change wificard now computer wont boot 80% of attempts!

[mark2410]

so, i was having a bluetooth driver issue and i thought ill update my wificard to one with bluetooth on it. So it turns out the bt side goes via usb anyway but i installed the prie card and connected the bluetooth header.

computer wont boot. seems to mostly get stuck on post code D5 which is cpu initialisation.

i remove the card. no change.

computer will not post and boot almost every try but.... eventally it will and once booted up it runs fine.

what the hell???? i dont have spare parts to be swapping out to test but i see no reason it should be having trouble then suddenly work fine until it next restarts.

help!!!

 

[HangTime]

computer will not post and boot almost every try but.... eventally it will and once booted up it runs fine.

what the hell???? i dont have spare parts to be swapping out to test but i see no reason it should be having trouble then suddenly work fine until it next restarts.

help!!!

This is more common than you might imagine, I can't recall the reasons exactly but it might be something to do with the voltage needed to POST.

 

[mark2410]

well it seems to now be okay, i took the card out, it was still doing it but this morning it booted first go. its times like this i hate computers

 

[Larok]

Could you have knocked something out of place when you made the change? Checking the RAM was properly seated would be my first thought.

 

[Heliocentric]

Remove the cmos battery and reseat it. You might have some odd hardware table issue in the bios.