Help, never had this issue before? BIOS Corrupted?

Xerco · 9 Oct 2017 at 22:09

Hey guys,

My dad's computer has started having this odd issue that I have never experienced before. The PC completely boot loops when turned off unless powered off. The screen is all screwed up (see linked images). It's completely unusable.

pic one: https://photos.app.goo.gl/y9KeRsI6n06PXv0B2
pic two: https://photos.app.goo.gl/BGaCgYNC1r2uCqQM2

Is the BIOS corrupted, motherboard broken Its only around a year old? I've bridged the jumpers and removed the CMOS battery for 10 minutes to no luck. I've unplugged all the hard-drives, I'm sure its not a graphic card error as the mouse renders clearly on the screen where ever I've placed it.

Thanks for your time,
Xerco

orbitalwalsh · 9 Oct 2017 at 22:16

Check your GPU, able to run over board Display ports ? If it's Intel chip?

ExRayTed · 10 Oct 2017 at 07:56

Looks like a hardware issue to me. Try running with only 1 stick of RAM at a time.

Xerco · 10 Oct 2017 at 20:59

I swapped the GPU out for another one and it ran fine. Really should have tried that before posting... my bad!

Cheers guys.
Xerco