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Neo3

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Hi there,

I am an absolute clumsy and amateur when talking about computer hardware, I'm rather a software "guru".

My problem is with my ASUS M5A97EVO R 2.0 motherboard. I bought the computer nearly one year ago, and after 6 months it has started not to boot. Black screen, but fans are ok, and as everything would be okay, but the monitor stays black. I have to torn it off, power down, and power on, and turn on and it works. I had an expert who took a look at the BIOS and modified the RAM's data (voltage, timing). It worked fine.

But for some reasons the PC also started to do this problem. Turn on, no screen, turn off, turn on, until it works. When it does it gives me the message "Overclocking failed" Please press F1 to enter setup....".

As I mentioned I am not a tuning guy who does everything with the PC, it is at the base configuration, plus my expert friend's RAM setup. But I did not change anything else, and I still have problem with it.

I read on a forum it might help if I uninstall AI Suite as it may have a hidden setup that it overclocks the system.

Please see my config here:
ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0
AMD FX-8320 3.50GHz AM3+ BOX
KINGMAX 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
ASUS GTX650TI-DC2O-1GD5 GTX650Ti 1GB GDDR5 PCIE
TOSHIBA 1TB 7200rpm 32MB SATA3 DT01ACA100
KINGSTON 120GB SATA3 2,5" SSDNow V300 SV300S37A/120G
FSP Raider 550
ALPENFOEHN Brocken


I am grateful for all your comments, as my friend is also run out of ideas. THANK YOU!
 
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hello welcome to Tpu.
It could be ram or your processor or your motherboard or small chance powersupply or something connected to a USB port. I had a printer tht didn't let me boot when connected.
If I was you I would try get into bios and set everything to default and then try boot.
the problem needs to be checked one by one. And if u cannot boot even with default settings. Then try turning it off and take out one ram stick then try boot and repeat, and try and make sure it's not a bad ram stick. Try every stick. But be careful make sure pc isn't trying to boot when u take a stick in or out as ram dies like flies if u aren't careful.

Also make sure your bios is up to date. If not put it on a USB drive and flash it in bios.

if nothing works then atleast its probably cpu or motherboard or powersupply .

Setting cpu voltage higher could solve this.
all cpus degrade over time and might need a little more. But not alot.

Make sure nothing is overheating aswell.

This might help
 
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first reset the bios to default if the problem is still there then you should look at the hardware.
 

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Thank you for your help, DinaAngel and lowrider_05!

I bought the PC about 1 year ago. In the first months it was ok, than it started to do this problem. Every setup was in AUTO mode, I do not tuning my PC, or modify any data. My friend came, solved it by entering manual voltage and timing for the RAM in the BIOS. Everything seemd to work fine, but this month it started again - though I did no change in the BIOS or no new hardware or so.

I have only one "block" (stick) of a 8GB memory, I'm afraid I would need to get two sticks to try if the 8GB KINGMAX is causing the problem?

I made a shot of the BIOS main screen if it may help:



Thanks a lot for your help!!
 
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Thank you for your help, DinaAngel and lowrider_05!

I bought the PC about 1 year ago. In the first months it was ok, than it started to do this problem. Every setup was in AUTO mode, I do not tuning my PC, or modify any data. My friend came, solved it by entering manual voltage and timing for the RAM in the BIOS. Everything seemd to work fine, but this month it started again - though I did no change in the BIOS or no new hardware or so.

I have only one "block" (stick) of a 8GB memory, I'm afraid I would need to get two sticks to try if the 8GB KINGMAX is causing the problem?

I made a shot of the BIOS main screen if it may help:



Thanks a lot for your help!!
this might be more helpfully
 

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Crummy psu. Replace it
 

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Thank you for the chart! I tried it, but everything seems to lead back to a motherboard probem.

I'm not a pro (I'm very amateur with hardwares), what is a "psu", eidairaman1?

Thanks!
 

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Thank you for the chart! I tried it, but everything seems to lead back to a motherboard probem.

I'm not a pro (I'm very amateur with hardwares), what is a "psu", eidairaman1?

Thanks!

Power supply unit
 

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Ah, thanks!

I'm not sure if it would help, it is a completely new one, bought about 1 year ago as I mentioned. How could it go wrong so quickly? (FSP Raider 550 quite good brand I heard, this is why we choose this when ordered PC.)
 

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Theyve been junk, i wouldnt touch one honestly. It cant handle the overclocking.

Read the manual or have your IT guy read it.

Reset the boards bios/uefi/cmos. Have it upgraded properly. Have the ram reseated along with the gpu. Check the monitor cable.
 
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Sorry if I was not clear enough, or the question is in a wrong topic.

I am not overclocking, this is the problem. I am not a pro, just a normal PC user, and I would like to use my computer in a normal, safe rang, no tuning, no extra performance or so. this is why I am trying to find a solution, because "auto" settings, "default" or "normal" settings does not work.

BIOS was updated, I think it is the newest version available, checked the official website the last update was in 2012: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97/HelpDesk_Download/

Can dust in the PC cause something like this? Maybe I should do a clean?
 

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Cant hurt, either over heating or voltage control is screwed up. But sometimes the bios chip is screwed.
 

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I think I will try a cleaning, and hope it was the problem.

I got an advice to remove the motherboard battery, wait for some seconds and put it back. Would it be that easy?

(Should I do some photos for my BIOS settings for you, would it help to note a problem?)
 

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If ypu look at the motherboard manual for clearing the cmos it might help.
 
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it has a jumper..
pull the battery for 35 seconds if nothing else..
next time it's says "overclocking failed..hit f1 then f10
It'll do that if the power goes out or something.
 
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