Peripherals not responding, bios not loading

zachv2r · Feb 27, 2017

So about 2 weeks ago when inturned my pc off and i tried to start it up again i would have to go into bios and manually load my hdd to get to OS. I was tired of doing this because to load bios it would take an hour each time because my keyboard and mouse sometimes would not turn on but i can see the lights on my pc and hear the fans going, and when id finally getcto the screen directing me to press f2 or del to enter bios my pc wouldn't respond to the keyboard or mouse and would then go to a flashing white - with a black screen and stay there until i turn it off. I read online that someone said to reformat it so i did and now i cant get back on alltogether. Any idea what the problem could be? My friends told me its probably the HDD and ive had trouble with it before. Any help much appreciated

mcnumpty23 · Feb 27, 2017

what exactly did you reformat?

and what do you mean by reformat?

formatting just wipes things blank

do you mean you reinstalled windows rather than formatted your hard drive

if you just formatted your only hard drive then no you wont be getting back on at all

zachv2r · Feb 27, 2017

Yes i reformatted the hdd to factory new, its helped for other things in the past

Phillip Corcoran · Feb 28, 2017

zachv2r :

That doesn't answer what mcnumpty23 is asking you, read his post again.

Was it just a reformat or did you follow that up with a fresh Windows install as well?

(no, they are not the same thing).

zachv2r · Feb 28, 2017

I went into windows settings and restored it to favtory settings. I got to 1% downloaded and then it crashed

mcnumpty23 · Feb 28, 2017

then you should be able to try to factory restore it again

or if you are only getting a black screen with a white flashing line its not detecting your hard drive as first bootable device

or not at all

zachv2r · Feb 28, 2017

mcnumpty23 :

I just installed a new hard drive so i'll reply shortly with the outcome

zachv2r · Feb 28, 2017

Ok so its still doing the same thing as before. When i turn the pc on my monitor, keyboard and mouse dont light up and the pc has the power light on and i can hear it going with both fans but im not getting a response

zachv2r · Feb 28, 2017

mcnumpty23 :

Also one of my friends just said it could possibly be my monitor so i tried using a new monitor with a new cable and it didnt work either. He also said to try removing my graphics card and plugging the monitor into the motherboard which didnt work either. Losing hope right now

mcnumpty23 · Feb 28, 2017

disconnect any thing in a usb port

then turn it on

does it display then?

zachv2r · Feb 28, 2017

mcnumpty23 :

Funnily enough it did for the first time, but i plugged in my keyboard and tried to hit f2 to get to bios and it woukdnt respond. Not getting the same luck as before now with loading the pc onto the screen.

zachv2r · Mar 3, 2017

Any help much appreciated

mcnumpty23 · Mar 3, 2017

sorry kind of ran out of ideas thought some one else might have gave you some more

try turning off at wall then take 24 pin out

then press on/off button a few times reconnect 24 pin

and turn power on

had an asus board before that had to do that with

zachv2r · Mar 3, 2017

mcnumpty23 :

Sorry whats a 24 pin and where can i find it

mcnumpty23 · Mar 3, 2017

its the main power connector from psu to motherboard

20 or 24 pin depending how old the board is

like i said though its kind of a grasping at straws idea

but has worked for me before and cant hurt to try

zachv2r · Mar 3, 2017

Didnt work

mcnumpty23 · Mar 3, 2017

sorry was a long shot

getting late here but if can think of anything will check your post tomorrow

zachv2r · Mar 3, 2017

Appreciate you helping me with this man

zachv2r · Mar 4, 2017

ok so if i leave it off for 10 minutes and its completely cold it takes me to the F2 or Del screen and my keyboard and mouse are lit up but its not responding to F2 or Del any ideas?

mcnumpty23 · Mar 4, 2017

hi again

could be a faulty motherboard

though unless you have a spare motherboard to double check with cant know for sure

and i wouldnt like to say buy a new motherboard unless i was pretty sure that was the problem

but nothing else comes to mind to be honest

though you could try it with 1 stick of ram

or even no ram

faulty ram can do weird stuff that at first doesnt even seem memory related issue

zachv2r · Mar 4, 2017

mcnumpty23 :

I took the ram out last night and cleaned the dust off it and its been loading the start screen more frequently so maybe it was luck or its actually the ram, will try taking it out when im home.

mcnumpty23 · Mar 4, 2017

zachv2r :

certainly worth a try

like i said faulty ram can cause any type of behaviour and lot of the time the symptoms just wouldnt point to what you would expect from faulty memory--ie blue screening is what most people expect faulty ram to do

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