I have this Dell Inspiron 530s desktop computer that won't get past the
dell logo screen at startup. I bought this computer off a friend that
had said the psu had gone bad. I bought a new psu and installed it,
hooked up sata hdd and sata dvd-rom and tried it. At first I was able to
go to setup and then it asked for password. Didn't know any password but
I did try a few that I had seen on another forum regarding the Phoenix
bios. None of them worked. When I powered off and then back on I can't
get past logo screen. I cannot go to safe mode, setup, or boot menu. All
I get is the dell logo screen with the BIOS Revision 1.0.15. I get one
short beep at startup. After looking at dell documentation; one short
beep could be bios checksum error or motherboard failure. I have no
operating system disk. I believe that this computer did run vista and it
might be that vista has a recovery disc option that is in a hidden
partition on the hdd. Does anyone know what I can do?

Keith

I went back in computer and pulled memory modules out and re-seated
them. I checked all cables and then re-started machine. Screen came up
with:
Diskette drive seek failure
USB over current error
I was able to go into setup now but it shows Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS
Setup Utility
Red box with Enter Password:

I don't know any password. Any help appreciated.

CMOS battery was no good. Changed it and now I can get to desktop and
uninstall programs that were put on here by my friend.

From: "parman"


CMOS battery was no good. Changed it and now I can get to desktop and
uninstall programs that were put on here by my friend.

Always wipe a used computer. Never accept as-is.

This way you start with a clean plain jane OS as well as NOT inherit and malware.



--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

REFORMAT YOUR COMPUTER AND INSTALL OPEN SOURCE LINUX UBUNTU! JUST FYI!
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