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BIOS Won't Load on Power-On

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by fighting monk

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Problem:
Upon powering on the computer, the manufacturer logo appears, though none of the power-on self-test procedures begin. The system simply hangs.

History:
Attempted to install MS Windows 98SE, which froze during the initial scans of the system (analyzing devices).
Attempted to install MS Windows ME, which froze at the same point.
Problem began after this step.

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by thegodfather

Sounds to me like you are trying to install an upgrade version of windows? Instead of the full programe.
If this is not the case, are you at least getting any beeps from the Bios? if so let me know how many..
Last resort - Pull the CMOS bettery from the motherboard and leave it out overnight. Put it back in the following day and it should have reset itself along with anything you may have done wrong and not realised.
Reply back to the group and let me know the outcome.. Good Luck..

by archon285

Yes, I agree with The Godfather, although beside the battery there is a jumper to enable you to reset the CMOS to default values. It will be marked "Normal" (where it is at the moment) and "Clear" in its alternative position. 10 seconds on "Clear"will reset the values.

I would then use your starter floppy to get into the system, reformat the hard discto remove any junk that is on there, and then install Windows.

by fighting monk

Upgrading? Nah.

Actually we were creating a training computer off of an old 4 gig harddrive- 500M for Win95, 750M for Win98SE, 750M for WinME, and 2G for Win2000 and any storage. We were going to use Win2000's OS chooser to allow some new student workers to jump between all the common MS OSs. That may have had some complications of its own but we haven't gotten there yet.

So currently the machine only has DOS and is a long way away from the part of the process where it'll accept a bootdisk. I'm giving the CMOS solution a try right now- we'll see where that can get us!

by chrisms

Could it just be that the old motherboard can not accept Win 98 and above?
Seeing has how it is an old computer this might be the case.

by simon.smith

Look at the following link for a better solution:

http://www.vmware.com/

VM ware allows you to have multiple OS but without the overhead of having to reboot each time or running out of disk space dur to partitions. I first saw the app when I did tech support for multiple os.

Simon

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