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I tried updating the BIOS on my gaming PC but instead managed to brick the motherboard. After fitting a replacement BIOS chip there seems to be almost no difference. My PC is clearly getting power because all of the fans turn on and hardware lights up. I can also hear the HDD being used which is good news. However, I’m not getting any connection to my keyboard or display so I have no way of knowing what’s wrong. Can someone help me get my machine up and running again? Thanks in advance. Specs: ̶A̶S̶U̶S̶ ̶Z̶1̶7̶0̶-̶P̶ ̶(̶B̶I̶O̶S̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶3̶8̶0̶5̶)̶ GIGABYTE H110-D3AIntel i7 4770k (Engineering Sample)GeForce RTX 2070Hyper-X Fury 2400MHz RAM (DDR4)770 Watt PSU (I forget the brand)
For the sake of answering this question for future visitors, as Ben had said the CPU was not compatible with the motherboard. The bios update I received must have erased the compatibility somehow, so a rollback would have likely fixed the issue. I just chose a full CPU and mobo replacement instead. Hope this helps anybody else who runs into the same problem.
Hi @loui1024 , Some things to try as you haven’t mentioned what you have tried to do Try removing the graphics card and connecting the monitor to the onboard video output and check if there is a display or not. Try connecting a pc speaker to the speaker header pins on the motherboard and listen for any beep error codes when starting the desktop. Here’s an image showing what I mean.
(click on image to enlarge for better viewing) Here’s a link that details the beep error codes for a no display problem. Depending on the beep code, if any, and they are not shown in the link, you may have to search the internet to find out what they mean. Just search for Asus desktop (insert beep code) to hopefully get results for what it means. If you haven’t already done so, try clearing the BIOS back to default in case it has become corrupted somehow. Here’s an image that shows how to do this. Do it by removing the RTC battery (remember which way is it installed so that you reinstall it the correct way, usually it is +ve on top) from the motherboard as this will ensure that there is no power to maintain any settings that may be corrupted and so restore all settings to their default values.
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