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Old 02-05-2006, 02:25 PM   #1
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Where is the BIOS??

Hi,

I have built my first pc but I have an issue - when i switch on the monitor brings nothing onscreen whatsoever. I have checked the monitor itself, it works. The pc makes one beep when i switch on and then after a while another beep.

All the fans whir up, but no bios or post screen. Any ideas??

edit** Have a tip of removing graphics card and seeing if it is overriding mainboard or anything like that. Will this work??
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Welcome to PCMech. As for your tip, does the motherboard have onboard graphics? Then you could try it without the graphics card. If not, you'll have no video output w/o the graphics card plugged in.

A good troubleshooting guide can be found HERE. Follow HAL's step-by-step to see if that helps to isolate the problem.
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The bios is located on the ROM Bios. Usually you can access it by pressing either F1 or Del as soon as the computer boots. Just thought you might want to know.
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