No CMOS Screen

[Ja]

I have an AMD Athlon machine, with an AMI BIOS - I hit DEL to enter cmos -
but all I get is a blank blue screen. I have cleared the bios jumper - but
still no cmos screen.

Any ideas?
J

 

[kony]

I have an AMD Athlon machine, with an AMI BIOS - I hit DEL to enter cmos -
but all I get is a blank blue screen. I have cleared the bios jumper - but
still no cmos screen.

Any ideas?
J

Sounds like system is too instable to go any further. If you have a
jumper to force 100MHz FSB and/or memory, use it. Check power supply
voltages with a multimeter and cpu heatsink for good fit, but most often
I've seen that with marginal/erroneous memory. Then strip system down
to only essentials: 1 memory module, CPU, heatsink/fan, and video card...
no other cards or drives, etc, connected to either the board or the power
supply.

What's the history of the system? Was it working till (???) or new build
or (?) ?

It certainly couldn't hurt to have more details of system spec, like CPU
model, motherboard make/model/chipset, maybe even a link to it if all else
fails.

 

[Trent©]

I have an AMD Athlon machine, with an AMI BIOS - I hit DEL to enter cmos -

Is this after you see the initial CMOS screen?

but all I get is a blank blue screen. I have cleared the bios jumper - but
still no cmos screen.

What happens if you DON'T hit the DEL key?


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

 

[Ja]

cmos -

Is this after you see the initial CMOS screen?


What happens if you DON'T hit the DEL key?


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

The system won't boot -simply restarts on boot-up

 

[Trent©]

The system won't boot -simply restarts on boot-up

Read Kony's advice. We need much more info from you if you really
want some help. Quick, flippant comments aren't gonna cut it.

And try booting into a system floppy.

How old is the system?...ever work okay?...when did it quit working
okay?...plus Kony's questions.


Have a nice week...

Trent©

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

 

[kony]

Sounds like system is too instable to go any further. If you have a
jumper to force 100MHz FSB and/or memory, use it. Check power supply
voltages with a multimeter and cpu heatsink for good fit, but most often
I've seen that with marginal/erroneous memory. Then strip system down
to only essentials: 1 memory module, CPU, heatsink/fan, and video card...
no other cards or drives, etc, connected to either the board or the power
supply.

What's the history of the system? Was it working till (???) or new build
or (?) ?

It certainly couldn't hurt to have more details of system spec, like CPU
model, motherboard make/model/chipset, maybe even a link to it if all else
fails.

I forgot to mention, clearing the CMOS and if you get system
working, (stable enough to do so) check motherboard manufacturer
for a bios update.

 

[Daves @ DavesPC911]

cmos -

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO , #1) Get the MoBo Info & Get a new BIOS
Flash From a Working machine , Save it to a Floppy
Then Boot to Floppy & UPDATE IT! , & HOPE YOU DID NOT KILL THE BOARD !
~ AMI BIOS'S ARE EZ .
Also Try UnPlugging it while the Batt. IS OUT & CMOS JUMPER ON CLEAR ! [
Give it > @ Least 10 Min's & Boot to A:\
IF y0u get this , get SiSoft Sandra 2004 Pro SP1 @ >
http://fosi.storm-labs.com/
HIT THE SiSoftware Sandra

General Information
Manufacturer : Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version : 6.00 PG
Date : 03/29/2004
Plug & Play Version : 1.00
SMBIOS/DMI Version : 2.30
(EE)PROM Size : 512kB (4Mbit)

General Capabilities
Can be Updated/Flashed : Yes
Can be Shadowed : Yes
Is Socketed : Yes
Supports Plug & Play : Yes
Supports ESCD : No
Supports Enhanced Disk Drive : Yes
NEC PC-98 Spec Compatible : No
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~``
This is on & For a MSI Nforce2 Ultra 400 !