BIOHD-3 Issue
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Hello everyone!
For the short version: When I start my PC, a black screen appears after the "HP splash screen." When I boot my PC and press F9 to run the diagnostics: Hard Drive problem, error BIOHD-3
For the (very small) details: I acquired a gaming Asus that couldn't run the games I wanted. I recently decided to "customize" it with an old PC - which hadn't been used for at least 6 years - from which I only took the motherboard and the processor. However, after MANY errors - issues with the CPU fan, defective RAM, etc. - I finally managed to fix everything, EXCEPT... one last small detail. When I start my PC, the "welcome page" of the HP Pavilion motherboard appears: F10: BIOS, F9: Diagnostics, F11: Repair, etc...
Here, numerous options are available to me:
- Press F10 to enter the BIOS and change the boot priority order by putting the HDD first.
Unfortunately for this method, it is not the solution. Because it changes absolutely nothing
- Press F11 to repair the PC.
Unfortunately for this one, when I press it, nothing happens.
- Press F9 for a complete diagnostic of the motherboard.
Here, it's the motherboard that cannot boot from the HDD with an error code: BIOHD-3. In this case, unfortunately: despite all possible searches online, I still haven't found anything regarding this error code, except maybe a defective HDD and poorly connected wires, and this is now where we come to the next part:
The hard drive is operational because it is currently on the computer from which I am writing this message. The cable is not the cause either because it is currently connected to this one as well.
After all, given that the motherboard is a bit old and that Windows 10/64-bit is brand new, maybe that is the cause. What I mean is, maybe the OS is too recent for the version of the BIOS (which is 6 years old). In that case, I might try using the old OS (Windows 7, I believe) to update the BIOS and finally be able to boot into Windows 10?
Next, we can consider the fact that it is possible the motherboard has overheated more than once, but if it were defective, I doubt access to the BIOS would have been possible.
For the brands of the products: Motherboard, Processor, 2 RAM sticks of 2GB each, and Power Supply from the "HP Pavilion elite m9680fr"
Hard Drive: 1.0 TB WD10EZEX-22BN5 (SATA/64MB Cache)
Thank you all for your time. Good evening, Boldorm.
For the short version: When I start my PC, a black screen appears after the "HP splash screen." When I boot my PC and press F9 to run the diagnostics: Hard Drive problem, error BIOHD-3
For the (very small) details: I acquired a gaming Asus that couldn't run the games I wanted. I recently decided to "customize" it with an old PC - which hadn't been used for at least 6 years - from which I only took the motherboard and the processor. However, after MANY errors - issues with the CPU fan, defective RAM, etc. - I finally managed to fix everything, EXCEPT... one last small detail. When I start my PC, the "welcome page" of the HP Pavilion motherboard appears: F10: BIOS, F9: Diagnostics, F11: Repair, etc...
Here, numerous options are available to me:
- Press F10 to enter the BIOS and change the boot priority order by putting the HDD first.
Unfortunately for this method, it is not the solution. Because it changes absolutely nothing
- Press F11 to repair the PC.
Unfortunately for this one, when I press it, nothing happens.
- Press F9 for a complete diagnostic of the motherboard.
Here, it's the motherboard that cannot boot from the HDD with an error code: BIOHD-3. In this case, unfortunately: despite all possible searches online, I still haven't found anything regarding this error code, except maybe a defective HDD and poorly connected wires, and this is now where we come to the next part:
The hard drive is operational because it is currently on the computer from which I am writing this message. The cable is not the cause either because it is currently connected to this one as well.
After all, given that the motherboard is a bit old and that Windows 10/64-bit is brand new, maybe that is the cause. What I mean is, maybe the OS is too recent for the version of the BIOS (which is 6 years old). In that case, I might try using the old OS (Windows 7, I believe) to update the BIOS and finally be able to boot into Windows 10?
Next, we can consider the fact that it is possible the motherboard has overheated more than once, but if it were defective, I doubt access to the BIOS would have been possible.
For the brands of the products: Motherboard, Processor, 2 RAM sticks of 2GB each, and Power Supply from the "HP Pavilion elite m9680fr"
Hard Drive: 1.0 TB WD10EZEX-22BN5 (SATA/64MB Cache)
Thank you all for your time. Good evening, Boldorm.
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Hello
Since you haven't received a response, I'll try to help you. To start, do you have a Windows recovery on your hard drive, on a DVD, or on a USB? Because in my opinion, you would have been better off building your PC as you wanted, and then reinstalling Windows on the disk from that point.
Do you know "boot-repair"? Download it (https://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd/home/fr/). It's a startup repair software. To launch it, you need to start a live session (despite your problems, that should be possible) and when the desktop loads, you have a bubble that tells you what you want to do, by default "recommended repair". It resolves the main startup issues; it’s not guaranteed to work, but you have to try.
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