All of a sudden cannot boot up the desktop, a 2.8 GHZ, 512 MB Intel
computer,that before this morning always worked fine.
DEL or F8 does not work either so I cannot get to Safe Mode.

Inserting the Windows XP PRO disk does not get to it either since F8 or Boot
order does not work.

I worked still last night when I closed down after the market closed..

Any suggestions?

I should have mentioned what I see:

AMIBIOS 2003 American Megatrends Inc
ASUS P4p800 ACPI BIOS Rev 1012
CPU Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.800 GHZ
Speed 2.8 GHZ
Press Del to run Setup
Press F8 for BBS Popup
DDR Frequency 400 MHZ Dual Channel, Linear mode
Cecking NVRAM


and that is where it hangs!


"Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsK-dnUSk586iMD3fRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> All of a sudden cannot boot up the desktop, a 2.8 GHZ, 512 MB Intel
> computer,that before this morning always worked fine.
> DEL or F8 does not work either so I cannot get to Safe Mode.
>
> Inserting the Windows XP PRO disk does not get to it either since F8 or
> Boot order does not work.
>
> I worked still last night when I closed down after the market closed..
>
> Any suggestions?
>

While the pc is first booting up....
Tap & repeat tapping the F8 Function key before the "Starting Windows"
message appears.

It sounds like you are not pressing (tapping) F8 at the right time.

Remove the XP CD. Then power up your pc, and retry F8.

If no joy, provide exact details at how you are trying this, and the Make /
model of this pc.


--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
---

"Ritter197" wrote

> All of a sudden cannot boot up the desktop, a 2.8 GHZ, 512 MB Intel
> computer,that before this morning always worked fine.
> DEL or F8 does not work either so I cannot get to Safe Mode.
>
> Inserting the Windows XP PRO disk does not get to it either since F8 or
> Boot order does not work.
>
> I worked still last night when I closed down after the market closed..
>
> Any suggestions?
>

Ritter197,
Do see my other note.

This info would likely be from your BIOS post startup. Is that true?

The thing about getting to bootup options... you want to catch it after the
BIOS post, and before Windows begins to load.

What is make/model & how does your manufacturer sepecify the bootup-option
key?

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
---

"Ritter197" wrote
>I should have mentioned what I see:
>
> AMIBIOS 2003 American Megatrends Inc
> ASUS P4p800 ACPI BIOS Rev 1012
> CPU Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.800 GHZ
> Speed 2.8 GHZ
> Press Del to run Setup
> Press F8 for BBS Popup
> DDR Frequency 400 MHZ Dual Channel, Linear mode
> Cecking NVRAM
>
>
> and that is where it hangs!
>

"Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:NsudndJdU-IxKj3fRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I should have mentioned what I see:
>
> AMIBIOS 2003 American Megatrends Inc
> ASUS P4p800 ACPI BIOS Rev 1012
> CPU Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.800 GHZ
> Speed 2.8 GHZ
> Press Del to run Setup
> Press F8 for BBS Popup
> DDR Frequency 400 MHZ Dual Channel, Linear mode
> Cecking NVRAM
>
>
> and that is where it hangs!
No wonder it hangs. That is a hardware problem. Isn't Non Volatile Ram on
the motherboard?
Jim
>
>

I gave you all I can.. I hit F8 repeatedly and have in years past also done
that (very seldom a need for it)

Computer is custom built by local shop.


"Maurice N ~ MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> While the pc is first booting up....
> Tap & repeat tapping the F8 Function key before the "Starting Windows"
> message appears.
>
> It sounds like you are not pressing (tapping) F8 at the right time.
>
> Remove the XP CD. Then power up your pc, and retry F8.
>
> If no joy, provide exact details at how you are trying this, and the Make
> / model of this pc.
>
>
> --
> Maurice N
> MVP Windows - Shell / User
> ---
>
> "Ritter197" wrote
>
>> All of a sudden cannot boot up the desktop, a 2.8 GHZ, 512 MB Intel
>> computer,that before this morning always worked fine.
>> DEL or F8 does not work either so I cannot get to Safe Mode.
>>
>> Inserting the Windows XP PRO disk does not get to it either since F8 or
>> Boot order does not work.
>>
>> I worked still last night when I closed down after the market closed..
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>
>

