ASUS M4A87TD EVO motherboard
AMD Phenom II X2 550 3100 MHz CPU
SAPPHIRE 100282XTREME Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme 1GB video card
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 powersupply
WD Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
Win 7 Professional
The CPU can activate up to 4 cores; the motherboard automatically activated 4 initially, then approximately 1 month ago it dropped to 3 cores. The ram and vcard are all ran at stock speeds.
System is primarily used for light gaming. Last night we were playing WoW, shut down like normal. When I booted up today it locked at the ASUS screen page then said it couldn't find required devices and wouldn't go further. I was able to run a memory test and the ram is good. Tried to boot directly from the dvd and it loaded files then locked at the "Loading Windows" screen. Attempted to reload bios but was unable to. In CMOS the hd registers as does the cpu and ram. Any recommendations on possible fixes?? I haven't overclocked or modified any settings, letting the system use defaults. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.
AMD Phenom II X2 550 3100 MHz CPU
SAPPHIRE 100282XTREME Radeon HD 5850 Xtreme 1GB video card
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 powersupply
WD Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
Win 7 Professional
The CPU can activate up to 4 cores; the motherboard automatically activated 4 initially, then approximately 1 month ago it dropped to 3 cores. The ram and vcard are all ran at stock speeds.
System is primarily used for light gaming. Last night we were playing WoW, shut down like normal. When I booted up today it locked at the ASUS screen page then said it couldn't find required devices and wouldn't go further. I was able to run a memory test and the ram is good. Tried to boot directly from the dvd and it loaded files then locked at the "Loading Windows" screen. Attempted to reload bios but was unable to. In CMOS the hd registers as does the cpu and ram. Any recommendations on possible fixes?? I haven't overclocked or modified any settings, letting the system use defaults. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.