended ...

 

[DreemWarrior]

That right there is pure satisfaction to me. Taking a near death(ok,it was dead) and bringing her back from the dead. "Its ALIVE...ITS ALIVE!"

 

[CommonTater]

By the way, CommonTater gives really good advice, he just happened to make a mistake in this instance. You can trust him to bring you the rest of the way home with this troubleshooting procedure, no problem.

Ok... I'm an adult, I can admit to a mistake

I should have erred on the side of precaution and recommended removing the battery instead. The whole point was to trigger a massive setup error that would force the BIOS back to defaults.

I'm just glad to see it working.

 

[CarlTR6]

Glad you are up and running. Success!

 

[DreemWarrior]

By the way, CommonTater gives really good advice, he just happened to make a mistake in this instance. You can trust him to bring you the rest of the way home with this troubleshooting procedure, no problem.

Ok... I'm an adult, I can admit to a mistake

I should have erred on the side of precaution and recommended removing the battery instead. The whole point was to trigger a massive setup error that would force the BIOS back to defaults.

I'm just glad to see it working.

Nah man, its all good. Luckily Ive done this many times-with varied results I might add-but your Far from an idiot. Iappreciate the input as well as the effort. Thats what I love about this forum. We all help one another when needed, no questions asked. AND we get to do things like this...sort of a "virtual build' we all had a hand in, ya know?
Thanks again.


HAHA...I just ran a WEI on it.....ROFL With the onboard graphics... a total score of 2.6!!!:roflmao:

 

[CommonTater]

Nah man, its all good. Luckily Ive done this many times-with varied results I might add-but your Far from an idiot. Iappreciate the input as well as the effort. Thats what I love about this forum. We all help one another when needed, no questions asked. AND we get to do things like this...sort of a "virtual build' we all had a hand in, ya know?
Thanks again.

You're welcome and thank you for understanding. I've been at this a long time, too long in fact, and even with nearly 40 years in electronics I still find ways to make mistakes... :shock:

As the saying goes: "I never make the same mistake twice... I'm way too busy making new ones".

 

[MadMaxData]

That right there is pure satisfaction to me. Taking a near death(ok,it was dead) and bringing her back from the dead. "Its ALIVE...ITS ALIVE!"

WoooooHooooo!!!!! You got it!

Max blows on knuckles, and rubs knuckles on chest...LOL :roflmao:

Don't you just love resurrecting the dead? The Messiah has nothing on us. LOL

By the way, which CPU fired up? I hope it was the new one.

 

[DreemWarrior]

Ok... I'm an adult, I can admit to a mistake

OMG...I TOTALLY misread that.

Luckily Ive done this many times-with varied results I might add-but your Far from an idiot

My apologies again... it was a late night. I seem to eat alot of crow these days...

 

[DreemWarrior]

That right there is pure satisfaction to me. Taking a near death(ok,it was dead) and bringing her back from the dead. "Its ALIVE...ITS ALIVE!"

WoooooHooooo!!!!! You got it!

Max blows on knuckles, and rubs knuckles on chest...LOL :roflmao:

Don't you just love resurrecting the dead? The Messiah has nothing on us. LOL

By the way, which CPU fired up? I hope it was the new one.

Yep...the 5000+

BUT....
all I had at the time was some SLOOW modules installed. I just tried putting Kingston 4200 (533Mhz yeah I know...the other was 333 I think)
Anyway, nothing but mobo beep..... pulled it and put grandpa back in and fires right up.
What gives there?

 

[MadMaxData]

Yep...the 5000+

BUT....
all I had at the time was some SLOOW modules installed. I just tried putting Kingston 4200 (533Mhz yeah I know...the other was 333 I think)
Anyway, nothing but mobo beep..... pulled it and put grandpa back in and fires right up.
What gives there?

Well, that could be one of two things. Your motherboard may not support the newer memory modules. The second thing would be that you need to change the settings in the BIOS for the memory. It could be limited by user defined parameters. If you loaded the BIOS defaults [which you most certainly did if you cleared the CMOS] then check to see if you can change the settings to support the newer module(s). Those settings could be in either "Integrated Periphials" or another BIOS category heading.


Max