J
Jimbo
Have you tried a new keyboard...?
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Chuck
Press F8 for BBS Popup
That line is a bit unusual. It may be that your BIOS is corrupt.
Some of the boards have a backup of bios that can be used to recover if you
have the utility disk from the board mfr. Each is a little different, so you
would need to find out what is appropriate for your board. My son had this
happen with a now very old Abit board, and we finally had to get a new BIOS
chip from Abit. The cause was a really nasty virus.
That line is a bit unusual. It may be that your BIOS is corrupt.
Some of the boards have a backup of bios that can be used to recover if you
have the utility disk from the board mfr. Each is a little different, so you
would need to find out what is appropriate for your board. My son had this
happen with a now very old Abit board, and we finally had to get a new BIOS
chip from Abit. The cause was a really nasty virus.
R
Ritter197
I have been trying a number of times to hit repeatedly also the F8 key. It
does not get me there. I stays presently at : "Checking NVRAM". Sometimes I
can get it to go to NVRAM updated and then stays there forever.
does not get me there. I stays presently at : "Checking NVRAM". Sometimes I
can get it to go to NVRAM updated and then stays there forever.
R
Ritter197
OK, good advice. At this time I have no other KB though.
What I triede to get from the ASUS CD is do the installation of the P4P800
MB. (I have done this in the past 1 or 2 times and never had a problem, but
that was when I could get beyond the "hung" screen with "checking NVRAM"
that sometimes, very seldom goes to: "NVRAM checked and updated"
The DOS floppy in the past would get me to an A: prompt. Not much, but
sometimes that is what I needed. But this time the A drive is not being
recognized yet.
Ritter,
This pc very obviously has hardware issues. I do see you addressed this to
windowsxp.hardware (amongst others), and I was about to suggest that.
So, besides suggesting you take this to a good shop technician, what I'd
suggest is the following:
If this has a USB keyboard, use an older PS2 keyboard instead. Use a basic
mouse.
Physically remove (or disconnect) any external devices. Remove modem and
network cards.
Basically get the attached hardware to only bare necessities: HD, keyboard,
mouse, monitor.
Q: What are trying to get from the Asus MB CD? You can use another pc to
view your MB specs on the Asus website.
Can you take your Asus CD to a working pc, look at its contents, look
for user manuals, tech info ?
Q: What did you have on that DOS floppy?
Finally, if the issue turns out to be the BIOS-CMOS settings, there's a way
to reset it on your systemboard. You just have to find the documentation on
how to do it.
What I triede to get from the ASUS CD is do the installation of the P4P800
MB. (I have done this in the past 1 or 2 times and never had a problem, but
that was when I could get beyond the "hung" screen with "checking NVRAM"
that sometimes, very seldom goes to: "NVRAM checked and updated"
The DOS floppy in the past would get me to an A: prompt. Not much, but
sometimes that is what I needed. But this time the A drive is not being
recognized yet.
Ritter,
This pc very obviously has hardware issues. I do see you addressed this to
windowsxp.hardware (amongst others), and I was about to suggest that.
So, besides suggesting you take this to a good shop technician, what I'd
suggest is the following:
If this has a USB keyboard, use an older PS2 keyboard instead. Use a basic
mouse.
Physically remove (or disconnect) any external devices. Remove modem and
network cards.
Basically get the attached hardware to only bare necessities: HD, keyboard,
mouse, monitor.
Q: What are trying to get from the Asus MB CD? You can use another pc to
view your MB specs on the Asus website.
Can you take your Asus CD to a working pc, look at its contents, look
for user manuals, tech info ?
Q: What did you have on that DOS floppy?
Finally, if the issue turns out to be the BIOS-CMOS settings, there's a way
to reset it on your systemboard. You just have to find the documentation on
how to do it.
J
Jimbo
I would also pull the cmos bat for a bit and try again.
P
Paul Knudsen
Press Del to run Setup
Did you try this? If not, do so, and go into setup and find boot
order and set your CD to boot first. Insert your Windows CD and exit
the bios.
When the CD boots go into repair mode.
P
Paul Knudsen
Ah, I read this wrong. Sounds real bad all right.
B
Bob I
You have a hardware issue. NVRAM is where the BIOS settings are stored.
Press Del to enter Setup. if that doesnt work you can try clearing CMOS
and try Del again, otherwise contact motherboard tech support.
Press Del to enter Setup. if that doesnt work you can try clearing CMOS
and try Del again, otherwise contact motherboard tech support.
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Ritter197
could not believe it. It was a USB ditribution box that caused me all that
trouble. But I found that out after I re-installed Windows XP, but without
formatting.
So, I am in business again, finally.
Thanks for all who came through with suggestions. The one that said, try
removing all and try the bare bones approach, did work.
trouble. But I found that out after I re-installed Windows XP, but without
formatting.
So, I am in business again, finally.
Thanks for all who came through with suggestions. The one that said, try
removing all and try the bare bones approach, did work.
M
Maurice N ~ MVP
OK. Good news, finally !
btw, USB distribution box would fall under my suggestion to remove (dis-connect) *all* external devices.
I just wish you'd done that way earlier.
btw, USB distribution box would fall under my suggestion to remove (dis-connect) *all* external devices.
I just wish you'd done that way earlier.
R
Ritter197
NO, I did not try tabbing, but about everything else.
I finally re-installed Windows XP PRO from scratch, lost many settings and
many documewnts, because Repair I tried twice and it always kept again
asking for the Administrator's PW.
So, now I am installing most applications again, but I am running.
EVERYTHING I used said I had no PW in Administrator's action, but I could
not overwrite the request for PW. VERY frustating.
I finally re-installed Windows XP PRO from scratch, lost many settings and
many documewnts, because Repair I tried twice and it always kept again
asking for the Administrator's PW.
So, now I am installing most applications again, but I am running.
EVERYTHING I used said I had no PW in Administrator's action, but I could
not overwrite the request for PW. VERY frustating.
M
Maurice N ~ MVP
It's late now....... Pressing the Enter-key should have worked.
M
Maurice N ~ MVP
Was the original XP setup pre-installed at the factory or by an OEM? And then if a repair was attempted before, it may have added further to the password situation.
Suggest you keep layers of defense. Keep offline backups. And use disk imaging utilities (saving to CD/DVD).
Save copies of your registry.
There's a highly recommended free tool to backup your Win XP registry. Lars Hederer's ERUNT.
Aumha.org is an official mirror site for this tool. See this page at Aumha
http://aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#erunt
Suggest you keep layers of defense. Keep offline backups. And use disk imaging utilities (saving to CD/DVD).
Save copies of your registry.
There's a highly recommended free tool to backup your Win XP registry. Lars Hederer's ERUNT.
Aumha.org is an official mirror site for this tool. See this page at Aumha
http://aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#erunt
I know this is an old thread but it just saved me alot of grief. This is still a relevant issue that can be solved with something as simple as taking out a usb card. I couldn't believe it. My comp. just wasn't having it. I googled the symptoms on my laptop and found this thread. Tried it and she was back. Thanks from five years down the road....Tulley!!!