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Return to Misty Moorings (FSX/P3D/MSFS2020) => Misty's Place => Topic started by: jeff3163 on March 21, 2018, 01:20:17 AM
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On Sunday my motherboard lost it's bootloader image, and that caused a black bios screen and my system's OS boot record disappeared. This was sudden and unexpected, during a routine rebooting. I've had to go back to my previous motherboard, an AM3 type. I was forced to reinstall windows, and am now in the process of brain-salad surgery getting things functional again. People, WRITE DOWN YOUR PASSWORDS SOMEWHERE, and REMEMBER WHERE YOU PUT THEM!!! I was not prepared with passwords or windows key etc., so had to hack my way in with a dull spoon. :'( Anyway, I am obviously logged into my account now, so yay for that. Computer is barely functional, as I am still stitching things up. I have no sound or microphone, so not much fun yet.
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Damn Jeff, I feel your pain :'(! I'm still in the process of getting mine together >:(
John
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Are you sure it was a board failure and not a HDD MBR failure, which can be repaired? Did you get an error message when it failed?
This is why I regularly create image backups of all of my important drives, as well as keep my passwords up to date on a spreadsheet, print them out and put in a safe place. Has saved my bacon many times by getting me back up and running in a few leisurely hours instead of a few hair ripping months. All it took was one catastrophe years ago and I learned my lesson the hard way.
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Are you sure it was a board failure and not a HDD MBR failure, which can be repaired? Did you get an error message when it failed?
This is why I regularly create image backups of all of my important drives, as well as keep my passwords up to date on a spreadsheet, print them out and put in a safe place. Has saved my bacon many times by getting me back up and running in a few leisurely hours instead of a few hair ripping months. All it took was one catastrophe years ago and I learned my lesson the hard way.
Ditto for me.
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Are you sure it was a board failure
Yes, I am sure. :o ???
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Oh man Jeff! Sorry to hear. Huge pain. (Did that @ 8 months ago.. new board, CPU, ram, etc..a complete start from scratch! Better system now but a killer at the time.
If there is anything I can do please just holler.
Norm
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Thanks Norm. :)
I need a new AM4 Motherboard for my Ryzen chip and 32Gb Corsair RAM to go in.
( ... and more thermal paste. ::) )
Anyone have a suggestion for a great Mobo?
I'm limping along with an MSI 890 FX-A GD70, I think it's called. :P It's AM3 architechure, and 4Gb of DDR3 RAM.
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RIP for you MOBO
i only use ROG ASUS MB ...
I have one to offer but you are so far to send you . crosshair IV formula Z ....
From Ballearics island :P
Patrick
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Thanks for the offer, Patrick. I ordered one of these ...
ASUS ROG Crosshair VI Extreme AMD Ryzen AM4 DDR4 M.2 USB 3.1 EATX X370 Motherboard with onboard 802.11AC WIFI and AURA Sync RGB Lighting.
;)
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What a major PITA. I made a disk image after a major crash almost 2 years ago. Think I'll make another one. Lot of water under the bridge since then. Good luck, Jeff.
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Thanks for the offer, Patrick. I ordered one of these ...
ASUS ROG Crosshair VI Extreme AMD Ryzen AM4 DDR4 M.2 USB 3.1 EATX X370 Motherboard with onboard 802.11AC WIFI and AURA Sync RGB Lighting.
;)
I finally shut down the computer long enough to install my new motherboard yesterday after work. It is a very nice MOBO, with its RGB lighting looking like a disco. Just kidding, it's not that bad. My only issue is that Windows won't re-activate or recognize my PC as a paying customer. >:( :o I can see my purchased product in the Windows store, I know my product key, I am signed into my MS account as Admin. But it shows no devices that can be activated on my system. Having too much fun ... weeeeeee!
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My wife's laptop needed to have the latest Win 10 security updates installed but wouldn't do it until the latest version of Win 10 was installed: the update of which failed like 3 times. What a pain. Apparently the Wi-Fi adapter was losing its ISP address. Fixed it through the Control Panel/ Internet Connection Troubleshooter, but at the outset there was no indication that pointed me to my internet connection as the culprit, until I saw that my WI-Fi had failed. After a two day attempt at downloading the Update I think I'm there. Installation is now at 89% so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I love computers as much as getting diagnosed with some anti-biotic resistant disease.
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I am genuine again, after being forced to reacquire an activation key that I just purchased a year ago. That is now $436 for Win10Pro, so far. (and I hate Win10, btw ) :o :'(
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OMG! No recourse? That's ridiculous.
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To be fair, I never attempted to contact a real person or press the issue with customer support. I tried to get it to work from my side, and the easy fix was to throw more money at it. ;)