Summary: The other day my pc, while not being used, froze. I had to reset it, but it never finished rebooting. Instead I got a bad post test beep (I've check...
Summary: Assuming that is the problem, are you sure the bios is on a chip that's not soldered to the motherboard? If it is socketed and not soldered you may b...
Summary: if the bios doesn't complete the flash process it's bad news replace the bios chip or new motherboard the one thing they warn you about is not i...
Summary: "my XP copy thinks that i am installing it on loads of computers. It therefore has locked all access to my hard drives..." That's freakin ridiculous! ...
Summary: Hi joel. Yes, this is a very frequent question, one I have asked on several occassions, myself. And a very frustrating one, too. I have done a lot of...
Summary: I was an idiot and accidentally inserted a non-compatible stick of RAM into my computer and tried starting it and I smelled a bit of smoke. Anyways, ...
Summary: OK, guys, need some help!! Computer will not come on - no warning, nothing, just stopped from one day to the next! I've put in a new power supply and...
Summary: I once saw this exact problem on an amd based system (I think it was an athlon 64 3300+ or something similar). The only thing that got it to boot was ...
Summary: Recently upgraded with new AMD 64 X2 Chip and new MSI Neo 4 Platinum Board. Windows keeps locking up on install and randomly restarting itself. The in...
Summary: Only us a bios chip meant for that board. I also ask what makes you think it gets corrupted ??? If you settings vanish it may be an empty battery! Fra...
Summary: hi all hardware gurus 2 months ago i flashed my bios with the wrong bios file and screwed my laptop, wouldn't start sent it back to the maker for r...
Summary: Ok, here's a detailed write-up on what I did to fix this, after my originla post (I know this problem persists many P4PE users, as I have read yesterd...
Summary: Sounds like it may be an overheating issue. Check the mounting of the heatsink onto the CPU...make sure you either have thermal tape or compound betwe...
Summary: I needed to repair a flash bios that I did to one of my boards by using a different board to change the bios software so I can POST again on that othe...
Summary: It is hard for us to tell if you have a bad motherboard if we have no idea what your motherboard is. Could you also supply some info about the RAM, c...
Summary: there could be possible reasons for this. one, your processor could have died or entered its failure state. if this is so, u need to either replace it...
Summary: It's either your flash bios chip or the CMOS battery. Change the battery, but sfter you take the old one out, leave it out for a few nours, before yo...
Summary: "Moon my new puter from across the room" that is one option and is safer to do than what it really means. When a computer starts up the very first thi...
Summary: My A7V133 runs fine using a 250 watt PS, with an Athlon 1.3xghz cpu (pre XP....)and 256mb of ram. Failing power supplies are common and can cause your...
Summary: You don't even know if the BIOS chip is the problem...you're just guessing. Personally, I'm leaning toward the graphics, & since they're integrated in...
Summary: We have heard a lot about the frustrations of dealing with brand name system builders such as HP. That's often why people with brand name systems come...
Summary: It's possible, but unlikely unless it's labelled a beta version, that one bios version you are trying to load has bugs. Try the bios version that is...
Summary: Some motherboards have TWO BIOS chips. Post the motherboard model. When clearing the CMOS you MUST have the power to the computer disconnected or it ...
Summary: After installing a recently bought used PC Chips M599LMR motherboard, the system won't boot (or POST). Upon powering the system ON, there is no video ...
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