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Answer» <html><body><p>3 year old Celeron,windows 2000, start computer, and it starts, but it won't turn on the monitor, when it does turn on monitor,go to BIOS, but will usually freeze up in BIOS. Please help!Do you have virus protection? Any rescue disks made?<br/><br/>[glb]Flame[/glb]I have Norton Utilities 2005 installed. No rescue disks-I can't even <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/get-11812" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GET">GET</a> into BIOS to select boot up from cd-rom.Reset your CMOS. <br/><br/>Either through shortcircuiting the CMOS jumper <br/><br/>or <br/><br/>Through removing the CMOS battery for approximately 10 - 15 seconds.<br/><br/>To see where the CMOS battery and/or jumper are located, refer to the mainboard guide. <br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/also-373387" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALSO">ALSO</a> see this article before attempting to reset CMOS.I removed the cmos battery,started <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/machine-550312" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MACHINE">MACHINE</a>,shut down,put battery back in-no change.load norton cd disk..........run windoc.......win disk.....try taking the ramsticks out.......and then reset them..* if no change do the same with an graphics card etc.***.caution is needed when play about in side the case*** ***....any beeps on boot up........I will start pulling ram and hardware and reinserting them, as far as loading any software, no go, can't even get to bios or anything, and there is a steady beep when turned on.ALSO, I am running an ASUS TUV4X motherboard. Quote</p><blockquote> I removed the cmos battery,started machine,shut down,put battery back in-no change.</blockquote> <br/><br/>Booting your system with either the CMOS battery removed or the jumper set to clear CMOS data may damage your system. It is inadviseable to do so.is your pc one of these>><a href="http://www.5starsupport.com/info/beep_codes.htm">http://www.5starsupport.com/info/beep_codes.htm</a><br/>have you added any new hardware to your system......do you know the make of your hard drive....I have a 120G Harddrive by Maxtor, the beeps are one lasting 2 seconds,over and over again, so far I have <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/counted-2551249" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about COUNTED">COUNTED</a> 78, and it is still going.Oh, no new hardware, just started beeping one day. Also have Award BIOSdownload this a test >><a href="http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068/?channelpath=%2Fen_us%2FSupport%2FSoftware%20Downloads%2FATA%20Hard%20Drives&downloadID=57">http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068/?channelpath=%2Fen_us%2FSupport%2FSoftware%20Downloads%2FATA%20Hard%20Drives&downloadID=57</a><br/><br/>i hate them drives?<br/><br/>also check for bios upgrades.........flash.. if unsure come back!can't download anything on the broken computer, do you mean to download on my good computer? other comp is not functioning.do you happen to have the mobo boot fdisk lying around.....if so load it......every thing .in the case is working.....fans/hardrive/fd/cdrom drives.....yes.../no!for example>><a href="http://www.recoverybios.com/">http://www.recoverybios.com/</a> \/<br/><br/>download the msblast <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/program-246414" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROGRAM">PROGRAM</a> to a fdsik...on the pc you are using to post here......but my guess is a corupted bios...^</body></html> | |