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| Thread ID: 91722 | 2008-07-16 12:27:00 | BIOS causes shutdown | jareemon (5207) | Press F1 |
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| 689511 | 2008-07-16 12:27:00 | whoa, havent been on this site in years... good to be back :) my mate is having a problem with his bios, he was trying to install a new sound card, im not sure what he did but now, even with no pci cards in the mobo, every time i go into the bios menu at startup, the computer suddenly turns off. sometimes its as soon as the bios menu is entered, sometimes its after a few seconds. windows loads fine and doesnt seem to turn off unless i go into the bios menu. i thought maybe clearing the bois might work but changed the bois pin selector on mobo to clear bios and computer wouldnt turn on at all. i'll try taking the battery out for a while tomorrow. but if theres anything you can think of, let me know please.its a P4 3ghz, 512ddr, soundblaster audigy sound card (not that that should matter cos its still doing it when the card is taken out. 120gb p-ata hdd. 300w psu. XP home. Jared |
jareemon (5207) | ||
| 689512 | 2008-07-16 12:33:00 | I would get a better PSU for a start | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 689513 | 2008-07-17 01:12:00 | So what stage are you at now? | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 689514 | 2008-07-17 01:37:00 | I would get a better PSU for a start X2 (PSU is way too 'small' for a P4 3ghz) |
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| 689515 | 2008-07-17 06:50:00 | Still where i started, ive got the sound card in the computer at the mo, but its not working, the owner says he had to enable the new sound card when he put it in (via the bios) and disable the old one, but it wasnt working the way he wanted so he took it out and put his old one back in. when he went back to the bios to disable the new one and re-enable the old one, it turned off while he was in the bios. and now everytime the bios is entered, the computer just shuts off. regardless of whether the soundcard is in the computer or not. so at the mo, the computer is working, but still having the bois problem. i dont understand what would cause the computer to shut off just when the bios is loaded but not when windows is loaded.. J |
jareemon (5207) | ||
| 689516 | 2008-07-17 06:59:00 | As we've said tell him to get a better PSU (400W+) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 689517 | 2008-07-18 21:14:00 | are you sure though? if it was using so much power in the bois to cause a shutdown, why wouldnt it shutdown when windows is loaded? | jareemon (5207) | ||
| 689518 | 2008-07-18 22:46:00 | 300W can be a little small - but it will run windows, hell I have a couple of PC's here with 300W and they run fine. I know you have tried this, but did you do it correctly --- Have a look at the Motherboard, someplace may be a reset BIOS jumper, its usually located near the CMOS Battery. It usually looks like 3 pins, with a jumper on connecting two of them, remove the jumper and put on the other pins, Eg: if the jumper is on pins 1&2, put on pins 2&3, this will rest the BIOS back to default, then put the jumper back how it was. See this example here (www.imagef1.net.nz). IF the board doesn't have this jumper, remove the CMOS battery for around 30 minutes, then put it back in. Remove any additional cards that are not required Eg: the Audio card, modem, any other PCI card's. See if the PC starts with default settings OK. If it does, turn off and put each card back in one at a time, this way if ones faulty you will know the culprit. If its still playing up, then the PSU could be faulty, the fact that its 300W doesn't matter if the PSU is not working correctly then it needs to be replaced, thats when you get a bigger one. If you have a spare laying around ( doesn't matter what size) try that first, no point in getting another PSU if its not faulty. |
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