MasterP said:
it’s either a bad BIOS config or bad hardware.
correct, that’s where i’m at now at diagnosing this. the last several times i flashed the bios i did a windows .exe flash, that could have been the problem.
all i’m saying wit dat post is that windows runs, but i’m running linux since that’s where all my stuff’s at now (alarm clock, data, internet setup, etc.) and i’m not turning this thing off to find out which of those two problems it is.
windows isn’t the part keeping it from posting, just i’m suspecting somewhere within running windows would be one of the triggers for whatever it is with the mobo that’s messing up. keyword: trigger.