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October 20th, 2023 15:04

Precision 7920 Tower stuck on "System Scan in Progress" - Testing memory

I have to manually connect a monitor and keyboard to hit ESC to stop the testing in order for it to boot properly. But each time I try and reboot it goes back to the same system scan.

Also I can not attach a monitor with a DP -> DVI dongle. It has to be a DP -> DP cable.

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    bradthetechnut

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    Posted October 21st, 2023 03:02

    3 thing to try:

    1. Replace size 2032 CMOS battery.  Bad batteries 5+ years old cause bizarre and seemingly unrelated problems.  It also affects BIOS.
    2. Go into F12 Boot & Diagnostics menu and run Diagnostics.  May be the RAM or a RAM module is stating to fail.
    3. Test RAM modules 1 at a time and see if that finds the culprit.

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