Sometimes no boot with new cpu

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

Hi,

I installed a new cpu in my mobo, I have a asrock alive-xfire esata2 r3.0 and I installed the best cpu available as per the manufacturer's cpu list, the phenom ii x4 965 3.4ghz.
Now the problem is that sometimes when my pc restarts or I am powering on I get no display, no beeps and no bios load. When this happens I simply reset and it boots after like about 5secs or so. I had initially bios version 4.0 then I tried downgrading to version 3.5 as per a recommendation site I found about my board relating to this cpu. But again the problem remains.
Any thoughts?

Thank You.

ronintexas · Apr 19, 2013

You should be on a minimum of version 3.80 - recommended 4.00 from ASRock on your motherboard. Check your settings in the BIOS to ensure that everything is correct, this could give problems with the restarts....

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

ok I will try version 3.8 but as I said before I had version 4.0 and got the problem.

ronintexas · Apr 19, 2013

It could be a setting in the BIOS - make sure you set everything to "default" or "failsafe" for testing purposes. Make sure overclocking, RAM speeds, etc...are all set to the correct settings. When BIOS updates are put out, sometimes there are new features that are enabled/disabled or changed...

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

wow, well after I did that the pc won't even load the bios, when it does boot it says the something about file is possibly corrupt and I got no keyboard support. I have to reset alot of times to actually get it to boot but then I can't do anything because the keyboard is not working. As typing was waiting to see if it will start then I got a constant beeping, fast and non stop

ronintexas · Apr 19, 2013

You may need to "clear" the CMOS settings. There is a jumper labeled "CLRCMOS1" - by default the jumper is on pins 1/2. Change it to 2/3. You need to power down the computer, unplug the power supply, wait 15 seconds, then change the jumper for 5 seconds. Then return it to pins 1/2.

JimF_35 · Apr 19, 2013

Where you able to get you BIOs flashed back to a version that works?

Hope so. I think your problem is not the BIOS but the RAM as sugested by Ronin. ASrocks have a limitted list of RAM manufactures that they support stably. I would double check the RAM you have with ASRocks webpage to make sure it is supported.

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

ok will try the cmos clear, but I highly doubt it is the ram because the pc was working fine until I added that cpu

ronintexas · Apr 19, 2013

The CMOS clear resets all of the BIOS settings to factory defaults (keeping the version of the BIOS you updated to).

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

ok it came pm as soon as put on the switch, got two consecutive beeps, then it said cmos settings is wrong, when I try to enter setup, no keyboard support, did a reset again and it came on, pressed f1 for defaults and now entering the launch startup repair and it just went blank, no windows loading setup...nothing

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

again I got the constant beeps

ronintexas · Apr 19, 2013

The "CMOS settings is wrong" is from clearing the CMOS. Can you get into the BIOS and check the settings?

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

ok I entered the bios but I don't see any settings to be off, everything is in auto or at least where I remebered it had been, I am gonna try to boot from my windows disk and do a repair, because I am getting to the windows logo then it just freezes

ronintexas · Apr 19, 2013

Check your Hard Drive settings - there should be options for AHCI, RAID and/or IDE (legacy mode). Depending upon what you set the drive to when you originally installed Windows, you need to make sure it is the same now. I would try IDE (legacy mode) first....

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

I got a blue screen and it says stop : c0000221 unknown hard error\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll

ronintexas · Apr 19, 2013

Try booting in IDE mode, if it fails, change to AHCI. If it fails again, go back to IDE mode and try the repair function.

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

i only see non-raid, raid and ahci mode, upon trying the ahci mode, while it says windows loading files, it stuck about quarter way. Will wiping my hard drive solve this or I don't need to go to that extent yet

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

when I tried safe mode I got a bcd error and it says I need to fix it before I can continue. I am gonna wipe it unless you have a better idea?

ronintexas · Apr 19, 2013

I would try non-raid and see if it works. AHCI doesn't work...

Try the non-raid boot first, if it fails, try doing a repair of Windows. If that doesn't work - you may need to wipe it. Backup anything you need prior to doing that.

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

well, I tried both non-raid and ahci, i did the wipe it now when I start the installation it says that I need to insert my windows disc, choose my language and run setup, and when I press ok/enter it then loops back to that message

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

ok i got it to start the installation I will contact you when its done. Note also that I had removed two stick of ram when I was at the cmos problem, I have 4 2gbsticks.

stevenjj25 · Apr 19, 2013

oki I have installed, I think the ram was the problem, I removed the sticks one by one to see when it will come one and I replaced a 2gb stick with a 1gb that I had. If any further problems I will let you all know, thanks alot guys for the help

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