Asus P5W: 3.2.2 Failure to boot-up; No screen display 3.2.3 Failure to enter the operating system
3.2.2 Failure to boot-up; No screen display 3.2.3 Failure to enter the operating system: Asus P5W
Table of contents
- Chapter 1: Quick Start 1.1 Installing the CPU
- 1.1.2 AMD AM2 Socket
- 1.2 Installing the heatsink and fan
- For Intel-certied heatsink:
- For AMD-certied heatsink:
- 1.3 Installing a DIMM 1.4 Installing the motherboard
- Chapter1: QuickStart
- 1.5 Installing the power supply unit
- 1.6 Installing an expansion card
- 1.7 Installing disk drives
- 1.7.2 SATA optical disk drive
- 1.7.3 Floppy disk drive
- 1.7.4 PATA hard disk drive
- Notes for installing PATA hard disk drive
- 1.7.5 SATA hard disk drive
- 1.8 Front panel cables
- ASUS Q-Connector 1.9 Connecting the ATX power
- Power connectors
- 1.10 Peripheral devices and accessories
- 1.11 Startingupforthersttime Troubleshooting
- Chapter 2: Manage/update BIOS 2.1 AFUDOS utility
- ASUS Motherboard installation guide
- 2.2 Award BIOS Flash Utility
- ASUS Motherboard installation guide
- Saving the current BIOS le
- 2.3 ASUS Update utility Installing ASUS Update
- Updating the BIOS through the Internet
- Updating the BIOS through a BIOS le
- Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 3.1 Troubleshooting for Motherboard DIY 3.1.1 Basic troubleshooting
- B. CPU overheated
- 3.2 Other common troubles
- 3.2.1 No power
- 3.2.2 Failure to boot-up; No screen display 3.2.3 Failure to enter the operating system
- 3.2.4 FAQs
- Chapter 4: Computer care tips
3.2.2 Failure to boot-up; No screen display
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Mostboot-upfailureandnoscreendisplayresultfromdevicedefectionorincorrect
installation.Followtheinstructionsbelowtoxtheproblem.
1. Makesuretheallthepowercablesareattached,includingthesystemand
the monitor.
2. Make sure if the problem comes from expansion devices.
• Removealltheexpansioncardanddevices.Useonlymotherboard,
monitor,VGAcard,memeorymodules,powersupplyunit,heatsinkand
fan,keyboard,andmousetorebootthesystem.
• Ifthesystemisworkingnormally,itisoneoftheexpansiondevicesthat
causestheproblem.Reinstalltheexpansiondevicesyouremovedback
tothesystemonebyoneandndoutthedefectivedevice.
3. Makesureiftheproblemcomesfromthebasicsystemdevices.
• Ifyouhavesomesparedevices,youcanreplacethedevicesinturn
tondoutthedefectivedeviceintheorderof“memorymodule,CPU,
motherboard,hard/opticaldiskdrive,keyboard/mouse.”
Whenyoundoutthedefectivedevice,contactyourdeviceretailerforservice.
3.2.3 Failure to enter the operating system
1. Iftheproblememergesafteryouaddahardware.Removethenewadded
hardwareandrebootthesystem.Ifthesystemisworkingnormallywithout
thehardware,thedevicemaybedefectiveorincompatibletothesystem.
Contact the device retailer for help.
2. Iftheproblememergesafteryouinstallasoftwareordriver.Followthe
instructionsbelowtoxtheproblem.
a. Entertheoperatingsysteminsafemodeandremovethesoftwareor
driver.
b. Contacttheoperatingsystemcompanyforfurthersupport.
c. Ifthepreviousinstructionsfailtoxtheproblem,youmayneedtoformat
yourharddiskdriveandreinstallanewoperatingsystem.
3. IftheproblememergesafteryouchangetheBIOSsettings,rebootandenter
the BIOS to load the setup defaults. Refer the motherboard user guide for
details.
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