POST Failed

[human1987]

hi,
i build this pc myself a few years back and today the cmos memory got restored due to the cmos battery.
i did a change to the cmos battery and my pc didn't went to the POST test.

i started to dismantle everything and try running it without the casing.
it did boot up to the POST there. but when i switch off and on again, it didn't even go to the POST.

i gave up and assemble everything back and try switching on again, but to no avail.
and i tried this method by "holding delete key and powering on" and it manage to go to POST.
im wonder why is this so weird?

and it happens to the other PC i build too. i build this PC which my sis is using right now and sometimes it don't even go to POST. i don't know why.

can anyone help/explain on this?

[flanzig1]

If the board has a set of BIOS reset pins, try resetting the BIOS that way to get a clean default reset.

[human1987]

Originally Posted by flanzig1 If the board has a set of BIOS reset pins, try resetting the BIOS that way to get a clean default reset.

hi do u mean resetting the CMOS? does incorrect BIOS setting leads to that?

[bailey]

the computer that is giving you the problem, is it the one in your signature ?

if yes, do you know which version of the bios it is useing ?

have you ever flashed the bios ?

[human1987]

Originally Posted by human1987 hi, i build this pc myself a few years back and today the cmos memory got restored due to the cmos battery. i did a change to the cmos battery and my pc didn't went to the POST test. i started to dismantle everything and try running it without the casing. it did boot up to the POST there. but when i switch off and on again, it didn't even go to the POST. i gave up and assemble everything back and try switching on again, but to no avail. and i tried this method by "holding delete key and powering on" and it manage to go to POST. im wonder why is this so weird?

This is the PC that is on my signature. Everything is fine now.
This is the BIOS info which i get from AIDA32. I didn't flash it before.

BIOS Properties
Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
Version 080009
Release Date 11/21/2003
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP
Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, AGP, USB



The other PC(belonging to my sis) is having such problem now and i can't get it to boot up. Probably i will need some help on this instead.
The info of PC:
MSI 865PE Neo2-PLS
Intel Pentium4 2.4GHz
Kingstone 256MB value ram
Albatron Geforce FX5200 128MB

erm, what other infos do you need?

[human1987]

Hi
erm. i think it's the BIOS setting which caused the error.
i do not know how to configure the IDE settings.
i have an CD-ROM and a SATA hard disk.