Will get a new SDD regardless as this old SATA is trying on the patience. Any other drama and I'll change the mobo and cpu as about time for an update regardless.

Many, many thanks for the...

Reset CMOS to default settings earlier on in the piece when I ran out of ideas and thought a setting may have been compromised. I could access the bios earlier on reboot.

The PSU is a Cooler...

Not able to enter Bios even with all other peripherals disconnected.

Got an old drive with Window 7 - not sure of condition. Fired up and it tried to load and came up the system memory's...

Disconnected all bar the keyboard, mouse and SDD. Went into the same loop back to the error screen.
Disconnected the SDD and inserted the USB with Win10. Started to load then ;
Disk Boot Failure,...

Had I known the amp had a fault, I of course would not have plugged it in. Would I need to replace MOBO or drive or could be both?

Hi,

Windows 10 / Z68 / Samsung EVO SSD / i2500K (not overclocked)

I had a faulty audio amp blow the fuses on the house when plugging in. My desktop went to blue screen with the message:

Your...

Apologies. The screen was blue. The PC appears dead. Not up with the nuances of what constitutes a BSOD.
Will post it elsewhere. If mods could close. this thread.

Hi,

Windows 10 / Z68 / i2500K (not overclocked)

I had a faulty audio amp blow the fuses on the house when plugging in. My desktop went to blue screen with the message:

Your PC/Device needs...