I'm DonSkoy! No. I'm not a cat, just bald.
Had my Overclockers PC now for, it'll be 5yrs at the end of next month. Still been by far THE best I've owned since my very first was somewhere around '93! (yes, I am that old).
But very recently I've had my first (thankfully) major headache/problem and I have no sweet clue where to begin. I'm hoping someone here can help me. Please and thanks.
Though, since I'm not entirely sure what and where the issue lies, I do not know where to post. Perhaps someone can move this post and/or tell me a more appropriate place to post for help?
Computer doesn't like booting up. Fans begin slowing down. To the point where the PC turns itself off.
I repeat this process several times and finally (if I'm lucky) I'll get the prompt to F1 into BIOS.
It's from this point on I literally have no idea what I'm doing. I could speculate but I'd much prefer someone could maybe point me in the right direction.
Oh, and sometimes (not always, rarely in fact) I can actually get Windows to load up simply by making no changes to the BIOS but "saving" those non-changes and then it boots up. Weird.
Can't rely on this and it's extremely frustrating not being able to use properly.
I realise an upgrade is well overdue but, like I said, I've been lucky and all has been well until very recently. I don't game too often and what I have still seems adequate for my needs.
Secretly hoping Santa might leave me a nice new Motherboard, CPU and Memory.
Can't remember if I've ever posted on the form before so made a new account. Hope everyone is doing well.
Had my Overclockers PC now for, it'll be 5yrs at the end of next month. Still been by far THE best I've owned since my very first was somewhere around '93! (yes, I am that old).
But very recently I've had my first (thankfully) major headache/problem and I have no sweet clue where to begin. I'm hoping someone here can help me. Please and thanks.
Though, since I'm not entirely sure what and where the issue lies, I do not know where to post. Perhaps someone can move this post and/or tell me a more appropriate place to post for help?
Computer doesn't like booting up. Fans begin slowing down. To the point where the PC turns itself off.
I repeat this process several times and finally (if I'm lucky) I'll get the prompt to F1 into BIOS.
It's from this point on I literally have no idea what I'm doing. I could speculate but I'd much prefer someone could maybe point me in the right direction.
Oh, and sometimes (not always, rarely in fact) I can actually get Windows to load up simply by making no changes to the BIOS but "saving" those non-changes and then it boots up. Weird.
Can't rely on this and it's extremely frustrating not being able to use properly.
I realise an upgrade is well overdue but, like I said, I've been lucky and all has been well until very recently. I don't game too often and what I have still seems adequate for my needs.
Secretly hoping Santa might leave me a nice new Motherboard, CPU and Memory.
Can't remember if I've ever posted on the form before so made a new account. Hope everyone is doing well.