Posted on 06/28/2005 9:41:46 AM PDT by Dan12180
Help needed. My computer won't boot. It steadily declined. First it started shutting down without notice, when I restarted it it started in safe mode and I didn't find anything wrong. Next reboot I got the message CMOS error. The processor speed, date, and time were all listed wrong in the setup. I corrected the time and the computer would not boot to windows. I reaccessed the setup utility and set the settings to match the ones in the user manual under the bios section. Now the computer won't boot to the basic startup (black screen listing processor, ram, etc...). It just beeps once and the screen stays black.
This happened to my previous motherboard and I thought it was fried so we moved my hard drive, burners, and video card to another box with a good motherboard and processor.
Is there any fix?
Did I just fry another motherboard and processor? My husband will never trust me with another computer if I killed another one. Thanks for any help. Vic
Tech ping?
Intel
Thanks for the laugh. I am surfing on my husbands computer and he may not even trust me with this one.....
Been there done that. I even worked for them for a while. Good product but they have problems too.
Reseat all of the memory and try again.
Is the computer old...maybe the bios battery is dead.
Did you check the motherboard battery?
Probably the battery in your motherboard has gone dead. Remove the old one, it is shiny and flat and about the size of a quarter. Buy a new one and put it in, then go into the BIOS and reset the time, etc. Go into the BIOS for the hard drive settings, set Type to Auto and it should autodetect the drive properly; then you can boot the system.
Is your processor overheated?
How do I reset the memory? Pull out the ram and put it back in again?
yes
and Check the CMOS battery like ikka said to...
When I worked on the bios the cpu temp was 89 degrees F and the system temp was 80 degrees F.
Don't pull out the ram.
why not?
I'll check the CMOS battery and get back to you. Thank you all very much.
Vic
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.