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mclemens   07-11-2008 at 05:15:04 PM

I unplugged everything from my PC, moved it about 10 feet, plugged everything back in and when I tried to boot the PC I get the following messages:

Award Boot Block BIOS V1.0

Scanning BIOS Image in Hard Drive

After the message appear the system powers off and then back on and the same messages are displayed. The system does this over and over again.

I know the system drive works because I plugged into another computer and was able to access it.

Any ideas on what I should do next. The mother board is a GA-X38-DQ6.

Thanks for your help.

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Bronze Motherboards badge badge   07-11-2008 at 05:30:16 PM
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Try using 1 DIMM of RAM only. Test your RAM with memtest and check for a bad DIMM.

http://techreport.com/forums/viewt [...] 36&t=55493

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mclemens   07-11-2008 at 06:01:51 PM
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Never mind I was able to clear CMOS and got things working again.

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Bronze Motherboards badge badge   07-11-2008 at 06:10:47 PM
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Try resetting the CMOS jumper, instructions in MB manual. Nevermind.

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kad   07-11-2008 at 07:26:53 PM
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mclemens wrote :

Never mind I was able to clear CMOS and got things working again.


I was just going to tell you reset your CMOS and give it a try
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eckosof   07-12-2008 at 12:38:00 PM
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same problem, reset cmos, started endless boot cycle, returning mobo. good luck!

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