pavilion N3250 will only boot into windows with a boot disk

[tidewater1]

Hello all, i am new to this site so please bear with me untill I get the SOP'S Thanks.

I have and pavilion N3250 that I am trying to get to boot into windows without requiring a boot cd or disk.

Also somthing else wierd is going on allso, It seems that I have to short the CMOS in order to get it to pick up on a drive...But after I do that(short the CMOS) and then default the bios so I dont need to "press f1 to continue"...The computer drops me off at a black screen with a blinking curser..and thats it. Unless I Reset the CMOS and then hit f1 when it prompts me to.. then and only if theres a some kind of boot disk or OS disk in the drive will it eiether begin an install if I want or begin bootup into windows.
I know there will be alot of questions and I hope I explained my problem clearly.
Thanks

 

[edfair]

There is no such thing as "short the CMOS". There is a set of jumpers that allow you to "clear the CMOS" by shorting 2 pins together and if that is what you are doing to enable the CMOS to recognize a drive you probably have a battery problem.
It sounds line you have a series of CMOS setup errors and those are generally fixed with a new battery.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[tidewater1]

Thank you...I actually unscrewed the plate on the bottom of the laptop and touched two solder points with a screwdriver to short it....
When you say battery replacement do you mean Like the big removeable battery or is there a smaller watch type battery inside the laptop.

 

[edfair]

My bad. I skimmed over the model number.
Try a google search for n3250 and cmos. You should hit several sites with info.
Evidently requires memory out and power up to do the job.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[tidewater1]

Still having this issue...If anyone can help it would be great!