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| Thread ID: 65453 | 2006-01-18 16:29:00 | Won't boot till warm | malone3906 (9643) | Press F1 |
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| 422249 | 2006-01-19 02:49:00 | A flat CMOS battery will cause loss of settings, but I have never encountered one that would actually stop a PC booting at least to the POST screen. I have. :) |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 422250 | 2006-01-19 03:38:00 | A flat CMOS battery could cause a PC not to boot. However, one of two things would happen * you get a message, and probably get thrown into the BIOS setup screen * the PC would not give a message, and simply revert to factory defaults. If it didn't boot, you'd have to do a *warm* boot, and put in the correct settings. In either case, leaving the PC on and doing nothing else would have no affect. I guess it's in the realm of possibilities that the first boot on a PC with a flat CMOS battery could revert to factory default settings, but wouldn't take affect until the second boot, a warm boot, but I've never seen this behaviour. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 422251 | 2006-01-19 09:42:00 | I had the same fault but mine was the hdd. It was my work comp that was out in the workshop & got cold overnight, needed a fan heater until the hd was warm to the touch. after a couple of weeks it packed up altogether. New hdd & we're away again | Phil B (648) | ||
| 422252 | 2006-01-19 23:11:00 | Wow, that's one I've never heard before. And I thought slamming a hard disk on a desk to unstick the heads was radical. I had the same fault but mine was the hdd. It was my work comp that was out in the workshop & got cold overnight, needed a fan heater until the hd was warm to the touch. after a couple of weeks it packed up altogether. New hdd & we're away again |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 422253 | 2006-01-20 00:21:00 | hmm, what i would do is change the CMOS battery, then reset the CMOS jumper . Maybe some settings have changed in the bios, like the startup temperatur thingy. resetting jumpers will sort this problem out. Also, check that the power setting is at 230 volts, not 110 volts. (if ur living in NZ that is) | Sync_88k (9584) | ||
| 422254 | 2006-01-20 00:51:00 | Sounds like the motherboard capacitors are the problem (or just your motherboard has died/dying due to another cause). Have a good look at them. A forum post on badcaps (www.badcaps.net) . Have a search around that website. |
gibler (49) | ||
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