On 7/21/06, Chris O'Halloran <cmoman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
On wednesday night, I was happily using my computer and playing around with some wengophone software. At the end of the evening I shut my machine down.
On Thurday lunch time, I went home for lunch and thought I'd fire up my machine to play with the wengophone software somemore.
The Nvidia BIOS flashed on the screen and then nothing further came up on screen. I waited a while and still nothing more.
I held in the Power button until the machine switched off and restarted it again. Same result except I noticed the harddrive light was fluttering away.
So I switched it off and tried booting a knoppix CD. No result.
So I disconnected the power supply to the second harddrive thinking maybe there was some argument between the harddrive and tried starting again. The first harddrive contains the master boot record.
This time, still get the Nvidia BIOS notice but still doesn't boot but this time no harddrive light persistently fluttering.
So, I am running out of options.
Bascially, the computer doesn't seem to get to the BIOS screen but I am not sure what I can do about that. I had moved the computer or changed any of the power requirements.
Is the motherboard stuffed? Is the BIOS stuffed?
Any thoughts or recommendations etc.
Chris
Hi there, There is a possibility your battery that backs up the BIOS data (CMOS) is flat. This often corrupts the BIOS data. Open up your PC, take the battery out, leave five minutes (as there may be a capacitor storing data charge) and then put back in as this will reset the BIOS data. Sometimes you can also do this by putting a jumper across two pins but you will need a manual to tell you where thos are. The battery is a round button cell about the size of a 20 c piece. If this fixes it go get a replacement one from Dick Smith or even the Warehouse if it is something like a CR2025 or similar - it will say on it. Ian -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand