Re: bios problems
 

i kinda have the same problem... like soppose im playing or running a program. everything shuts down and a blue screen reports up.
and wen i restart my cpu its says bios not installed... i have no clue wat to do..im not so sure about computers by the way. and how they work.

Re: bios problems
 

I am having a similar problem, except that my issue is occurring on a Latitude X200 laptop. When I turn the power on, all that happens is the power light comes on. The computer does not access the HD, nor does it POST. I have tried going to Dell and downloading the bootable copy of the BIOS onto a floppy and the system does not access the floppy, which leads me to think it won't access the CD-ROM either.
So what do I do? OTHER THEN calling Dell, did that, the replacement board costs $800...

Aaron

Re: bios problems
 

Hows it going everyone, i got a major problem i just upgraded/fixed my computer but it didn't show anything on the screen when i turned it on (moving the ram fixed that) when it turned on it showed the insert windows disc screen, i reset the computer and entered the setup and changed it to boot from HDD-0, CD , HDD-1 and now it doesn't show anything when i turn it on again... HELP PLEASE

Re: bios problems
 

I had to replace the motherboard, and when I tried to boot up, the boot disc went in to the CD drive OK, but the system didn't recognise the hard drive, and stalled. I then checked, and had the IDE's all wrong. Fixed that, but now the BIOS doesn't recognise any IDE's and the CD "table" doesn't present, even though the power light is on. Is this a BIOS problem ? I've set the BIOS settings for the IDE's to AUTO.

DVD replacement
 

I have just had to replace a DVD/RW drive.and now I cannot get the monitor to show any onscreen display.I know that the Pc is running, as it goes through its cycle as it starts. But nothing on monitor.
I have tried the monitor on my other pc to try to prove a point, that its working and it is.
Could the BIOS battery be down causing the display on Mobo from activating, the reset button doesnt seem to do anything either.
I renewed the DVD settings as was with the first and set as slave as was. Which shouldnt affect Iwould have thought

Hi,
You have hijacked a very old thread. Jan 13th, 2008
Start your own thread and give a lot more information about your machine and OS.
Do you get a message on the monitor (No signal)?
Remove your RAM, clean the contacts with a pencil eraser, if you have more that one stick, just put one in a slot and try again to boot. If it still will not work, try another stick or the same stick in another slot.