Aurora R7, not working, no display

Question

the power button light blinks but only when held down and the computer wont boot the blink pattern is 1, pause ,1,1 and that just repeats when i press the button instead of holding it the light wont blink it will stay solid blue but the computer wont boot still

JOcean · Answer

That pattern generally indicates a ROM, BIOS failure of the MB. Have you recently tried to update the BIOS?

Vanadiel · Answer

Easiest thing to try is replace the coin cell battery, which often fixes a lot of these boot issues. T7 Coin Cell Battery

yu67oh · Answer

@JOcean​ no i have not should i try to update it

yu67oh · Answer

@Vanadiel​ I have just replaced the coin with a brand new one and still nothing

ProfessorW00d · Answer

@yu67oh​   press the button on the back of your power supply next to the green light . . . while holding that button down, press the Alienhead power button to see if that powers her up.

yu67oh · Answer

@ProfessorW00d​ tried that it didn't work

JOcean · Answer

@yu67oh​ The information from @ProfessorW00d is spot on. When you press the button the you should hear the fans. Seeing as how you do not it would appear to be a case of a bad PSU. This forum post may help with more information.

yu67oh · Answer

@JOcean​ the fans go and they are louder than they ever have been but that doesn't fix my problem the problem is that i get no display no boot screen no loading screen no logo no nothing

ProfessorW00d · Answer

@yu67oh​   is there any more back story . . . or was it working fine one day and the next day it would not boot at all? The more information you can provide the better we can help.

yu67oh · Answer

@ProfessorW00d​ i tried to play a game called Valorant and it said it had to enable secure boot and some TPM thing so i did what they told me and now it won't work

JOcean · Answer

@yu67oh​ to follow up on the good advice from @ProfessorW00d , have you tried disabling SecureBoot and TPM?

yu67oh · Answer

@JOcean​ i can't because it won't load into bios

ProfessorW00d · Answer

@yu67oh​   do you have a 3rd party graphics card installed or the Dell OEM graphics card that came with your R7?

yu67oh · Answer

@ProfessorW00d​ i have a invidia GTX 1080

ProfessorW00d · Answer

@yu67oh​  . . .  seems like there was some backstory GTX 1080 is the model; they will all have the nVidia GPU . . . is it the original Dell GTX 1080 graphics card that came with your R7 . . . or is a 3rd party replacement graphics card? If it is not a Dell OEM graphics card, then you have to disable Secure Boot in BIOS or your R7 will not boot.

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