No idea re RAM, but it worked for many months before fine.
"Jim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Eg3oe.1847$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:NsudndJdU-IxKj3fRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I should have mentioned what I see:
>>
>> AMIBIOS 2003 American Megatrends Inc
>> ASUS P4p800 ACPI BIOS Rev 1012
>> CPU Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.800 GHZ
>> Speed 2.8 GHZ
>> Press Del to run Setup
>> Press F8 for BBS Popup
>> DDR Frequency 400 MHZ Dual Channel, Linear mode
>> Cecking NVRAM
>>
>>
>> and that is where it hangs!
> No wonder it hangs. That is a hardware problem. Isn't Non Volatile Ram
> on
> the motherboard?
> Jim
>>
>>
>
>
>

Checking NVRAM is part of the CMOS/BIOS start up. If this failes, it could
be that the CMOS/BIOS setting are screwed up. Access the BIOS screen and
check to see if the hard drive is correctly listed. If it is not listed,
then the CMOS battery may be dead and you would need to replace it. It is
normally fairly easy to replace. Pop out the old coin cell and replace it
with a new one. Then, redo the BIOS set ups.


"Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsK-dnUSk586iMD3fRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> All of a sudden cannot boot up the desktop, a 2.8 GHZ, 512 MB Intel
> computer,that before this morning always worked fine.
> DEL or F8 does not work either so I cannot get to Safe Mode.
>
> Inserting the Windows XP PRO disk does not get to it either since F8 or
> Boot order does not work.
>
> I worked still last night when I closed down after the market closed..
>
> Any suggestions?
>

"Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:j9idnSww8NJBXT3fRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I gave you all I can.. I hit F8 repeatedly and have in years past also
done
> that (very seldom a need for it)
>
> Computer is custom built by local shop.
>
>
> "Maurice N ~ MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > While the pc is first booting up....
> > Tap & repeat tapping the F8 Function key before the "Starting Windows"
> > message appears.
> >
> > It sounds like you are not pressing (tapping) F8 at the right time.
> >
> > Remove the XP CD. Then power up your pc, and retry F8.
> >
> > If no joy, provide exact details at how you are trying this, and the
Make
> > / model of this pc.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Maurice N
> > MVP Windows - Shell / User
> > ---
> >
> > "Ritter197" wrote
> >
> >> All of a sudden cannot boot up the desktop, a 2.8 GHZ, 512 MB Intel
> >> computer,that before this morning always worked fine.
> >> DEL or F8 does not work either so I cannot get to Safe Mode.
> >>
> >> Inserting the Windows XP PRO disk does not get to it either since F8 or
> >> Boot order does not work.
> >>
> >> I worked still last night when I closed down after the market closed..
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >
=====================

Hard Drive failiure. Time to go back to the local shop. Denzil.

====================

Well, I can NOT access the BIOS screen since it allows me NOT to get into
anything via F8 or Delete.

Tapping either one many times does nothing. The CMOS battery is probably
less than 9 mos old though.

"Yves Leclerc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Checking NVRAM is part of the CMOS/BIOS start up. If this failes, it
> could be that the CMOS/BIOS setting are screwed up. Access the BIOS
> screen and check to see if the hard drive is correctly listed. If it is
> not listed, then the CMOS battery may be dead and you would need to
> replace it. It is normally fairly easy to replace. Pop out the old coin
> cell and replace it with a new one. Then, redo the BIOS set ups.
>
>
> "Ritter197" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsK-dnUSk586iMD3fRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> All of a sudden cannot boot up the desktop, a 2.8 GHZ, 512 MB Intel
>> computer,that before this morning always worked fine.
>> DEL or F8 does not work either so I cannot get to Safe Mode.
>>
>> Inserting the Windows XP PRO disk does not get to it either since F8 or
>> Boot order does not work.
>>
>> I worked still last night when I closed down after the market closed..
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>
>