- Dec 7, 2012
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Hi there! I recently bought a Gateway DX4870-UB318 desktop with Windows 8. I installed a Corsair GS800w psu so that I could use a EVGA Nvidia GTX650ti graphics card which needed a pcie cable. The factory psu did not have one. Later on I wanted to do a factory restore. The PC did not come with a disk and I thought I had to do it from within the system itself. I went in to the Gateway management settings and selected factory reset. It began the process and when it rebooted I did not have a display. I remembered all the trouble I went through to get the gpu to work in the first place and thought it had reset the settings I changed, so it would not work. So I hit the power button to remove the gpu and reboot. Stupidly I did not think about the factory reset goin on which I could not see because there was no display. When I rebooted using the integrated gpu The PC began an endless (Automatic repair) loop. The computer boots and gives the gateway screen then says "preparing automatic repair" then displays "Diagnosing your PC" then it flashes "Solving disk errors, this may take over an hour to complete" so fast you can barely read it. Then the system reboots and loops like this forever. I have a windows 7 boot usb drive. It wont recognize it in the boot options and I do have legacy usb support enabled in the bios options. I am worried the hard drive might be having an error. Although it is the only option to boot in boot options. I changed the boot options to disable quick boot, and quiet boot. Now instead of giving me a gateway automatic restore screen it gives me a different one same black screen but instead of gateway logo it is now the windows 8 logo. The only boot options I have been able to access is bios settings, and boot options. No advanced boot options or recovery options. I have tried many key combinations and none seem to work... Any ideas guys?
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