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can't reach BIOS setup
My brother has just built a computer and can't get it working. The problem is that when he starts it he gets to the screen where he can choose to enter BIOS. 9/10 times he can't do anything from there but 1/10 times he can press delete and then it says "loading bios" but it freezes there (he waited 30 mins nothing happened). Does anyone know what the problem mihht be? Thanks in advance /Karl This is his hardwa Asus p5n-tdeluxe NForce-780i SLI, socket 775 ddr2 memory 2*2 gigabyte powersupply 750 watt 2* geforce 8800 gt 512 mb (SLI) Intel core2 quad 2,67 ghz, 8mb samsung dvd-burner (IDE) samsung spin point f1 750 gb, SATA-2, 7200 rpm western digital raptor 74 gb, SATA, 10000 rpm windows Vista ultimate, 64 bit |
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can't reach BIOS setup
On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 12:39:00 -0700, gremme
wrote: My brother has just built a computer and can't get it working. The problem is that when he starts it he gets to the screen where he can choose to enter BIOS. 9/10 times he can't do anything from there but 1/10 times he can press delete and then it says "loading bios" but it freezes there (he waited 30 mins nothing happened). Does anyone know what the problem mihht be? Thanks in advance This is NOT a Windows problem because Windows hasn't even started to load. Your brother needs to taike a serious look at the combination of hardware he has assembled. |
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can't reach BIOS setup
Pull all your extra HW, leaving a single hd / cd / memory module / graphics
card, then try again & read the mobo manual as to whether a specific sata connector has to be used for the boot disk "gremme" wrote in message ... My brother has just built a computer and can't get it working. The problem is that when he starts it he gets to the screen where he can choose to enter BIOS. 9/10 times he can't do anything from there but 1/10 times he can press delete and then it says "loading bios" but it freezes there (he waited 30 mins nothing happened). Does anyone know what the problem mihht be? Thanks in advance /Karl This is his hardwa Asus p5n-tdeluxe NForce-780i SLI, socket 775 ddr2 memory 2*2 gigabyte powersupply 750 watt 2* geforce 8800 gt 512 mb (SLI) Intel core2 quad 2,67 ghz, 8mb samsung dvd-burner (IDE) samsung spin point f1 750 gb, SATA-2, 7200 rpm western digital raptor 74 gb, SATA, 10000 rpm windows Vista ultimate, 64 bit |
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can't reach BIOS setup
You do not need a hard drive or optical drive to get to the BIOS.
Basic installation to get to the BIOS would be: Motherboard PSU RAM Graphics (card or chipset) Monitor Keyboard -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging www.coribright.com/windows "DL" address@invalid wrote in message ... Pull all your extra HW, leaving a single hd / cd / memory module / graphics card, then try again & read the mobo manual as to whether a specific sata connector has to be used for the boot disk "gremme" wrote in message ... My brother has just built a computer and can't get it working. The problem is that when he starts it he gets to the screen where he can choose to enter BIOS. 9/10 times he can't do anything from there but 1/10 times he can press delete and then it says "loading bios" but it freezes there (he waited 30 mins nothing happened). Does anyone know what the problem mihht be? Thanks in advance /Karl This is his hardwa Asus p5n-tdeluxe NForce-780i SLI, socket 775 ddr2 memory 2*2 gigabyte powersupply 750 watt 2* geforce 8800 gt 512 mb (SLI) Intel core2 quad 2,67 ghz, 8mb samsung dvd-burner (IDE) samsung spin point f1 750 gb, SATA-2, 7200 rpm western digital raptor 74 gb, SATA, 10000 rpm windows Vista ultimate, 64 bit |
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can't reach BIOS setup
Unplug the computer and clear the BIOS. Remove USB devices and turn it back on. I have seen USB keyboards cause this problem on the on-board controller. -- SCSIraidGURU Michael A. McKenney 'www.SCSIraidGURU.com' (http://www.SCSIraidGURU.com) Supermicro X7DWA-N server board pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons 16GB DDR667 SAS RAID eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card |
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can't reach BIOS setup
On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 16:42:31 -0500, SCSIraidGURU
wrote: Unplug the computer and clear the BIOS. This involves opening the computer and 1) removing the coin-sized battery for a minuter or so and putting it back in or 2) finding the jumpter on the mainboard that when shorted does the same thing. Not for newbies. Remove USB devices and turn it back on. I have seen USB keyboards cause this problem on the on-board controller. |
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can't reach BIOS setup
Another potential solution to the scenario where neither the USB keyboard or
Mouse work is to: 1.Shutdown and unplug the computer from the wall. 2.Wait 20 minutes and then push and hold down the commuters on/off switch to drain power from a stuck USB controller. 3. Plug the computer back and try a normal boot, "Nonny" wrote in message ... On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 16:42:31 -0500, SCSIraidGURU wrote: Unplug the computer and clear the BIOS. This involves opening the computer and 1) removing the coin-sized battery for a minuter or so and putting it back in or 2) finding the jumpter on the mainboard that when shorted does the same thing. Not for newbies. Remove USB devices and turn it back on. I have seen USB keyboards cause this problem on the on-board controller. |
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can't reach BIOS setup
"push and hold down the commuters on/off switch"
Where will I find the commuter ? "Curious" wrote in message ... Another potential solution to the scenario where neither the USB keyboard or Mouse work is to: 1.Shutdown and unplug the computer from the wall. 2.Wait 20 minutes and then push and hold down the commuters on/off switch to drain power from a stuck USB controller. 3. Plug the computer back and try a normal boot, "Nonny" wrote in message ... On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 16:42:31 -0500, SCSIraidGURU wrote: Unplug the computer and clear the BIOS. This involves opening the computer and 1) removing the coin-sized battery for a minuter or so and putting it back in or 2) finding the jumpter on the mainboard that when shorted does the same thing. Not for newbies. Remove USB devices and turn it back on. I have seen USB keyboards cause this problem on the on-board controller. |
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can't reach BIOS setup
On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:16:07 -0700, "Bender"
wrote: "push and hold down the commuters on/off switch" Where will I find the commuter ? On a bus... maybe a train, or even in a car. Rarely on a bicycle or motorcycle. "Curious" wrote in message ... Another potential solution to the scenario where neither the USB keyboard or Mouse work is to: 1.Shutdown and unplug the computer from the wall. 2.Wait 20 minutes and then push and hold down the commuters on/off switch to drain power from a stuck USB controller. 3. Plug the computer back and try a normal boot, "Nonny" wrote in message ... On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 16:42:31 -0500, SCSIraidGURU wrote: Unplug the computer and clear the BIOS. This involves opening the computer and 1) removing the coin-sized battery for a minuter or so and putting it back in or 2) finding the jumpter on the mainboard that when shorted does the same thing. Not for newbies. Remove USB devices and turn it back on. I have seen USB keyboards cause this problem on the on-board controller. |
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can't reach BIOS setup
Get a PS/2 keyboard. I bought one for $3.99. Plug it in with the computer off. When you turn on the computer hit del key. It might be f2. Another way is the unplug and clear the BIOS with the jumper. Check your manual. My Tyan board has a button to push on the motherboard. -- SCSIraidGURU Michael A. McKenney 'www.SCSIraidGURU.com' (http://www.SCSIraidGURU.com) Supermicro X7DWA-N server board pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons 16GB DDR667 SAS RAID eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card |
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