has my BIOS frozen/crashed?

[Tommy]

hello.

have a shop built ACER desktop. have had it for a year and a half,
with no problems 512mb ram and running XP.

this morning it crashed at the bios screen, and froze, so i restarted.

all went fine, into XP and began working. in about five minutes it
froze again so turned off and restarted.

this time nothing happened. fans whir and click but no beep and no
display.

took the cover off, and blew a fairly large amount of dust away and
checked all connections and stuff.

have since been able to get it to get as far as the bios screen again
a couple of times, but again just freezing.

does this mean the bios has been fried or something? or what?

can i reset it?

or is it another problem?


thanks, tom

 

[Shenan Stanley]

have a shop built ACER desktop. have had it for a year and a half,
with no problems 512mb ram and running XP.

this morning it crashed at the bios screen, and froze, so i restarted.

all went fine, into XP and began working. in about five minutes it
froze again so turned off and restarted.

this time nothing happened. fans whir and click but no beep and no
display.

took the cover off, and blew a fairly large amount of dust away and
checked all connections and stuff.

have since been able to get it to get as far as the bios screen again
a couple of times, but again just freezing.

does this mean the bios has been fried or something? or what?

can i reset it?

or is it another problem?

Check all connections in the case. (Unplug and plug them all back in.)
Does your BIOS see the hard drive(s)?
Remove and reseat your memory.

Beyond that - take it to a repair shop unless you have fixed PC hardware
before and feel confident in doing so.

 

[Alan Smith]

hello.

have a shop built ACER desktop. have had it for a year and a half,
with no problems 512mb ram and running XP.

this morning it crashed at the bios screen, and froze, so i restarted.

all went fine, into XP and began working. in about five minutes it
froze again so turned off and restarted.

this time nothing happened. fans whir and click but no beep and no
display.

took the cover off, and blew a fairly large amount of dust away and
checked all connections and stuff.

have since been able to get it to get as far as the bios screen again
a couple of times, but again just freezing.

does this mean the bios has been fried or something? or what?

can i reset it?

or is it another problem?


thanks, tom

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Change the motherboard battery, reset the BIOS settings, try again.

 

[NobodyMan]

Change the motherboard battery, reset the BIOS settings, try again.

This is almost certainly not a BIOS battery issue. He would be
getting thrown into Setup and not getting a freeze if that were the
case.

 

[Alan Smith]

This is almost certainly not a BIOS battery issue. He would be
getting thrown into Setup and not getting a freeze if that were the
case.

almost? That isn't anything like a guarantee from you.
Note I used the word try- not that is was a guaranteed solution- And how
much does a battery cost to find out compared to the other solutions
offered?

 

[Alan Smith]

almost? That isn't anything like a guarantee from you.
Note I used the word try- not that is was a guaranteed solution- And how
much does a battery cost to find out compared to the other solutions
offered?

and what is your solution?

 

[Tommy]

Check all connections in the case. (Unplug and plug them all
back in.)
Does your BIOS see the hard drive(s)?
Remove and reseat your memory.

Beyond that - take it to a repair shop unless you have fixed
PC hardware
before and feel confident in doing so.

thanks for this.

tried all the internal connections and resat the memory, also the
graphics card.

also removed and replaced the motherboard battery

i think the memory has died, is this common?


cheers again,


tom

 

[Lil' Dave]

What you have noted can happen if the CMOS itself fails. The configuration
is no longer applicable to the platform, and cannot be changed due to the
failure. The bios saves both your settings, autosettings, and the hardware
configuration in the CMOS. Changing the cmos battery will have no effect on
this failure.

hello.

have a shop built ACER desktop. have had it for a year and a half,
with no problems 512mb ram and running XP.

this morning it crashed at the bios screen, and froze, so i restarted.

all went fine, into XP and began working. in about five minutes it
froze again so turned off and restarted.

this time nothing happened. fans whir and click but no beep and no
display.

took the cover off, and blew a fairly large amount of dust away and
checked all connections and stuff.

have since been able to get it to get as far as the bios screen again
a couple of times, but again just freezing.

does this mean the bios has been fried or something? or what?

can i reset it?

or is it another problem?


thanks, tom

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[Orin Oríg]

took the cover off, and blew a fairly large amount of dust away and
checked all connections and stuff.

You probably experienced an over-heating on your CPU.

Your BIOS is shutting down your computer . . . Please check your CPU fans,
perhaps it is malfunctioning. You may also reset the shut-down temperature
of your CPU.

If you think it is a fried BIOS, it is wise to copy your BIOS ID-string in
an event you will need a new BIOS.


Orinello

 

[Tommy]

and what is your solution?

ok.

have tried replacing DIMM module, and still nothing.

have also tried booting with all non-essential devices disconnected
(just HDD and graphics card)

also tried with both of these disconnected too....


stumped.....


t

 

[NobodyMan]

and what is your solution?

Talking to yourself? There are doctors that can help you.

I said "almost certainly" as there are NO absolutes in this world.
This problem could be many things that have already been identified,
and without putting the box on a bench and actually observing its
behavior firsthand, I can't make even a provisional diagnosis.