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    G60Vx-RBB05 black screen during POST

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by devdevil85, Dec 17, 2012.

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    devdevil85 Notebook Enthusiast

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    For some reason my G60Vx-RBB05 won't show POST or allow me to get into the BIOS while it's starting up. Also, I am forced to Ctrl+Alt+Delete to get it to actually boot Windows. If I don't it just gets stuck. Once I'm in Windows everything works. No random shutdowns. All 4GB of RAM show up. The CPU is read correctly and so is the GPU. Is there a reason why it wouldn't show POST or allow me to get into the BIOS? I figured if the RAM was bad I'd see errors or have issues while in Windows, but that is not the case. I can play games and do everything as normal, only that booting/reboot requires manual intervention and I don't see anything on the screen until Windows boots.

    Any suggestions for troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated.
     
    devdevil85, Dec 17, 2012
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    Have you tried clearing the CMOS?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 17, 2012
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    I haven't. I guess I could try. I didn't see a CMOS battery anywhere last time I pulled the bottom plate off. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks Meaker
     
    devdevil85, Dec 18, 2012
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    It can certainly help with this sort of funny issue, otherwise reflashing the latest bios could also help.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 18, 2012
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    Run memtest86+ though a few passes. Just because you don't see errors in windows doesn't mean that your RAM is ok.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Dec 18, 2012
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    Thanks ALLurGroceries, I'll definitely try that and let you know. For some reason with the HDD inserted, it won't boot, but if I remove the HDD, the "No boot media" prompt will display and I then I am forced to insert the HDD while the laptop is on to get it to boot.
     
    devdevil85, Dec 26, 2012
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    That sounds like an electrical problem with the drive/slot, it wont boot without the HDD because it has no OS to boot.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 27, 2012
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    Yeah, it could be an electrical problem because when the HDD is inserted and I turn off the laptop completely, when I turn it back on it will only show a blank/black screen, nothing is shown on the screen but my Num/Caps Lock icons will light up if I hit them. It's really strange. But like I said above, somehow the laptop will somehow show the "No boot media inserted" when the HDD is not inserted and then I am able to insert the HDD and it'll boot. The whole thing just doesn't make any sense other than it being an electrical issue with drive/slot like you said.
     
    devdevil85, Dec 29, 2012
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    Possibly something funny with hotplug settings or the firmware on the bdd itself.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 29, 2012
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