weird issue - motherboard freezing on it's display screen

theonlycarmire · 19-05-2008, 01:48 AM

hello everyone!

my pc runs a lan party sli-dr motherboard. ive had it for a couple of years and it has done me well. when i boot, it first goes to a generic display image that the motherboard produces (an image of the motherboard's logo), then it boots bios, then boots the os. all of a sudden, the motherboard gets stuck on that motherboard image and never seems to go into the bios. has this ever happened to anyone?

my thoughts on what could be happening:

1) the motherboard is never loading my bios during the boot because it cant find or get to them. i don't know why this would be happening or how to fix it.

2) the motherboard is never loading my bios because they are messed up, broken, etc. again, i dont know why this would be happening or how to fix it.

any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

-carmire

Impotence · 19-05-2008, 01:23 AM

Have you tried clearing the CMOS? (there will be a jumper or small push button near the CMOS battery that does it, look in your manual!)

theonlycarmire · 19-05-2008, 10:55 AM

I will try that... I am at home for a month and left my manual in storage

It seems like that only happens when I go away

thomas234 · 19-05-2008, 03:02 PM

You can clear the CMOS by removing the battery on the motherboard for a few seconds.

19-05-2008, 01:48 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
theonlycarmire Geek Trainee Join Date: Jul 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 36 Status: Offline	weird issue - motherboard freezing on it's display screen hello everyone! my pc runs a lan party sli-dr motherboard. ive had it for a couple of years and it has done me well. when i boot, it first goes to a generic display image that the motherboard produces (an image of the motherboard's logo), then it boots bios, then boots the os. all of a sudden, the motherboard gets stuck on that motherboard image and never seems to go into the bios. has this ever happened to anyone? my thoughts on what could be happening: 1) the motherboard is never loading my bios during the boot because it cant find or get to them. i don't know why this would be happening or how to fix it. 2) the motherboard is never loading my bios because they are messed up, broken, etc. again, i dont know why this would be happening or how to fix it. any help would be greatly appreciated!!! -carmire

19-05-2008, 01:23 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
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19-05-2008, 10:55 AM	#3 (permalink) Top
theonlycarmire Geek Trainee Join Date: Jul 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 36 Status: Offline	I will try that... I am at home for a month and left my manual in storage It seems like that only happens when I go away

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thomas234 Big Geek Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 16 Male Posts: 753 Times Helpful: 33 My Mood: Bored Status: Offline My Computer	You can clear the CMOS by removing the battery on the motherboard for a few seconds.

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