Failure to boot up! Cant go into BIOS setup! 1

[schmike]

Hello everyone,

I'm currently using a P2.4Ghz PC. I had been using it for a month now. As I was the only one accessing to my PC, I dismiss the possibility of somebody else tampering with the BIOS settings.

When i tries to boot up my PC, I saw a warning message that the "FSB/SDRAM setting must be changed! Please adjust in your setup menu by pressing DEL".
When i pressed on the DEL button, I was not brought into the BIOS menu, instead the system carries on to load. It hangs with the cursor blinking.

What could be wrong? I did not changed anything in the BIOS. Now that I couldn't even reach the BIOS setup menu, what can i do?
Kindly advice me, Thank you!

 

[Mulga]

Sounds as if your BIOS has become corrupted. Try clearing it with the jumper on the motherboard or by removing the battery for a few minutes. Help us to help you, please post back and tell us if this helped.
All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.

 

[schmike]

Hello there..

I tried to flush the BIOS. I have done it correctly according to the manual of the motherboard. Now, I have another different problem. Out of a sudden, my monitor was telling me that there was "No signal" coming from my CPU..
I did not touch the installation of the AGP card. The AGP card was intact as I've checked. The fan on the card was running as I boot up the CPU.

Was my memory card damaged out of nothing? What could be the reason for "No Signal" detect by the monitor? Is there any connection, by wire, for AGP card to motherboard?

Kindly advice.. -- I'm Confused and Puzzled.

 

[ANFPS26]

Did you put the jumper back to it's original position? Jim

 

[Mulga]

If you have replaced the jumper properly then you have a hardware problem. Start by removing all expansion cards except video and unplugging all drives including the HDD. If it boots then replace the items one at a time untill you find the one causing the problem.
If this does not work we are left with video card, RAM, CPU, power supply and motherboard as possible culprits. You can try reseating the video card, RAM and CPU one at a time, if this does not work and for the others the only way to really test them is to swap with known good units if you can lay your hands on them. Help us to help you, please post back and tell us if this helped.
All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.

 

[schmike]

Hello again..

I have placed the jumper back to the correct spot.
Juz very puzzled what has the loss of signal between my CPU and monitor has to do with the rest of the hardware? I have not try yet. I will try to remove everything within this 2 days..

The reason I have asked that is because my PC was working prefectly alright with all my parts intact until I encountered the first problem, as in the first message.

Is there any other possibility that I can also try..?

Thanks a million!

 

[Mulga]

The fact that your monitor is recieving no signal is due to the fact that your system is not sending one which can be due to any number of hardware faults, basically the system is failing the POST (power on self test) and is doing nothing. Just about any faulty hardware can cause this. Help us to help you, please post back and tell us if this helped.
All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.

 

[schmike]

Hi folks,

I followed your wise advice and eventually detect that the problems lies in my network card. I have tried it on different PCI slots and the problem remains.

I have question. Why is the netmork card working well all along and out of a sudden causing problems. Is the card damaged? How can it get damaged without any tampering?

NOW, I've got a new problem. my PC manage to load the O/S and before I can login, a blue screen with white text interrupts the loading of the Windows. It prompted me for problems like Page_fault, IRQ and other different faults.

Does anyone has experience in this area? Thank you.

 

[Zych]

I would run a memory test program. Go to google and look up MemTest86. It is a free program that you install on a floppy. Then place it in the floppy of the system that is not working and let it run. If it goes through a couple of passes then the memory should be good and you can start looking at other things. I am saying this because it sounds like you are saying from your last post that the error changes. If this is not the case what does the error say exactly?

- Zych

 

[Comtech]

Get docmemory from

http://www.simmtester.com

Cheers,
Jim

http://members.cnx.net/reboot/

 

[wchitchhiker]

Hello,

NIC's are notorious for failing. One of the main problems is ESD during installation. The CMOS chips are so static senitive that you MUST GROUND YOURSELF before installing. I have seen it happen over and over, geeks who think that they can just crab the tower with one hand and snap in the card. Not as good as a $5.00 ground strap from Radio Shack or your nearest electronics outlet.

 

[schmike]

Dear all,

Here are the Error messages I've encountered when my system is trying to startup the O/S..
The Error messages on the blue screen, that interrupted the O/S from starting up, are

1) PAGE_FAULT_NON_PAGED_AREA
2) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
3) UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP

These are the errors I've encountered during different startups.

Do you think that the fault lies in the RAM? I tried to change the RAM to other DIMM slots but it's futile. Or could it be the installation of the O/S?
What could be the error?

Please advice.. Thank you.

 

[BadBigBen]

Bubba it sounds to me like your RAM is overheating...

try to get a hold of another stick of MEM and replace the one you got in the system to test this avanue of thought...

happened to me... the RAM checked out fine with all the MEM testers I tried... when I replaced it the Comp worked fine...

if you are lucky it could just be that the RAM needs to be correctly seated in the DIMM socket...

BEN

 

[wchitchhiker]

Okay,

You have seriously bad juju in there somewhere. Let's do easy stuff first. Electronics 101, check for loose cards and any corrosion, yes include cpu in its socket. Check motherboard jumpers to see if any are loose or incorrectly installed. Check IDE cable for breaks and bent pins on MB or Hard Drive (SCSI Card if so equipped). Reminder, please use a grounding strap. You have something loose in there because what you are getting are fatal errors. Your system is not completeing POST. This has nothing to do with software. Your OS hasn't even had a chance to load yet.

 

[schmike]

Hello all,

I've managed to solve my problem. But the solution still puzzles me. My RAM has a voltage of 2.5. That is the default voltage set by the BIOS. However, this results in the error. I increase the voltage to 2.6 and it works perfectly well. Why is this so? Has anyone encountered the same problem before?

Hope my lucky discovery can solve some of your mysterious error.

Thank you all.