"Roby" <roby@no-address.net> skrev i meddelandet
news:weGdnWDpG6mvZBTYnZ2dnUVZ_uXinZ2d@adelphia.com ...
> Rolfie wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> after having skutdown the computer for more than 15 - 30 min it won't
>> boot
>> up at all. The boot up
>> does'nt get to bios startup splash screen. The power supply is on - the
>> green LED is on but nothing
>> happens. The LCD screen is black and not activated. No error messages
>> like
>> beeps etc.
>>
>> If I do a direct power down with the power switch and power on again, the
>> same thing will happen.
>>
>> But if I leave it with the power on for 5 - 10 min, power off and then
>> power on, the LCD is powered up,
>> the bios splash screen comes up and then the computer goes directly into
>> the bios setup screen -
>> Chip configuration. Exiting the bios setup without saving, reboot and the
>> computer boots up fully
>> normal and windows starts in a normal way.
>>
>> To me it seems to be some kind of either hardware porblem and/or a bios
>> problem. But what???
>> No recent changes in hardware.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Rolfie
>>
>> MB ASUS A7M266
>> CPU AMD Athlon 1400 MHz
>> BIO ACPI Bios Revision 1008 Beta 002-B 08/22/2002S
>> RAM 768 MB
>> Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Platinum
>> Video Card GeForce2 GTS
>> Monitor LG2010P
>> OS Windows XPSP2 Professional
>> Norton Systemwork Antivirus 2002
>
> Have you replaced the BIOS support battery?

Thanks for your reply,

the bios battery is new and fresh
but no avail.

Rolfie