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When I start a computer in my lab where I work ... it first detects all the drives ... and then it says the cpu is either unworkable or missing .....

When I press F1 ... it then starts loading windows ... but the windows restarts before reaching the login screen ... what should be the problem ??
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CPU settings may be misconfigured in BIOS. Reset CMOS by removing and replacing the battery and try again.
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I reset the bios settings to default ... removed the battery and tried again ... but to no avail ...
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Doesn't sound good at all. If the system won't complete POST, and no changes have been made to components, then you may be confronted with a hardware failure. I'll move this to 'Troubleshooting dead machines, and would suggest that you work through the 'barebones configuration' troubleshooting technique I've outlined in the 'Read this first' sticky in that section.
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Quote originally posted by nanosani ...
When I start a computer in my lab where I work ... it first detects all the drives ... and then it says the cpu is either unworkable or missing .....

When I press F1 ... it then starts loading windows ... but the windows restarts before reaching the login screen ... what should be the problem ??
does it say cpu fan failure? if it does,does yor pc come with a cpu fan?if not turn off cpu fan checking in advanced bios(f11)
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And how'd it say that if the CPU was missing? I think putting a message on the screen requires some CPU work...
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Quote originally posted by hp/compaqdave ...
does it say cpu fan failure? if it does,does yor pc come with a cpu fan?if not turn off cpu fan checking in advanced bios(f11)
Nope it says that cpu is unworkable or missing .... and when I press F1 it goes to windows booting ...
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Quote originally posted by Catweazle ...
Doesn't sound good at all. If the system won't complete POST, and no changes have been made to components, then you may be confronted with a hardware failure. I'll move this to 'Troubleshooting dead machines, and would suggest that you work through the 'barebones configuration' troubleshooting technique I've outlined in the 'Read this first' sticky in that section.
The system does POST but it displays the error I told you ... but anywayz if anyone could help here in the dead machines section...
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Then it doesn't successfully POST.
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When we say a system will POST it means that the system either completes POST and tries to load an OS, or completes POST and gives a 'No operating system' error. Anything short of that is a failure to POST.

Fit a new CMOS battery and try again. If the error message still appears, try updating BIOS on the system.
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