POST problem

ElJerid · Dec 1, 2006

Medion PC P4 3 Ghz with new clean Win XP SP2 install. All OK for a few days.

Then a friend asked to burn pictures from his Cruze USB stick on CD. This
was done without problems using Nero 6.
To do this and to view the pictures on the stick however, a program on the
stick had to be run.

But now, every time the PC is started, the post takes more than 3 minutes to
be completed. After that, Windows starts normally and the PC runs fine.All
bios settings are ok.
I' ve no idea about the reason of this problem, nor how to solve it.

Can somebody help? Thanks in advance.

Oktokie · Dec 1, 2006

that sounds terrible.
try going into bios and changing stuffs.

I would go to bios and write down everything so you can remember to set
it back where everything was if things did not work right.

and try "default bios setting".

Oktokie

-----Original Message-----
From: ElJerid [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:43 AM
Posted To: alt.comp.hardware
Conversation: POST problem
Subject: POST problem

Medion PC P4 3 Ghz with new clean Win XP SP2 install. All OK for a few
days.

Then a friend asked to burn pictures from his Cruze USB stick on CD.
This
was done without problems using Nero 6.
To do this and to view the pictures on the stick however, a program on
the
stick had to be run.

But now, every time the PC is started, the post takes more than 3
minutes to
be completed. After that, Windows starts normally and the PC runs
fine.All
bios settings are ok.
I' ve no idea about the reason of this problem, nor how to solve it.

Can somebody help? Thanks in advance.

CBFalconer · Dec 1, 2006

Oktokie said:
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ElJerid · Dec 1, 2006

Re: POST problemProblem solved.
I checked all the bios values: no change.
I've set the bios to safe boot or to performance boot. No change.
Then I did a bios reset by removing the battery and the PC now starts normally.
But I still don' t understand what happened...

that sounds terrible.
try going into bios and changing stuffs.

I would go to bios and write down everything so you can remember to set it back where everything was if things did not work right.

and try "default bios setting".

Oktokie

-----Original Message-----
From: ElJerid [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:43 AM
Posted To: alt.comp.hardware
Conversation: POST problem
Subject: POST problem

Medion PC P4 3 Ghz with new clean Win XP SP2 install. All OK for a few days.

Then a friend asked to burn pictures from his Cruze USB stick on CD. This
was done without problems using Nero 6.
To do this and to view the pictures on the stick however, a program on the
stick had to be run.

But now, every time the PC is started, the post takes more than 3 minutes to
be completed. After that, Windows starts normally and the PC runs fine.All
bios settings are ok.
I' ve no idea about the reason of this problem, nor how to solve it.

Can somebody help? Thanks in advance.

oktokie · Dec 2, 2006

Hey Man....

I've seen this about 8 years ago. Back then people were writing pure
virus, not like today's malware and worms...
It is possible to construct a program to hide inside of CMOS(where bios
parameters get saved). You clear CMOS when reset it, BIOS(has program
in it) can detected "nullified" CMOS and copy default value from BIOS
into CMOS. I am not sure if this is virus or somehow info parameter in
CMOS getting screwed by badly written piece of software(sometimes it
can happen).

Oktokie said:
Re: POST problemProblem solved.
I checked all the bios values: no change.
I've set the bios to safe boot or to performance boot. No change.
Then I did a bios reset by removing the battery and the PC now starts normally.
But I still don' t understand what happened...

that sounds terrible.
try going into bios and changing stuffs.

I would go to bios and write down everything so you can remember to set it back where everything was if things did not work right.

and try "default bios setting".

Oktokie

-----Original Message-----
From: ElJerid [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:43 AM
Posted To: alt.comp.hardware
Conversation: POST problem
Subject: POST problem

Medion PC P4 3 Ghz with new clean Win XP SP2 install. All OK for a few days.

Then a friend asked to burn pictures from his Cruze USB stick on CD. This
was done without problems using Nero 6.
To do this and to view the pictures on the stick however, a program on the
stick had to be run.

But now, every time the PC is started, the post takes more than 3 minutes to
be completed. After that, Windows starts normally and the PC runs fine.All
bios settings are ok.
I' ve no idea about the reason of this problem, nor how to solve it.

Can somebody help? Thanks in advance.

