Hello,

My computer was totally fine yesterday, except a small problem with an ethernet pilote that I fixed with a restart.

However this morning the computer is not even booting.

It's an old one with

i7 4790K

Gigabyte GTX970

2*4 Go Ram

I tried to remove the graphic card as the VGA led is advising, but it's not working with a HDMI on my motherboard. I also removed my Cmos battery cause I think it is dead (my bios was returning to default after a power failure in my appartment)

I also removed one RAM and all by HDD/SSD but it still not work ...

Can you help ?

Thank you !

Edit : The turn on button is also not working after I removed the power supply, I need a CMOS reset. It might be due to the missing battery

Hi. I have this code and got a black screen and can’t boot to windows. I have tried resetting cmos and no fix.

I have the godlike z390 motherboard and i9900k Please help.

im building my computer for the first time and it booted up before but now its giving me this error "71". i tried looking for information but i cant find anything and i looked in the manual and it said it means "PCH DXE SMM initialization is started" what ever that means. The VGA light is also on. specs are: cpu-Intel Core i7-4770K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.5 GHZ 8 MB Cache, RAM-32GB G.Skill DDR3 PC3-19200 2400MHz Trident X Series, Motherboard -ASUS Maximus VI EXTREME LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard, GPU-EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti, 3GB, Power Supply-Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX

CPU: Intel Core i7 4820K

Motherboard: Asus Rampge IV Black Edition

GPU: Asus STRIX GTX 980-Ti OC

RAM: G.skill Ripjaws 6x4GB

The problem started right after the Windows 10 April 2018 update installed on my computer (don´t know if thatś a coincidence). Today the computer showed q-code error 34, which means it was unable to enter BIOS. I tried the BIOS switch on my motherboard, which had no effect. I then did a BIOS flash through a USB and the ROG connect feature on the motherboard to externally update the bios, which I assume was successful. When I tried to start it again, it went to q-code error 70: PCH DXE initialization is started. Now it just sticks to the Republic of Gamers screen which says: Press DEL or F2 to enter BIOS. Except my inputs don´t work and the BIOS switch doesn´t either. Please help.

Edit: I got it working by following u/rtey31 's advice and taking out the CMOS battery and putting it back in. Hopefully my computer will stay working.

Hello guys,

So i decided to try building my first gaming PC with the following components:

- AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 6x 3.90GHz
- Asus ROG Strix B550-E Gaming Motherboard Socket AM4; 
- ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060 Ti V2 OC; 
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3200MHz
- SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus

So far, it was actually really fun to progress with the setup of all components etc.

However, as I try now to power on my computer, I don't get any screen on my monitor. I've got the error "pch dxe initialization is started" via my MB number screen.

I've reviewed various posts now and some things: starting without GPU, changed both RAM and slots and also tried them separately). I also think, that my MB does support the required bios for CPU. Nevertheless, i could not even try to update bios, since I don't get any display on my monitor screen.

As i don't get anything displayed on my monitor with and without my GPU and by ruling out the possibilities described, I would guess that my CPU might be damaged?

Maybe you guys have some ideas. I would bring my computer to a service shop if nothing will help. However, I would appreciate your help in any case.

Best