HI ALL I was flashing the bio's, got a successful PASS prompt went to reboot, PC goes to restart but nothing happens. Then computer sounds intermitent beeps spaced by about 5 secs so then i attempt to swicth off, nothing happens again. The only way to switch off is too disconnect the power lead manually. So i try to restart the damn thing but i just get the constant hum of the fan but nothing, dada, zilch from the HD, monitor turns itself onto standby mode. Again the only way to turn it off is to pull out the cord. Any help would be seriously appreciated. Thanks.

Try clearing the BIOS. Usually necessary ofter flashing he BIOS. Consult your motherboard manual. you should find a jumper on the motherboard to do this. Turn the computer of. Remove the jumper and replace it in the clear position for a few seconds. Then replace the jumper. If you cannot find the clear CMOS jumper then removing the battery should do it. You will need to leave the battery out for half ans hour or so as it takes time for the information to decay. When you switch on the re-boot you will most likely get a CMOS Checksum Error. This is OK. Just go into the BIOS and reset the parameters as required. Stuart

Thanks for the quick reply. I have a gigabyte GA-7VA-C which does'nt have the jumpers. Have'nt removed the battery before any do's/dont's to be aware of, feeling very much like i'm new to pc's again. Cheers

I have had a look at the manual for your motherboard, and you are right, there is no clear CMOS Jumper. The manual say remove the battery for 30 seconds. It that doesn't work I would give it a little longer. The only thing to be careful of is handling the battery. Only handle it by the edges. Avoid holding it front and back between the fingers. This can discharge the battery through your fingers very quickly. Make a note of the right way round before you remove it. Stuart

Also, have the computer unplugged when removing the battery, or you will never clear the CMOS. It really isn't a good idea to unplug or plug devices while under power. The exception is USB & maybe firewire.

Thanks Stuart that worked great. It was a recovery from a bad bio's flash so once the os was up and running i had to load all the hardware again, which is fine no problem, apart from i cant get my network card to connect/talk to the router. I've updated the driver, used the original one no success. I'm going to uninstall it and change pci slots and see if that works. I know its probably not the right forum but have you any ideas? Thanks again mate

I take it that you are using automatic detection if IP address and gateway with DHCP. Go to a DOS prompt and type IPconfig /all. you should get an IP address and a Gateway address different by only a few digits in the last octet. If not try ipconfig /release /all then ipconfig /renew /all See if that does it. Stuart