ok, here the thing. worked fine last night. then this morning boot up it just freezes at the post screen showing the phoenix logo. I try the delelte button to try to get into bios and it wont go. It is frozen. I CANNOT EVEN REACH WINDOWS SO DON'T RECOMMEND GOING INTO SAFE MODE WHEN I CAN'T EVEN GET THERE. sorry, i'm a little mad. anyways, i checked all fans are working, i sprayed it out, all cables are hooked up and everything is secured in. I tryed swaping out memory but still it freezes. I still get a beep when it loads up though. I tried unplugging the dvd rom and it still freezes.
2007-07-12 11:18:36 · 10 answers · asked by David K 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Your CMOS setting could have been corrupted. Unplug PC.Try resetting the CMOS jumper or removing CMOS battery for 20 seconds. Power ON PC and open BIOS menu. Load "Fail safe defaults", save and exit. You should be back in business.
If this does not work, problem is not just CMOS and could be more serious - BIOS. Reflashing BIOS may be able to restore it.
2007-07-12 12:23:19 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like there might be a problem with the MBR (Master Boot Record) it is absolutely the first thing that processes when a computer is turned on, and if there is an error when booting up, a lot of the times you have a bad sector somewhere. Trying finding a relatively new harddrive and swap them out temp. If that solves the problem then you know your hard drive has crashed. Another thing that may have happened is that you have some how got a virus, try to boot up in safe mode then run an anti-virus software and see if that catches it.
2016-05-21 00:20:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any beep codes on boot? Can you enter into your BIOS? Do this by F8 or F2 key when booting. If you can get into the BIOS you are pretty much good at this point. If you can get in, go to the boot sequence and disable everything except the hard drive, save and exit. Reboot comp and see if it lets you get to windows. If not, its probably your HD. If it does, go back and add one item at a time to your boot sequence until the culprit showes its ugly head.
2007-07-12 11:24:14 · answer #3 · answered by Coach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bout all you can do is disconnect everything but the monitor and try taking the little button battery out for a few minutes. Chances are it's simply an expired motherboard.
2007-07-12 12:33:24 · answer #4 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm...well if you can't access BIOS or anything, then you probably can't use a boot disk to check for viruses/malware. You're going to have to reboot your computer. However, it sounds like you may have a bad HD. I'd have to see, but it's definantly a possiblity...
2007-07-12 11:24:38 · answer #5 · answered by Me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have a friend download the "ultimate boot CD" or a copy of "knoppix". These are bootable CD's. If they boot, it will eliminate the motherboard and memory. These CD's have programs to check different parts of your system. I would defintely try this before buying anything. Both CD's are free downloads.
2007-07-12 17:03:11 · answer #6 · answered by Ntothat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to all the people who said its his Hard Drive, you wrong. the hard drive is accessed after POST. if your computer turns on and it freezes, you could have a shorted out mother board. is it a custom built system? if it is then maybe you have to many mother board mounts and it could have caused a short. i did this and got the same problem your getting. also your case may not be getting a good ground. that happend to me also, so you may have to purchase a new mother board and or case. good luck, keep us updated. take it in to get looked at as well.
On second thought, just for giggles, try takin out your CMOS battery for about 10-20 seconds, then put it in, and see if this still happens..
2007-07-12 11:58:53 · answer #7 · answered by naivetheidiot09 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have recently overclocked anything that might have caused the problem. Try letting your chipset cool down for a while and then try powering on again.
If you manage to get into BIOS, quickly reset your FSB speeds, CPU multiplier, and your system voltages.
Also its not your HD, your computer only accesses it after POST, so if its freezing on POST, its not related to the HD.
2007-07-12 11:31:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know what motherboard you have.
Some have jumpers to set your CPU and FSB.
If yours is one of these it's quite possible you blew off some of the jumpers.
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2007-07-12 11:26:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you have to put in a new HD and reinstall windows you just lost everything sorry man
2007-07-12 11:23:14 · answer #10 · answered by won_fulano 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