I have a built PC with AN8SLI MB, Winxp 64 OS, has worked perfect for last 2 years. I have (2) 1gig ram currently. I purchased (2) 1gb ram to upgrade to 4gig ram. I powered down, unplugged pc, grounded self..

turn pc on and will only show ABIT loading SCREEN, can not ADVANCE from there. Only other screen i can get to is after holding Del key, shows processor and mem info. I can not move from there, no key works... I was told this is CORRECT memory.

I just wanted pc to work so i put everything back exactly the way it was, but get exact same results, only abit screen, cant get to any menus.

Friend tried to help me, had me unplug dvd, floppy drives, sound. remove mem sticks except for 1. power up retry. Same result, only abit screen or screen with chip and mem info (1024k).

Friend had me take battery out for 5 mins, replace. Same result.

I have tried to swap all sticks of ram in and out. Ram appears to be seated correctly, clips go down by themselfs. ram appears clean, I try to keep inside of pc fairly clean.

My pc does have Abit guru panel on front of pc that has cmos button, i have pressed it a few times but honestly im kinda unsure what this does and im not that advanced a computer guy. I understand basic things like static electricty so dont think i messed anything up as far as that goes.

Im out of ideas, anyone that can help would be much appreciated. THANK you for your time.I have been reading for hours and it appears I am having CMOS issues. I get CMOS error messages, i manually reset the CMOS. (remove battery, swap jumpers, hold 3 mins, reverse process..

Still getting CMOS error message.. anyone wants to jump in and give suggestion, i am all earsPerharps...PURCHASE a new CMOS battery if yours is semi-flat...it could be corrupting the BIOS memory when you reset or power down

Kurtis