I have an Intel D815EEA mobo with an Intel p3-933 CPU. Until recently, it worked great.

Now, upon boot, I get stuck with the blue Intel logo screen. The only way I can avoid this is to change the memory size or clear the CMOS after which i can get to the BIOS screen. Then, after saving changes, I get stuck again with the Intel logo screen.

Finally, I removed all peripheral cards, both IDE drives as well as the FDD. Same results.

I have been clearing the CMOS by removing the battery. I hope that is a proper way to do such.

When I DO get to the BIOS setup screen, I check the event log and only find that the memory size has changed (with one exception). The exception is that one logged event was a CMOS checksum error but that was quite a few re-boots ago; I haven't had that problem since.

Is it possible that my mobo is history? I have used KNOWN good memory sticks and before I disconnected the IDE drives and the FDD I was using KNOWN operational drives.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Phil in KY
Plk26

i think a screw floating around in case groundingit, will cause only a blank screen

am i right?

There's probably a 'clear cmos' jumper on the motherboard that will make the task quicker. You may need to check the manual for its location. Even with the battery removed the capacitors can hold a charge for quite awhile.

Even with 'known' good memory it'd still be a good idea to run a RAM check. (Or can you not even get it to load an OS?) Is the FSB or RAM speed set correctly? You should clean the ram slots and make sure you reinstert the sticks securely. Swap out the RAM if you can and see if that makes a difference.

While in cmos setup. Try to turn off the logo screen. With this gone you should be able to see the messages on the screen including any error message.