Bootup Hangs - XP Home

[Guest]

Hi, Folks - When I boot up, I get a blackscreen that says at the bottom
"display switch is set incorrectly, Override enabled, defaults loaded". Right
at the bottom of the screen, highlighted, is a choice to F1 - continue or DEL
- enter setup. If I do the latter, go to CMOS and alter the clock from
31.12.2002 to the real date, F10 & Save settings, Windows starts. If I
restart any time, sometimes it starts with the correct time but next day, I'm
right back to square one, clock set at just before midnight on 31.12.2002. If
at the blackscreen I go to F1 continue, it starts but with the 31.12 clock
setting. What the heck is a 'display switch', how do I reset it? what is
'correct'? Is this normal? My CMOS says boot from hdd01 1st, cdrom 2nd &
floppy 3rd, Isn't this upside down?
Please Help!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi, Folks - When I boot up, I get a blackscreen that says at the bottom
"display switch is set incorrectly, Override enabled, defaults loaded". Right
at the bottom of the screen, highlighted, is a choice to F1 - continue or DEL
- enter setup. If I do the latter, go to CMOS and alter the clock from
31.12.2002 to the real date, F10 & Save settings, Windows starts. If I
restart any time, sometimes it starts with the correct time but next day, I'm
right back to square one, clock set at just before midnight on 31.12.2002. If
at the blackscreen I go to F1 continue, it starts but with the 31.12 clock
setting. What the heck is a 'display switch', how do I reset it? what is
'correct'? Is this normal? My CMOS says boot from hdd01 1st, cdrom 2nd &
floppy 3rd, Isn't this upside down?
Please Help!

It seems your CMOS is losing its setup information, probably
due to a flat battery. Open your PC, look for the shiny button
cell, then replace it with a new one.