samurai nightling September 9, 2015 Share samurai nightling Member September 9, 2015 So got on today, something weird happened on startup, and next thing I know I'm getting my splash screen again for the bios that I disabled when I first built the computer. Go and check, my bios and overclock all reset somehow. Not sure how, not sure why, but I lost every setting I set way back like 8 years ago. Now I don't remember what they all were. And the overclocking seems to be failing each time so for now I'm back to stock settings I guess. And my DVD drive wont open. The green light keeps flashing, almost like its trying to read it, but whenever i hit the button, nothing. It's almost like its trying to access it like a hard drive. I'm pretty mad right now, but I guess most functionality is there. Any suggestions to fix that dang DVD drive are welcome though. Not sure what to do about it. It also is causing my computer to lock up when trying to go in settings -> storage. Windows 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan September 9, 2015 Share JackieChan GC Alumni September 9, 2015 Dying mobo battery? Doubt it though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat September 9, 2015 Share walkingCat Member September 9, 2015 Ouch, sorry to hear. Do you think an 8 years old hardware can pull Windows 10? Perhaps it's somehow related? Maybe DVD-ROM is now being recognized by your BIOs as a memory drive? Change it in the BIOs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterTalpa September 9, 2015 Share MasterTalpa Member September 9, 2015 try turning it off then back on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage September 10, 2015 Share ZeroDamage Member September 10, 2015 (edited) Could be a number of things. You made reference to your hardware being 8 or so years old. That is pretty old and most likely the electronic components are breaking down. Could be the motherboard. Could be the PSU. It could be the battery. I am leaning towards the motherboard. It may be time to upgrade. Edited September 10, 2015 by ZeroDamage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher September 10, 2015 Share Preacher Member September 10, 2015 mobo fo sho. Seen this a few times with my own systems that died. Always the mobo. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush September 11, 2015 Share Bush Member September 11, 2015 What Preacher said, been down that path. Bummer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madvillain September 11, 2015 Share Madvillain Member September 11, 2015 The Motherboard's capacitors are probably shot, maybe that extended amount of time without a steady flow of power on an 8 year old board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling September 15, 2015 Author Share samurai nightling Member September 15, 2015 It seems to run just fine though, thats whats weird. I've had no othre incidents like this yet, and still not since this one happened. And actually Windows 10 seems to run pretty good, except for the lock up like i was talking about. I definitely know its time for an upgrade. It has been for a few years but i lack any kind of funds to do it right now, so its impossible. This compy is still running a Q9550, 8gb of DDR2, and a GTX 260. Whats sad is I still play gun game right now trying to level up for CMM and I still win most of those matches, so its hard for me to go buy new stuff when this still does me fine in CS:GO. I forsee trying to upgrade in the near future, but I want to try and get some of our credit card debt paid off and other things first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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