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mdschoolkillsfun

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Hello, I believe i have a hardwere problem with my recently built computer that had been running perfectly for 2-3 months. I woke up the other day flipped my computer on and as i get to the black screen before the OS loads where you hit F1 to continue or Del to enter setup, I hit F1 and nothing happens i hit Del nothing happens.

Things i have done/checked-

- Post test is good
- Keyboard...is all good tried multiples
- Reconnected all MB, hard drive, disk drive and power supply

Note- There is a noise after the post that i can describe as measured clicking about 6-8 of them coming from the speaker in my case that is hooked to the MB. It sounds like its supposed to be there for a reason, i did not hear it before this problem happened though. If there is a meaning to this i have not been able to find it.

So before i pay for a over priced fix, i was looking here to see if anyone could provide suggestions comments or inappropriate remarks.

Thanks again :)
 
What motherboard/CPU/RAM/GPU do you have? The type of motherboard is the most important thing here -- going to need the exact model.

If you built recently it's still under warranty. The board may have failed, but you can RMA, worst case. You'll be without a board for 1-2 weeks, but it's not the end of the world.
 
Reset the CMOS.

Unplug your PSU, pull the little round battery on the motherboard out for ~5 minutes, put it back in, reconnect PSU, try again.

You'll lose all BIOS settings, so be sure to press DEL and set everything how you want it if it does work.

Try with one stick of RAM. If that doesn't work, try with the /other/ stick of RAM.

Try a different video card if you have access to one.

Try with no drives connected to the board.

If it still won't boot properly call Foxconn and explain to them what's going on. They'll probably tell you you need to RMA the board.
 
mdschoolkillsfun said:
...Note- There is a noise after the post that i can describe as measured clicking about 6-8 of them coming from the speaker in my case that is hooked to the MB. It sounds like its supposed to be there for a reason, i did not hear it before this problem happened though. If there is a meaning to this i have not been able to find it....
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Is your system speaker hooked up properly?
 
Tried it all, same shit happens. Turned out my case speaker was not even hooked up, so i do not know what was making that noise but i have not heard it in the last five starts. Calling foxconn tomorrow .

Thanks again
 
Unhook your hard drive and see if it still clicks at you.
 
DeChache said:
Unhook your hard drive and see if it still clicks at you.
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X2. Sounds like you've had a drive failure. One path would be to get a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD (free - download ISO and burn) and try booting from that. This has most all the hard drive manufacturer's drive diagnostic software on it, has Memtest86+, etc....good tools that should be a huge help in figuring out what's going on.
 
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