Up until about a week ago I just switched on and pressed the button on the tower and Windows XP just loaded. Now it stops and says "PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE" which I do and it does. Can I get back to what it was? I have tried re-setting up to one month ago - no difference - I am still required to press F1.
2007-04-27 11:19:55 · 13 answers · asked by Wee2 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
The 'Press F1 to continue" message is a result of an error caused as the BIOS does its hardware checks during the boot process.
The BIOS boot process (bootstrap) preceeds the loading of the operating system.
The most amusing example of this occurs if you unplug a ps2 keyboard,
1, it generates the error
2, pressing F1 does no good because the keyboard is not plugged in.
3, if its ps2, you will need to do a hardware reset after plugging the keyboard in again.
The bios can be set to 'halt on'
'no errors' which will stop the error message appearing.
'keyboard errors' see above
'all errors' any hardware failure detected by the bios will halt the boot process and give the above message.
2007-04-27 19:28:53 · answer #1 · answered by David P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As already answered it is your bios which holds vital info on what hardware is installed on your PC. It checks for changed hardware on boot, if the battery if flat it retruns to defaults on each boot and if anything difffers it asks you to confirm the change. The battery is like a big watch battery and every one have changed is a CR2032 battery costing around £1 from supermarket or staples. This first boot after you change it it may ask you to confirm with F1 again but then further boots the problem should dissappear.
2007-04-27 12:56:44 · answer #2 · answered by Paul WS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not windows XP, it's somethinng in your bios that is doing that. Next time you start the computer go into the bios and look for a setting to enable " quick Boot" or something similar to that. That should fix it.
2007-04-27 11:27:31 · answer #3 · answered by bill45310252 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-02-15 05:30:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with previous responses. It sounds like something is amiss in the BIOS. Either something has been changed, or the battery is running low.
Try replacing the CMOS battery. Up to date ones looks like a flat, pound sized thing. It's probably marked CR2032. Most, if not all, computer stores should hold them. (Check before you purchase one as older motherboards used different sized ones.)
Before changing the battery, it might pay you to make a note of entries in the BIOS as once the battery is changed this information will need to be re-entered. (Most of the information will be auto-detected, but there may be options that will set to the default values.)
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2016-12-25 05:47:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be your battery that's flat. Either put a new one in or leave your pc turned on all night, or day, as they recharge themselves. If you only use your pc in short burst then the m/board doesn't get chance to recharge and the battery soon goes flat. Or the BIOS may have been changed, but after what you say, this doesn't appear very likely.
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