Accidentally touched the clear CMOS button on my ASUS G35CG and now the monitor won't start up.
Accidentally touched the clear CMOS button on my ASUS G35CG and now the monitor won't start up.
I accidentally pressed the clear cmos button on the back of my desktop, and now when my computer boots up there's no signal from my monitor despite it working perfectly before, and I've figured out it's not a monitor issue. I've tried clearing the cmos/bios, restarting my computer several times, held down the power button and clear cmos button for 30 seconds (with and without inputs plugged in), tried taking out the cmos battery and waiting 30 minutes (+ unplugging graphics card and hardrives, as recommended online). Lastly, my bios flash button isn't lighting up, so I don't think I can properly boot my pc with an updated bios via usb stick (which I tried). This happened before once, and that time my monitor randomly started to work, but this time now nothing has fixed it. Should I just go to geeksquad or does anyone have any other ideas to fix it? I've never been unable to fix a troubleshooting issue like this before, I'm completely stumped. Would greatly appreciate any help, thank you.
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When clearing the CMOS, disconnect from the wall and outlet, remove the CMOS battery, press and hold the power button for 30 seconds to drain any remaining power, then replace the battery after 30 minutes.
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check this Reddit thread and a few posts below—you should find a link to the BIOS ROM for your board in the prebuilt, which can help with the BIOS Flashback process.
See if that assists.
Thanks for the advice. I also attempted to use a flash drive with an updated BIOS to boot my computer, but the BIOS flash button doesn’t light up, making it hard to confirm if the update is happening from the USB stick. It seems I might need to visit Geek Squad for help with this issue. This is really confusing.
I accidentally pressed the clear cmos button on the back of my desktop, and now when my computer boots up there's no signal from my monitor despite it working perfectly before, and I've figured out it's not a monitor issue. I've tried clearing the cmos/bios, restarting my computer several times, held down the power button and clear cmos button for 30 seconds (with and without inputs plugged in), tried taking out the cmos battery and waiting 30 minutes (+ unplugging graphics card and hardrives, as recommended online). Lastly, my bios flash button isn't lighting up, so I don't think I can properly boot my pc with an updated bios via usb stick (which I tried). This happened before once, and that time my monitor randomly started to work, but this time now nothing has fixed it. Should I just go to geeksquad or does anyone have any other ideas to fix it? I've never been unable to fix a troubleshooting issue like this before, I'm completely stumped. Would greatly appreciate any help, thank you.
Sorry, I attempted to locate how to remove my previous post but wasn't able to. I was planning to modify some content from my original post since I've been working on this for several hours.
Have you tried hitting F1 or F2 or any other key when the computer boots? The ASUS Z590 bios in a Strix E motherboard that I have does not show anything on the screen until a key has been hit. This is actually a safety feature to help prevent screen burn in if the computer boots when no one is around to press any keys. (This is also why I personally would never buy a computer with an F processor).