I've run into a bit of a situation with my older build, specifically the B550 Aorus Elite V2. My son wants to play Battlefield 6, which requires secure boot to be enabled. I went into the BIOS to turn on secure boot, but after rebooting, the PC starts up and just stays stuck with the CPU fan pulsing—no POST at all. I thought I'd reset the BIOS using the CMOS header pins, but that didn't help. I also removed the battery for about five minutes and then put it back in, along with replacing the GPU, but still no change. I'm really scratching my head here. Any thoughts on what to do next? Should I download the latest BIOS version and try using Q-Flash?
3 Answers
First up, make sure your drive is set to GPT instead of MBR. Secure boot requires that format to work properly. Check that before trying anything else!
Have you tried removing the GPU and booting with the integrated graphics? Sometimes that can help get around issues with the GPU during the boot process.
I had a similar issue a few days ago! What worked for me was resetting the CMOS, but I made sure to do it while the PC was unplugged and the PSU cable was disconnected from the motherboard. After that, I booted with a Windows image on a flash drive and reinstalled Windows. It cleared everything up for me.
I've already reset the CMOS with both the battery and jumper while the PSU was unplugged. Unfortunately, I still can't get anything to POST to BIOS. That's really what's stumping me.