This newer PC has a UEFI BIOS which complicates things a little bit. However, that tutorial featured a traditional BIOS. You may want to check it out because it goes into more detail about the BIOS and shows a low-cost programming solution using a Pi. In my previous BIOS tutorial I repaired a Dell with a bricked BIOS using a Raspberry Pi and FlashRom. Their conclusion was a bad motherboard (out of warranty) and they estimated $500 to fix it (includes shipping) assuming that it was the actual problem.Ī little online research indicated that reboot loops are a common problem with the ASUS X99 motherboard and one possible cause is a corrupt BIOS firmware which could be remedied with a BIOS upgrade, which is more difficult to accomplish when the computer won’t boot.

None of the aforementioned corrected the rebooting loop. We disconnected all the peripherals, spent a lot of time moving RAM sticks around, tested the power supply, disconnected the CPU and removed the graphics card. Is not getting past the POST (Power On Self-Test) so the CMOS is not accessible. After a few more seconds it powers back on by However, a few seconds later it shuts off. Upon power up, the computer lights up, fans The computer is stuck in a rebooting loop.

Both the CPU and the graphics card are liquid This model has an Intel i7-6850K CPU running at 4 GHz with 32 GB of DDR4 RAM and a GTX 1080 graphics card. The broken computer is made by Digital Storm which is a Silicon Valley company specializing in performance computers.

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