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I decided to just replace the mobo battery, haven't turned it on, not at home anymore. What I did was I had 2 CR2032 v3 batteries from my kitchen scale. I replaced one of those with the mobo's. The...
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Better to only add one thing at a time, thus you will find the culprit of the long post times.
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Pretty sure the RAM started the problem when I added in the other pair. Either that or the CD drive but I doubt that could cause this problem.
My motherboard is gigabyte ep35-ds3p...
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Solid advice posted so far. I also recommend disabling "boot from USB" in BIOS if you have that as an option. As jkee mentioned disconnect all USB minus mouse and keyboard if applicable. Make sure...
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The POST takes anywhere from 5-10 minutes. On the POST screen it shows the CPU line first, right after that is the "memory test: ###########mb OK" line. That's where it gets stuck first showing "mem"...
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Are you overclocking anything? After resetting CMOS if it's still slow then disconnect as many components and boot with only the minimal devices attached (CPU/fan, 4/8pin and 24pin power, 1 stick of...
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You definitely do NOT want to put the wrong battery in there, specially if it's higher voltage.
Besides, what are you trying to accomplish by changing it?
All it does is retain your bios info, in...
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What USB devices are you connecting to the computer?
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OK, just booted with cleared CMOS along with 1 stick of ram only, keyboard, mouse and GPU for monitor hook up. It doesn't get stuck at "mem". What does this tell me? I'm going to hook everything else...
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Which memtest did you use, and which OTHER memtest did you use? Try MemTest86 (not 86+ for that machine) AND Gold Memory 5.07 (not 6.92). Even the best diagnostic misses some errors, and one...
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Do memtest one stick at a time.
And I believe it's the memory problem. You should be able to tell which stick of memory is the cause of the problem and test it for multiple passes and see what's...
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The whole concept of adding one item at a time, is to determine with certainty, which component is causing the problem.
You can theorize 'till the cows come home and not get results, whereas you...
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Try clearing the CMOS and/or replacing the battery...that's where I'd start.
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Ok, I'm gonna put the other battery back in then. lol D:
No time to do this until late night or tomorrow morning so I'll update then
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After putting everything back in one by one I started getting problems again. The POST is back to normal but I had to repair windows cause it wouldn't startup. It told me to do a system restore and...
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Have you checked your BIOS settings for quick POST/memory test, something along those lines?
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Which component started the problem again?
