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| Thread ID: 61024 | 2005-08-22 06:13:00 | Bootup stopping at 98SE splash screen. | john r (782) | Press F1 |
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| 382924 | 2005-08-22 06:13:00 | I have just built an old PC from bits given to me in a Box,all has gone well till now,when the PC boots from cold it stalls at the 98 splash screen.if I use reset it dose the same,if I shut it down with the power switch it starts up with the safe mode start screen,if I select normal from there it starts all the way.If I shut it down and start it straight away it will start normal,If I do a restart from the shut down box it starts normal,this only occurs if I leave it for a while shut down and go to start it up.I think this has only occured since doing all the 98 updates,there is one for not shutting down which may have caused this problem. has anyone had this happen to them. Thanks, John. |
john r (782) | ||
| 382925 | 2005-08-22 06:31:00 | If the parts are all fairly old, the battery which maintains the BIOS settings might be dead. Your experiences tend to encourage this idea. Once you have started it up, the BIOS has probably done an auto configuration , which it will "remember" through fairly short shutdowns. If you leave it longer, it will lose the settings, and the process will repeat. The battery is most likely to be a lithium button cell 20 mm in diameter flat on the board, or it might be a rectangular lithium pack about the size of a couple of AA cells. These rectangular batteries are very expensive: the cheapest replacement is a 3 x AA cell holder form Dick Smiths or Jaycar, wired to the original wire and plug. (Red is positive, black is negative). Three alkaline AA cels will last forever. The lithium button cells are only a few dollars. Be careful with the latch holding it in the holder. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 382926 | 2005-08-22 08:40:00 | Thanks Graham L, I have tested the battery,it was about close to 3 volts,I put another one in just in case, John. |
john r (782) | ||
| 382927 | 2005-08-22 11:04:00 | Try booting into Safe Mode, and then run msconfig from Start-Run, and use the interactive startup diagnostics options to see if the problem can be located. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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