HD5850 not working all of the sudden

[joshyua]

I have a 730W PSU with 2 PCI-E connectors, which both are connected to my HD5850. It was working fine until today. When both connectors are plugged in, the 3 of CPU_phase LEDs on my motherboard will light up, and the computer was working fine. However, today, out of the blue, it is not working. I can't boot, even tho nothing has changed. the CPU_phase LEDs only had two, no three. When I turn on my computer, I get the bios screen, but won't get to windows.
I do not believe it is my PSU at this point, since it was working perfectly just earlier today.


please help.

thank you.

 

[wiinippongamer]

Post your full specs.

Reset the CMOS by taking out the circular shape battery on the mobo, do it carefully using a flat-head screwdriver, wait about an hour then put it back in, or just use the jumper on the mobo, but that depends on each model.

 

[joshyua]

Thank you, i will give that a try.
do you by any chance know what the actual problem is?

 

[joshyua]

i5-760
Radeon HD5850
Corsair 4gb 1333mhz
MSI p55-cd53

 

[joshyua]

Post your full specs.

Reset the CMOS by taking out the circular shape battery on the mobo, do it carefully using a flat-head screwdriver, wait about an hour then put it back in, or just use the jumper on the mobo, but that depends on each model.

Thank you for the advice. I posted my stats. after I waited and put the battery back in, I still cannot boot, it says NT Detect error and issues with boot.ini
i guess that i will have to reinstall my windows.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

full specs including brand/model of your PSU..... NT detect error sounds like bad MBR/bad hard drive. You could run an MBR fix tool and CHKDSK tool booting from a CD. But yes, a windows reinstall will fix it...if your hard drive is not stuffed. I would run a full hard drive diagnostic free for download from the hard drive manufacturer.

 

[joshyua]

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[Mousemonkey]

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