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    • kenchie's system
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    PC won't boot

    My new-ish build (spec below) continues to give me grief! The other day I was working away in Vista when Explorer suddenly crashed, then the machine shut itself down. Now it won't boot. It gets as far as the memory check, then just stops. I can't access the BIOS or boot from a CD/DVD. Any ideas please?!

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    • WannaPiEcE's system
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    Re: PC won't boot

    Unplug, press case power button to discharge any remaining charge, remove CMOS battery for 30 minutes (replace), re-seat CPU, try booting on each individual memory sticks independently, double check all connections.. and thats about all I can think of...

    Once you are able to boot to BIOS via a single stick of ram (either or) BE SURE TO SET THE RAM TIMINGS AND VOLTAGES IN BIOS by pressing Ctrl+F1 at the main BIOS screen, then navigating to advanced memory timings controls.

    Good Luck

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