My pc has died since putting in a PCI usb 3 card

[sports_brah]

I've got a Rampage II, xeon 5650, 6gb, 512gb rig.

It was working grand the other day. I wanted a USB 3 port in the pc, so bought one of those plug in cards that sit in a Pci express.

Since plugging it in however the pc didn't work, I've removed it, but the pc goes to the BIOS screen and no further.


Damn!

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[stulid]

Update the BIOS?

If you can get into the BIOS now, check the boot order is correct.

 

[sports_brah]

I can't actually get into the bios, it hangs on the bios.

 

[MeatLoaf]

Have you tried resetting the bios?

 

[sports_brah]

How do I do that?

I pressed a cmos button thingy on the back but it didn't change anything after a restart.

 

[MeatLoaf]

How do I do that?

I pressed a cmos button thingy on the back but it didn't change anything after a restart.

Take the battery out if you can and leave it out for a couple of hours. Should do the trick.

 

[sports_brah]

Interesting. I shall try this.


Any idea why it happened?

 

[sports_brah]

looks like its ****ed.

its pausing on "initialising USB controllers"

 

[wazza300]

leave cmos battery out for atleast 10 minutes,then put back in and load optimised defaults in the bios

then see if its ok

 

[OhEsEcks]

You don't need to leave the battery out for extended periods. Just disconnect the PSU, remove battery and short the jumpers, fire the battery back in.

 

[wazza300]

you do sometimes

 

[OhEsEcks]

Never in my puff.

 

[wazza300]

ive seen loads of folks have to leave cmos battery out for extended periods,even overnight with some gigabyte boards idk why,maybe the board still stores power idk but it works

 

[OhEsEcks]

I always unplug the power cord then press and hold the power button. Sometimes there's a small charge left in the PSU, which will spin the fans up a few revolutions and then they die. Then you know it's safe to stick a screwdriver on the jumpers.

I learnt to unplug and discharge after a second time working on a computer without powering it down and unplugging it. The damn thing was whirring away and I didn't even think, reached in and grabbed the GPU to remove it. That was a shock to the system

 

[sports_brah]

I'll give that a try so.

 

[Neil79]

Could be worse...

Try opening a PSU and touching the insides after it's just been powered off!

Very painful and will knock you back ( No I don't suggest you do it )