Recurring Issue

Hi Eggy... I'm not at my rig so can't access some of my info, so this is my memory.

When it finishes rebooting and no display, are the fans, lights on?

Fans and lights are on. Per my instruction booklet, I tried pressing capslock - LED on my keyboard does not toggle on, which apparently means it is NOT a monitor/cable issue, but a hardware issue. Which again confuses me, as the rig has not budged an inch.

Yeah, I'll have to reset to even get back to the bios. Do you think it's the overclock that is causing this to occur? Seems odd that it would work just fine last night when I shut down, and then this afternoon decide it doesn't like the OC.

Not sure what a Q code fault is?

I pressed reset, now I'm in the bios trying to find the screen to load the DS profile. The display is showing "CE"

And now that it's working again, it's showing "AA". 

Just looked it up on ASUS forums. Apparently bothcodes are normal. All is working. Just got off the phone with support. The way I'm looking at it now, I know how to fix the problem when it occurs. If it continues to happen, it could be a mobo issue and will have to send it in. Trying to avoid that for now, but we'll see if the problem crops up again within the next month.

food for thought: (got this for another problem but thought of this thread also)


Scenario 3: The system randomly restarts and no Stop error BugcheckCode is listed, or the computer is completely unresponsive (hard hang)



The Stop error code and the PowerButtonTimestamp are listed as zero.
For example, consider the following scenarios:

•The Stop error BugcheckCode value is listed as zero. Circumstances can prevent writing the Stop error BugcheckCode information before the computer restarts or shuts down. In this case, a BugcheckCode value of zero is logged. Also, perhaps no Stop error occurred, and the shutdown resulted from a power loss. For example, on a portable computer, this could mean that the battery is removed or completely drained. Or, on a desktop computer, this could mean that the computer was unplugged, or a power outage occurred.

•The PowerButtonTimestamp is listed as zero. Circumstances can prevent writing the PowerButtonTimestamp information before the computer restarts or shuts down. In this case, a value of zero is logged. This can occur if the power button is pressed and held for at least four seconds when Windows has an operation running that prevents writing the event to disk. You might also see this scenario if the computer is “hard-locked” and therefore unresponsive to any input, and the computer has to be powered off.

To determine whether the computer is unresponsive, try pressing the CAPS LOCK key to toggle the CAPS light on the keyboard.
To check whether this scenario is occurring, press the CAPS LOCK key on the keyboard. When you do this, if the CAPS LOCK light on the keyboard does not change when you press the CAPS LOCK key, the computer may be completely unresponsive (hard hang).

This scenario usually indicates a problem with the hardware. To help isolate the problem, check the following items:
1.Overclocking: Disable overclocking to see whether the issue occurs when the system is run at the correct speed.

2.Check the memory: Verify the memory by using a memory checker. Verify that each memory chip is the same speed and that it is configured correctly in the system.

3.Power supply: Make sure that the power supply has enough wattage to appropriately handle the installed devices. If you added memory, installed a newer processor, installed additional drives, or added external devices, such devices can require more energy than the current power supply can provide consistently.

4.Overheating: Check whether the system is overheating by examining the internal temperature of the hardware.

5.Defaults: Reset the system back to the system defaults to see whether the issues occur when the system is running in its default configuration.


If you see that the computer generates a Stop error that contains a BugcheckCode value that is not reported in an event ID, change the restart behavior for the computer.
To do this, follow these steps: 1.Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2.Click Advanced system settings.
3.Click the Advanced tab.
4.In the Startup and Recovery section, click Settings.
5.Click to clear the Automatically restart check box.

This should display an error on screen rather than auto-restart.






Edited by Pacesetter - 31 Mar 2015 at 6:36pm