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Could be UEFI Vs Legacy mode on boot drive config?
Help! Where have I gone wrong? Motherboard/CPU replacement.
- Thread starter Natjtbxx
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Boot priority been checked?
I’ve checked again this morning. Does look like it might be bent. I can’t see very well though because it’s so tiny! Tried to get a better picture. Does this look bent to you?
If so is it fixable?
Yes set to boot from hard drive first
Tried both sticks in one slot and it will boot to BIOS. The other slot won’t boot with either stick. So definitely seems to be an issue with that one slot
went right through the BIOS settings and boot mode is UEFI or CSM. Is CSM legacy mode? If so should I try booting with that? That’s one thing I’ve not done yet.
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I think that's a bent pin. My advice to the OP is to contact the vendor, ask them what you can do. I wouldn't try to bend that pin back if you are new to PC builds, they are quite fragile and can snap off easily.
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Yup, Compatibility Support Mode. You could try it - it depends how the previous motherboard was set up.
Man of Honour
Yes it's bent backwards if you look at the others both sides they sit into the recess above while that pin doesn't.
A couple of needles and a razor blade you mite be able to bend it back
Loads of videos on YouTube on bent pins.
Update and a new issue!
When I got to trying to sort the bent pin it looked like part was missing so I cut my losses and got a new motherboard.
Now its stuck on the green light which is a boot error. Computer won’t boot at all, not even to bios. I’ve checked the cables are properly connected, tried different SATA ports, tried another cable. Still the same. I’m out of ideas so came back here to see if anyone had any ideas.
When I got to trying to sort the bent pin it looked like part was missing so I cut my losses and got a new motherboard.
Now its stuck on the green light which is a boot error. Computer won’t boot at all, not even to bios. I’ve checked the cables are properly connected, tried different SATA ports, tried another cable. Still the same. I’m out of ideas so came back here to see if anyone had any ideas.
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Start from the beginning: Motherboard and CPU and one RAM stick, on top of the motherboard box, no extra cables or drives beyond what's necessary.
I’ve managed to get the bios screen up now but it just keeps cycling back to Bios and isn’t booting from the hard drive. Hard drive is top priority in settings
I’m in! I forgot about legacy mode. That’s all it needed.
My guess is, the SSD had Windows already installed from before and it will probably be partitioned using MBR which is why it needs legacy bios to boot.
Yeah it’s booted windows from the hard drive in legacy mode and we’re all set up now. Only issue is it’s not recognising the second monitor which is plugged to the hdmi port in the motherboard. So in the grand scale of things now it’s minor but just need to figure that one out.
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The i5-12400F series doesn't have an integrated graphics adapter in - the F suffix denotes no graphics. So onboard/motherboard graphics ports won't work. Is there another free socket on the graphics card? You can get DisplayPort to HDMI cables or adapters as it's a passive conversion (just a different pin selection from the socket).
Thanks! Just found out the same from google about the F suffix so going to get a new cable because there’s only one hdmi port in the graphics card