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Question

My computer keeps timing out

by Jul 5, 2018 2:00AM PDT

My pc is being really strange ever since I came back from my weekend away (I noticed that somehow my CPU fan was just hanging down and not clipped in). Now when I load my computer sometimes it is okay, but often now it keeps going back to a black screen, flashing a dash '-' in the top left and 'a2' '9c' in the bottom right then going back to the msi motherboard screen. I was just playing gta and it has just done it again randomly and now comes onto a recovery screen. Can anyone help please? I only know the very basics of computers...

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Re: timing out
by Forum moderator Jul 5, 2018 2:31AM PDT

That a2 and 9c and motherboard screen indicate it's not an issue in Windows, but it occurs already in the BIOS.

Given the broken fan, it's likely to be a hardware issue. Replacing the motherboard is a good solution then. Remember that - unless it's exactly the same model - you might need to reinstall Windows if you install a new motherboard.

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Cpu fan
by Jul 5, 2018 2:53AM PDT

Do you mean just the fan or the heat sink fan assembly?

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by Josie670 Nov 10, 2018 10:29AM PST

The fan is fine now I reconnected it and put new clips on, but my computer still keeps failing

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