Computer won't boot right - have to hit F1....??Help??

[Eric]

My computer resently starting acting up. It kept locking up and
finally went to a blue screen that say Physical memory dump.

After that, it rebooted my computer, and would not load up. After
trying a few things, I had reinstall my startup discs. Now it will
load windows like normal, but everytime I restart my computer it gets
to the boot screen and just sits there. I have to hit F1 for it to
continue to boot. Other than that it seems to be working fine.

Does anyone know why it would all of a sudden start doing this. What
is F1 doing, just telling it to skip the boot process? Any info would
be helpful. Thanks.

 

[rick]

If the F1 choice is loading the default BIOS setup, it *could* be that your
CMOS settings aren't being retained, due to a bad battery (on the
motherboard.)

Just a first thought, but more specific info about your system might be
helpful.

 

[Rich]

I had a HD failure and the S.M.A.R.T. monitoring routine would cause
the boot process to stop and require a F1 to continue.

Given your original intermittent problems, maybe you have a sick HD?

Rich