i have a very serious problem with my pc when i start my pc it satys on dos ,and messages shows like press F1 to continue or press del to enter the setup now when i presss f1 it start the windows fine but when i press DEL nothing show up just a black screen thats all now problem is i cannot get to Bois setup to work it out
View 4 RepliesHi. This is the second time it happens. I basically press the power button on the PC, all the fans started and then they shut off. I've pressed it again. The fans started to spin for a few seconds but no POST or successful BOOT Beep. After 30 seconds or so the PC finally boots. It gets past POST and the it sais something like this "Bad bios checksum. Recovering from backup bios". After a couple of minutes the PC started as usual and now I'm writing for it.Why is this happening?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedAfter resolving an issue resulting from a printer installation, I was able to get my computer back to a state of normalcy, except that the CD drives were no longer found by the system.This is a Win 2K and there is a DVD-ROM and a CD-RW.So rather than do the smart thing and reinstall them via the OEM CDs, I went into the Bios and tried to tell the Bios that they were the Secondary Master and Slave drives (duh).So now, the system hangs, telling me that the primary slave auto detect wasn't finding anything. (Even though I didn't address that when I screwed with it.)I cannot even enter the BIOS setup, since the hangup occurs before the system even gets to that point.If I can get back to BIOS setup, I can at least reset to defaults, then figure out how to do the right thing, but for now, I'm STUCK.It's an MSI KT3 Ultra Mother board If more info is needed I can probably get it, but wanted to keep the initial post short.
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once the on button was pushed, it came up with the BIOS screen asking for the password.I removed the CMOS battery, which allowed me to change the Password so I can get onto BIOS now. However, when I boot now it just comes up with the BIOS screen.I set HD to boot first, aswell as setting the clock and date. I then ask it to save and quit, after which it shut's down, and reboots, only, BIOS keeps coming up. And I need to get this sorted asap
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I started an upgrade for xp pro part way through the install I got a message "WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe" no found I pressed enter then got another message "fake setup call himself instead original "setup.exe" ; setup abort!" now each time I reboot it starts to load xp then gives me the same message then press enter it then reboots.
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I don't know whats happening.I have just formated my C drive and installed fresh copy of windows xp.
here is image of error message.
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i have a problem with my Acer Aspire 4732z. Press <F2> to enter SETUP).i must press anykey twice to load the window(i'm using window xp pro).i think it cause by System BIOS shadowed, i want to disable it..but there is no option.
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