1. Replace the CMOS battery. The CPU came out in 2014 so while early this is a cheap thing to try. If you have a Volt meter, the usual passing voltage I want to see on it is over 3.0 Volts.
2. Go ahead and unplug ALL USB things and try the reset and re-test.
3. Power off, unplug and reseat the video card.
4. If this is home built, consider a common issue of a stray, extra motherboard mounting post. I find this all the time and thankfully only a few lost motherboards.
Hi All,
I hope you are having an awesome day!
PC Specs:
ASUS M32 Series with a little upgrading.
650W PSU
AMD FX 8310
XFX RX 470 4GB (no onboard graphics)
16 GB RAM
2 TB HD
Computer has run beautifully in games--except for x-plane 10--and what I noticed was that the turbo frequency of my processor was not engaging (it is supposed to turbo up to 4.0 GHz when under full load). However, it seemed like the CPU was only running at its stock 3.6 GHz in games. After reading online about turbo not engaging, I decided to go into the BIOS settings and see if the turbo is prevented from running. Note: I don't want to overclock it, I just want the turbo to work as advertised.
It took me to the ASUS BIOS screen where the information told me the PC was running in power saving mode--meaning performance was taking a hit--I click on the option to run in AMD Optimized Mode (the highest performance setting). I changed nothing else and saved then rebooted the PC.
On Reboot the Screen was black, not displaying any input.
The keyboard lights were not on (num lock is usually on)
So I figured the CMOS needed to be reset. I opened up the PC, took out the graphics card to reset the CMOS battery and even used the jumper to reset. No luck!! Maybe I did that wrong but I tried to do it the way ASUS website said at this link.
I contacted ASUS support and they told me to hold the power button in for 30 seconds or so, but no luck!
So I am stuck, the PC is brand new--barely used--and games great but I cant seem to get past booting. All of the components are working fine. Fans are smooth, graphics card lights up, no odd beeps. Everything sounds the same and appears to be working the same but no display--and no keyboard input.
I appreciate any help on this matter, thank you for your time!
PGA Pro

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