My self-built gaming PC starts-up and runs fine but doesn't post or display BIOS. Instead, the monitor stays black until it boots Windows. I was wondering if anybody could help me fix this problem? It's a Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3H motherboard. Thanks! Dan.
HELP: Computer works fine but doesn't boot BIOS on start-up.
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jitpublisher
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- May 16, 2006
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I tried pressing delete blindly which stopped the PC from booting to Windows and made the screen stay black. I restarted the PC and it wouldn't boot windows at all. I called up a friend of mine who is taking an IT Hardware course at College and his course tutor told me to reset the BIOS by bridging the 2 CMOS pins on the Motherboard with a small screwdriver (Jumping the motherboard). This worked and I was able to access the BIOS on start-up. I then realised that the default graphics was set to the integrated graphics in my CPU rather than my GPU. So I set it to my GPU which completely fixed the problem. Just thought I'd post what happened in case anybody else encountered this problem. Thanks for all your help anyway guys. 
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