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that sounds terrible. try going into
bios and changing stuffs. 
I would go to bios and write down everything so you can
remember to set it back where everything was if things did not work
right.
and try "default bios setting". 
Oktokie 
-----Original Message----- From:
ElJerid [<A
href="mailto:[email protected]">mailto:[email protected]</A>]
 Posted At: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:43 AM
 Posted To: alt.comp.hardware Conversation: POST problem Subject: POST
problem 
Medion PC P4 3 Ghz with new clean Win XP SP2 install. All OK
for a few days. 
Then a friend asked to burn pictures from his Cruze USB stick
on CD. This was done without problems using Nero
6. To do this and to view the pictures on the stick
however, a program on the stick had to be run.

But now, every time the PC is started, the post takes more
than 3 minutes to be completed. After that, Windows
starts normally and the PC runs fine.All bios settings
are ok. I' ve no idea about the reason of this
problem, nor how to solve it. 
Can somebody help? Thanks in advance.
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ElJerid · Dec 2, 2006

Thanks for your posting. I think that's indeed what happened: info
parameters in bios getting screwed.

Oktokie said:
Hey Man....

I've seen this about 8 years ago. Back then people were writing pure
virus, not like today's malware and worms...
It is possible to construct a program to hide inside of CMOS(where bios
parameters get saved). You clear CMOS when reset it, BIOS(has program
in it) can detected "nullified" CMOS and copy default value from BIOS
into CMOS. I am not sure if this is virus or somehow info parameter in
CMOS getting screwed by badly written piece of software(sometimes it
can happen).

Oktokie said:

Re: POST problemProblem solved.
I checked all the bios values: no change.
I've set the bios to safe boot or to performance boot. No change.
Then I did a bios reset by removing the battery and the PC now starts
normally.
But I still don' t understand what happened...

that sounds terrible.
try going into bios and changing stuffs.

I would go to bios and write down everything so you can remember to set
it back where everything was if things did not work right.

and try "default bios setting".

Oktokie

-----Original Message-----
From: ElJerid [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:43 AM
Posted To: alt.comp.hardware
Conversation: POST problem
Subject: POST problem

Medion PC P4 3 Ghz with new clean Win XP SP2 install. All OK for a few
days.

Then a friend asked to burn pictures from his Cruze USB stick on CD.
This
was done without problems using Nero 6.
To do this and to view the pictures on the stick however, a program on
the
stick had to be run.

But now, every time the PC is started, the post takes more than 3
minutes to
be completed. After that, Windows starts normally and the PC runs
fine.All
bios settings are ok.
I' ve no idea about the reason of this problem, nor how to solve it.

Can somebody help? Thanks in advance.

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<DIV>Problem solved.</DIV>
<DIV>I checked all the bios values: no change.</DIV>
<DIV>I've set the bios to safe boot or to performance boot.
No
change.</DIV>
<DIV>Then I did a bios reset by removing
the
battery and the PC now starts normally.</DIV>
<DIV>But I still don' t understand what
happened...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV>"Oktokie" <<A
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message <A

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that sounds terrible. try going
into
bios and changing stuffs. 
I would go to bios and write down everything so you can
remember to set it back where everything was if things did not work
right.
and try "default bios setting". 
Oktokie 
-----Original Message----- From:
ElJerid [<A

href="mailto:[email protected]">mailto:[email protected]</A>]
 Posted At: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:43
AM
 Posted To: alt.comp.hardware Conversation: POST problem Subject: POST
problem 
Medion PC P4 3 Ghz with new clean Win XP SP2 install.
All OK
for a few days. 
Then a friend asked to burn pictures from his Cruze USB
stick
on CD. This was done without problems using
Nero
6. To do this and to view the pictures on the
stick
however, a program on the stick had to be
run.

But now, every time the PC is started, the post takes
more
than 3 minutes to be completed. After that,
Windows
starts normally and the PC runs fine.All bios
settings
are ok. I' ve no idea about the reason of this
problem, nor how to solve it. 
Can somebody help? Thanks in advance.
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CBFalconer · Dec 2, 2006

ElJerid said:
Thanks for your posting. I think that's indeed what happened: info
parameters in bios getting screwed.

Don't top-post. Do snip irrelevant quotes. There is no need for
that HTML junk.

POST problem

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Oktokie

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oktokie

ElJerid

CBFalconer