Problem with the altered BIOS welcome screen
Problem with the altered BIOS welcome screen
I assembled this system in 2022. I never attempted to push it beyond its limits. It performed flawlessly. Windows 11 is set to shut down automatically at midnight. Last night I neglected that setting and was immersed in playing Pistol Whip for years, when it suddenly powered off. When I tried to restart it, the monitor was blank. Given the PC seemed uncertain about input sources since my Valve Index remained connected and the monitor was off at startup, I powered it down using the power button, unplugged the Index, switched on the monitor, and then restarted the machine.
Now, a "_" cursor appears in the upper left corner, larger than before, then shifts to the center of the screen, followed by an endless BIOS splash. It’s pixelated and slightly warped, resembling vertical distortion on a video. There’s also a faint white line of what looks like text in the upper left, though it’s too distorted to read clearly.
Motherboard LEDs behave identically to before—red when first powered on, turning white and then extinguishing.
When I attempt a reboot and press the delete key to access BIOS, it works. But the interface is empty, pixelated, warped, and filled with jumbled text that can’t be deciphered. It’s also unresponsive; every key pressed yields no change on the screen.
The BIOS, while called such (It isn't a BIOS per se) and referred to as "firmware" is most definitely software. Sometimes things get corrupted, rare but it happens. Glad to hear it worked for you. As far as the cause? Unknown, the only time I've ever seen something like this was from losing external power. Are these scheduled shutdowns set up through windows? If they are I can't think of a reason why it would be a cause, perhaps there was a power bump somewhere in there. If you suspect such, or have unreliable power then a UPS is probably in order. Otherwise party on as normal.