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Computer does not boot, problem with BIOS?

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Hello everybody,

I'm glad that I found this place!

Over here at our office, there's a computer which completely spontaneously decided not to work anymore. Nothing at all has been changed in its configuration, neither hard- or software. Right now, after switching it on, I see OR a nice graphical screen which presents the computer (AI series, ASUS motherboard, pqp800 SE and an Intel P-4 symbol) OR a normal screen which we probably all see when starting up a computer:

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AMIBIOS(C)2003 American Megatrends, Inc.
ASUS P4P800SE ACPI BIOS Revision 1007
CPU : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Speed : 3.00 GHz

Entering SETUP ...
Press <F8> for BBS POPUP
DDR Frequency 400 MHz, Dual-Channel, Linear Mode
Checking NVRAM...
512MB OK
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Yesterday we still managed to get into the BIOS, right now not anymore. In both cases, the computer freezes and only a hard reset makes it start again, with the same effect. I opened the chassis already and performed a BIOS reset with (hopefully) the correct jumper (actually I could find only one singular jumper, closest to the battery). No effect.

Although I don't know too much about computers, I'd say it's something with the BIOS here, but for sure there are people here who know more about it.

Hopefully somebody can help me out!
Thanks in advance!

Arno
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Re: Computer does not boot, problem with BIOS?

i think the BIOS battery may be flat - if this goes flat the BIOS settings get resert after every boot. theese look like a watch battery on the motherboard - consult the motherboard manual and replace - these are under £20. DO NOT INSTALL WRONG WAY ROUND
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Re: Computer does not boot, problem with BIOS?

jbennet,

Thank you for your answer. Does (Can) a flat battery also cause the system to freeze completely?
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well the thing is that a flat battery makes the BIOS forget the configuration information such as date/time, hard disk etc... and when you redo this information what does the BIOS ask you to do - you got it, reboot the system and thus the cyle begins again
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batteries are easy to insall just see motherboard manual and install them the correct way and thier cheap so if it doesnt solve your problen its anot a big deal.
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hey i have this kind of problem.
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Thanks from the nice advice... i changed the battery and i dont see this prob any more..
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i have a toshiba computer and is lock up on bios says enter code what can i do to get it going again
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hey i hve the lenovo g530 laptop when i power on my laptop it it is given display but it is not goin forward and it is also not opening the bios when i press f8 it is not opening bios setup and it is not opening os also if any body knw plz help ..........
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Re: Computer does not boot, problem with BIOS?
Hi naiq, please start a new thread please. Because this thread is already 4 years old and hardly any poster will like to post in an old thread. After you create a new thread, posters then will be willing to help you
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