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Post subject: BIOS issues.  Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:43 am |
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I am having issues pulling up my bios. When the machine boots, I press F2 but nothing happens. It doesn't even give me the option to go into bios. When I first assembled the machine I didn't have any issues, now I can't get into the bios. Second, it doesn't boot off of a cd now, which is odd to me. How can I get this system to allow me to enter the bios or give me the option?
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:09 am |
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Cut power to power supply, remove the ATX & 4 or 6 pin power connector to the board, remove CMOS battery and let stand for a minute. Put things back together and turn on . See what happens
Sounds silly also, but could be a vid card problem. If it wont display video its not going to look like anything is happening - when its really booting?
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:15 am |
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I will try to reset the bios by disconnecting battery. I see XFX on the screen before it goes to boot up. It used to ask me if I wanted to go into bios on this screen if I remember right. As soon as the system starts I start tapping F2 even before the XFX image so I wouldn't think it is a video card problem.... but I don't know.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:23 am |
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I also downloaded a bios update, maybe that will do something?
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:17 am |
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Is your keyboard USB or PS2? All BIOS (that I'm aware of) used on motherboards today have an option to disable legacy USB support. Essentially this means no keyboard use during the boot sequence. If you turned that off, you would either need to use a PS2 keyboard to get into the BIOS and change the setting, or clear the CMOS as Todd noted.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:19 pm |
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I tried both actually  I will tinker with it tonight when I get home. Maybe I should punch the monitor, that always seems to fix things.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:55 pm |
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Clearing the CMOS did nothing NEXT?
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:51 am |
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On my way into work today, I was thinking... Do you think there is any way it could be a jumper on the wrong pins? I have not moved or touched that jumper yet, but why would it allow me to view bios one day and not the other...?
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:11 am |
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I can haz comptr ghst
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:21 am |
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khn u speky normle engrish???
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:17 am |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:30 am |
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press delete as your loading up...it should bring ya to the bios
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:18 pm |
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you had a good thought earlier, you might want to check your mobo manual for the bios reset jumper if it has one, and make sure it is set correctly
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