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| Thread ID: 65519 | 2006-01-21 01:53:00 | All Greek to Me! | meg_h_nz (6960) | Press F1 |
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| 423326 | 2006-01-24 00:13:00 | One picture is worth a thousand words . . . :thumbs: That's just displaying a wrong (or "no") font . But how it got to be doing that . . . It has to be happening in the video card . It's not the BIOS . :thumbs: Perhaps the video is not starting up in the default plain VGA mode . How? :waughh: |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 423327 | 2006-01-24 00:24:00 | Can you still get to ME and does it appear normal? | B.M. (505) | ||
| 423328 | 2006-01-24 01:16:00 | Hi guys The computer still works fine (apart from not recoginsing the 40GB HD) and there are no other problems . I have taken the HD out and tried it with my older 8GB HD (running Win ME) and it still does the same thing when I try to enter the BIOS set up . I would LOVE to re-format again but when I run the Start up floppy I get a simillar screen and cant "read" the prompts so I am unable to do a re-format . Any way I am off to try disabling the BIOS guardian (again) and seee if I have any luck this time . It is too hot here today to stress so if it dosent work I will probably pack it away in the shed! Thank you for all the help Meg |
meg_h_nz (6960) | ||
| 423329 | 2006-01-24 01:54:00 | Hmm I wonder if that system was hit with something like this ( . nai . com/vil/content/v_99040 . htm" target="_blank">vil . nai . com) & this ( . symantec . com/avcenter/venc/data/pf/w32 . magistr . 24876@mm . html" target="_blank">www . symantec . com) (the same worm) . This is a worm and its destructive . It can also erase the BIOS, and destroy the sectors of a hard drive, on some systems . Re-flashing the BIOS may or may not fix it . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 423330 | 2006-01-24 02:03:00 | Yup, just found the same site. It has also got this BIOS Guardian BIOS Guardian by default is enabled. It must be disabled in order to reflash BIOS, thus effectively acts as a fire-wall against viruses that can attack the BIOS while the system is running. WARNING: While excute Step3 below, please do not turn off the sytsem power in order to avoid BIOS damage. BIOS Guardian can be disabled as follows: 1. Go to BIOS Set Up Menu. (Press Del key while booting.) 2. Go to Advanced BIOS Features Set Up Submenu. 3. Disable BIOS Guardian. 4. Save the setting, and restart system. NOTE: However, if it is disabled and while boot the system, the POST screen will be held and shows you the message to let you know the current status of BIOS Guardian. To press G key will enable the BIOS Guardian again; or simply to press the space bar will continue the booting process Easy Key Instead of completing the multi-layered BIOS setup process these 3 Easy Key functions provide direct access to Sub-Menu’s when completing BIOS settings adjustments. Easy-Keys are as follows: Ctrl + c: To enter clock settings menu. Ctrl + p: To load Performance Default settings and restart. Ctrl + f: To load Fail-Safe Default settings and restart. - Press ctrl+f in the BIOS. See what happens. Hi Speedy I disabled BIOS Guardian and followed the instructions to the letter...... still the same. I checked out those sites you had links for and I am pretty sure that it didn’t have this virus as it was originally running Win NT and these ones seem to hit other versions on Windows. I am seriously thinking of tossing it in as I don’t want to spend my whole holidays messing with this pc. I will just set the old 433 Celeron back up for the kids and keep my eye out for another older pc going cheep some time. Many thanks for all the help Have a great week Meg |
meg_h_nz (6960) | ||
| 423331 | 2006-01-24 02:08:00 | Read my previous post / link, that worm affects NT as well, and even if u format the hard drive, this wont fix the BIOS. If this system was hit with this worm. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 423332 | 2006-01-24 02:14:00 | sorry on closer inspection of the site it does say NT. I guess I am stuck then. Never mind. Thank you for all your help. Meg |
meg_h_nz (6960) | ||
| 423333 | 2006-01-24 02:16:00 | Well, you could try re-flashing the BIOS . If u haven't tried yet . To see if it goes back to normal . Just make sure you follow the instructions in the zip file u gave here in a previous post . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 423334 | 2006-01-24 02:31:00 | Well, you could try re-flashing the BIOS . If u haven't tried yet . To see if it goes back to normal . Just make sure you follow the instructions in the zip file u gave here in a previous post . Sorry dont know what zip file you are taliking about . . . . . |
meg_h_nz (6960) | ||
| 423335 | 2006-01-24 02:38:00 | Sorry dont know what zip file you are taliking about..... This one (www.fic.com.tw) The one called vja43. Its the BIOS for your motherboard. Its under the BIOS link under the quick link option (on the right), on the link (www.fic.com.tw) you posted before. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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