OxcOOOOOOe error ???

[Quango-uk]

Had problems with my pc freezing recently

Realised the fan not working on the heat-sink
so removed it and found that the tim had oozed out of the side where the cpu overheated

now that I have put it all back together it will stay on for a while but will lock up except for the mouse which I can still move around the screen

I left it on last night and woke to find it had the OxcOOOOOOe The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.

I have had this happen a few tines to me now.

'When I put the pc back together the sata cables were in different places because i could not remember where they were.

Does this sound like SSD on the way out or windows not liking me moving stuff?

 

[wazza300]

tried clearing the cmos by leaving out the motherboard battery for 30 minutes? it will reset your bios settings to default so try and make a note of them if you can

 

[Quango-uk]

well threes a cmos reset button on the mobo which I have pressed on several occasions recently
As I had a 7970 with would not boot into windows and I used the clear cmos to try to get into safe mode, which did not help so have rma'ed the card back.

so I know the cmos has been cleared

 

[wazza300]

I would try the battery method first,the cmos button doesn't always clear it properly

then take it from there