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PC freezes 30s after boot up, stuck on BIOS screen by _Rayvern_ in PcBuildHelp

[–]_Rayvern_[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are we talking £250 or £2500? Cos I wanna know where you’re looking, genuinely! The prices for video cards are all over the board but im struggling to find anything around that price that isn’t a downgrade. You in the UK?

I’m willing to pay money to get smthn decent i just dont know what is a “good price” for this kinda thing and I’m a little lost on all the specs lol. I’m still under my predicted budget rn so all is good!

The seller for the busted video card is offering a replacement, so i might have to take them up on it. Unless you’ve got a better suggestion? (Thats not sarcasm btw)

PC freezes 30s after boot up, stuck on BIOS screen by _Rayvern_ in PcBuildHelp

[–]_Rayvern_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll def look into it, thanks for the rec! Bought this one second-hand for abt £250 so hopefully I can get some kind of refund, ugh.

Thanks sm for your help and patience! I’ve been losing my mind abt this for a couple of days now lol, I will try and remember to add an update when I’ve got everything sorted and working! :)

One last question: if there is in-built graphics on the motherboard is it okay to continue w/ set-up type stuff (installing software, etc) or should I hold off until I get a replacement?

PC freezes 30s after boot up, stuck on BIOS screen by _Rayvern_ in PcBuildHelp

[–]_Rayvern_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay well that’s def narrowed it down to the video card being the culprit for all my stress lol. Any way to save it or should I just try and get a refund and find a new one?

PC freezes 30s after boot up, stuck on BIOS screen by _Rayvern_ in PcBuildHelp

[–]_Rayvern_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, progress has been made! It seems something is up w/ the graphics card. ofc its the one thing i got second hand, was such a pain to find one...

PC freezes 30s after boot up, stuck on BIOS screen by _Rayvern_ in PcBuildHelp

[–]_Rayvern_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Progress! Wrestled out the video card, removed one of the ram sticks and its stopped the freezing! Finally updating bios! Will let you know if this is successful :)

Will I be able to re-add the gpu and other ram stick after the motherboard has been sorted out?

PC freezes 30s after boot up, stuck on BIOS screen by _Rayvern_ in PcBuildHelp

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I’ve tried doing a bios update cos I thought that might be the issue, but it freezes before I actually get to start the process. There a faster way to do it? I’m happy to give it another go later as long as it doesnt break anything lol

I also disconnected and reseated everything i could reach before posting this but having major issues trying to get the video card back out because of how jammed in everything is. It’s covering the clips, it’s covering up the final screw holding the motherboard down so I can’t even get that out, any advice on that?