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chchom22

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I can't get into bios either. It's an asus z97p mobo and an i5 4690k. We tried ram in new slots and also new sticks. We just get a standard beep when booting up and the memory error beep when trying without any ram.

Do I need a new mobo? Someone at microcenter said i should try "reflashing".

Help! thanks in advance.
 
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Not necessarily. If when you unplug the drive, the ASUS logo flashes then the system moves on (in this case, it'll just go to an error "boot device not found" or something like it) that would cast suspicion on that drive. If you can get into the BIOS with that drive out, again it casts more doubt on the health of the drive.

The drive can be be replaced more easily than a whole motherboard (as far as hardware at least since you'd have to re-install Windows). If this is the problem, I hope you have a backup of any important data on that drive.
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The bios can be reset fairly easily. Locate a little round button battery on the board, and push a clip to release it. Unplug the PC from the outlet and let it sit without power for a couple of minutes. Restart again and the BIOS will be reverted to defaults (also the date and time will be lost - if it works you'll have to reset them)
 
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i removed and reinserted this battery and nothing changed..did i do it incorrectly or...?
 
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about 3 years old, yea just outta the blue. It cant just mean my motherboard went bad? or processor?
 
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Try booting with the hard drive unplugged first. I've seen many times a failing hard drive cause this problem.

 
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Wouldn't i be able to select boot drive at least though?
 
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Not necessarily. If when you unplug the drive, the ASUS logo flashes then the system moves on (in this case, it'll just go to an error "boot device not found" or something like it) that would cast suspicion on that drive. If you can get into the BIOS with that drive out, again it casts more doubt on the health of the drive.

The drive can be be replaced more easily than a whole motherboard (as far as hardware at least since you'd have to re-install Windows). If this is the problem, I hope you have a backup of any important data on that drive.
 
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