USB Surge Nocked MB Out?

My daughter plugged in her Ipod and got a window popup that said usb surge ---had to reboot to clear it. now system window comes up with press F1 to enter setup or F10 to restore but nothing works system halts there and has a steady beep ----MB fried ? Help

 

By the sound of it the USB system could be fried.

By offering F1 or restore (resume?) it has found that the settings in the BIOS will not work with the way the hardware is set up.

You could try pressing F1, going through the settings and finding the setting to disable the USB controller. The setting may be in a sub-menu so it may be easier to look through the settings that will listed in the motherboard manual/User Guide.

If the USB system is fried you will need to get a USB PCI add in card. They are not expensive. To reduce the power load on the system, get a self powered USB hub (this also means you not have the reach around the back to plug in the devices).

Some BIOSes have a setting "Quick POST" or "Quick Boot ", set this to no (full POST) so that the hardware can be detected correctly.

Investigate disabling the USB system, although if the beeping continued, I would use "Load Setup Defaults" (or similar wording), that may allow you to boot into Windows. Device Manager may list the hardware that is not working.

Try going to Safe Mode (hold down or repeatedly tap the F8 key after choosing restore/resume).

If there are any other USB devices still connected, disconnect them.

Matt
PS What is showing on the screen when the beeping starts? If it is a splash screen before Windows starts to load, you should be able to press the Esc key to see what is loading or if there is an error message.

 

Sorry , not enough info!!

Ok ----The usb got a surge through it . NOW_______ the whole system stops at the bios screen page and does nothing but a solid beep. And when you do press F1 or F10 --------The system remains unresponsive . Is it possible that this surge has fried my Motherboard---or something in the bios curcuit??? No hardware has been added or changed , with the exception of the origional act---which was plugging in an Ipod to the front usb port . After that came the surge warning message , then the no boot and beep !!!!

 

So even if you press F1 it freezes and beeps (the solid beep is where the BIOS has crashed).

I might wonder if the power supply may have been overloaded, so I would check that before replacing the mobo. Open the cover and check all the fans start spinning freely when you press the power button. If you have a volt meter or multimeter, test the voltages on one of the 4 pin molex power connectors when it is idling at the F1/F10 message (red cable is 5V, yellow 12V, black are ground). Disconnect any other added hardware and probably all the drives, you won't want those getting "taken out" by a bad PSU as well.

When you get the F1/F10 message it may be too late and the BIOS has tried to start running the damaged hardware (USB system we suppose).

See if you can enter the BIOS settings before the message occurs, so as soon as the first screen appears, start tapping the F1 key. Another way maybe to hold down any key when you press the power button that may send you into the BIOS settings before the bad hardware is loaded. If you can get into the settings check or make those changes I said in my previous post.

The mobo may well be damaged, but as I was saying you may be able to disable or circumvent the problem.

Give those a try. I can refer you to a motherboard forum if you like. I can't say I've seen that exact problem before.

Matt