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    PC Won't Boot, ACPI BIOS ERROR

    My wife's PC won't boot, gets the attached message after about 3 or 4 minutes. I looked at the BIOS and didn't see anything suspicious. Once it also said ACPI BIOS ERROR in the message. I did notice the BIOS said it was last Sunday evening. Thinking the batter was bad I changed it and wondering if that cleared the BIOS because now it just gets a black screen and the monitor does not see an input. I tried a UBCD but it wouldn't boot to that. Everything I read about ACPI indicates troubleshooting from either the BIOS or Window and I cannot get to them.

    It's an old MSI 970A-G43 motherboard, AMD FX-6300, SanDisk SSD, and 16 GIG DDR3.

    Looking for any suggestions for next steps.

    Thanks

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    Last edited by TonyMan; 10-20-2021 at 11:51 PM. Reason: Adding system specs
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    I don't see an error in the attachment.

    I'm not sure if I see a hard drive either listed in one of the three SATA ports.
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    That error only came up once. This is a pic of the last screen I got.

    There is a SanDisk SSD on SATA 2.
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    If you can get into the BIOS, make sure the SSD is first in the boot sequence section.

    If that doesn't help, set the CD/DVD drive as first and see if you can boot off the UBCD disc.

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    Clean the contacts. helped here endless times. all of them. all you can reach. since sooner or later they must be cleaned anyway. would test with new SSD.
    yes also had to resolder cold soldering points of battery-holder. was on older mainboards with capacitor plague.
    also to consider is having replacement parts. psu, videocard, ram, mainboard. first two i had to change often.

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    yes its german following its main content:
    https://www.pcmasters.de/forum/threa...ennoch.130152/

    most probably defective videocard or contacts. check all cables and replace where possible. SSD-cable.
    beeps may tell whats wrong.
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    https://forums.tomshardware.com/thre...a-g43.1642675/
    Bad MOBO.
    consider testing with other CPU and replace thermal grease. instructions online.
    how long had it been used, daily? Its from around 2014.
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    He solved it-see last message: 12v psu plugs reconnected. in my opinion need also be cleaned.
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    Actually, I’ve decided to scrap it and build a new system. Neither the board nor the CPU will support Windows 11. I bought a couple of motherboards and CPUs so for once we’ll have the same systems.
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    Best decision. i struggled or investigated deeply the Capacitor-Plague-thing on my two early 2000 motherboards. i dont know if the 2014 Mobos are affected by the same Plague. I was relieved when i decided to stop the investigation soon after my fathers death. Life is too short for uneeded troubles. Win10 and 10s are fine. would not start with win11 now.
    I made the investigations not to repair really but to find out the reasons. the know the mechanism to workaround future problems.
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