HELP Screen of Death?

jlmike · Jan 23, 2007, 07:22 PM

HELP ME folks Pleeeze

On boot up it locks on the first screen (black with white lettering) It' the screen with Name of processor and "hit del for bios or hit f9 for set up. It will go no futher. I have rebooted UNpluged and hit Bios Reset.Still nothing changes.

It will not recognize my USB or old fashoned plug in key board so if I try to get into BIOS or SAFE mode I can't. What to do? Recently I lost standby so I went in to BIOS and changed to S2 then went to power options and enabled hibernate. Everything seemed to be working OK. Also recently upgraded ATI drivers for my 1800XT.Seemed to be working fine also untle yesterday and I lost my active desktop. Reset some values on the X1800XT and everything ok again. Turned off last night and turned on again everything ok. Turned off for the night and then this morning the Bad!
SYSTEM SPEC.
MSI NEO4-F, Antec true power 450,Sapphire X1800XT, 2-512 Cosair value Ram, AMD 64 3800+ Dual core. Have not overclocked.Fatality sound. XP Home. Raid-0, Seagate. System a year old and been doing well. Thanks in advance.

Thermopylae_480 · Jan 23, 2007, 07:28 PM

Not even being able to get into BIOS is not a good sign, it's probably not software related.

I know you tried unplugging it, but try this.

1. Unplug PSU.
2. Unplug PSU from all internal components.
3. Remove all your expansion cards and memory.
4. Remove CMOS battery.
5. Let is sit for a few minutes.
6. Re-assemble everything.

May not work, but might as well try, unless someone has a better suggestion.

jlmike · Jan 23, 2007, 07:48 PM

If my keyboard was acknowledged I could probley do something. I will try what you ask

Random Murderer · Jan 23, 2007, 07:51 PM

sounds like a dead cmos battery to me...

jlmike · Jan 23, 2007, 08:27 PM

Brand new 1 year ago. Should they go that quick?

Random Murderer · Jan 23, 2007, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlmike

Brand new 1 year ago. Should they go that quick?

usually? no. has it happened before? of course!

jlmike · Jan 24, 2007, 01:17 AM

Thanks folks!! Reset CMOS and got into BIOS with a standerd key board then reset BIOS to factory defaults then redid Raid in BIOS, USB, and date and time and everything back to normal. Thanks Again.

SlipSlice · Jan 24, 2007, 01:53 AM

Well that seem to be the quickest fix here at TPU yet..

AshenSugar · Jan 24, 2007, 01:59 AM

noobs *shakes head* :P

Thermopylae_480 · Jan 24, 2007, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thermopylae_480

Not even being able to get into BIOS is not a good sign, it's probably not software related.

I know you tried unplugging it, but try this.

1. Unplug PSU.
2. Unplug PSU from all internal components.
3. Remove all your expansion cards and memory.
4. Remove CMOS battery.
5. Let is sit for a few minutes.
6. Re-assemble everything.

May not work, but might as well try, unless someone has a better suggestion.

Lol, I hate telling people that, because it's the first thing Dell makes you do when you call them, but sometimes it actually works

.

Bad Ashen

! No noobing

.

Jan 23, 2007, 07:22 PM	#1
jlmike Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 57 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	HELP Screen of Death? HELP ME folks Pleeeze On boot up it locks on the first screen (black with white lettering) It' the screen with Name of processor and "hit del for bios or hit f9 for set up. It will go no futher. I have rebooted UNpluged and hit Bios Reset.Still nothing changes. It will not recognize my USB or old fashoned plug in key board so if I try to get into BIOS or SAFE mode I can't. What to do? Recently I lost standby so I went in to BIOS and changed to S2 then went to power options and enabled hibernate. Everything seemed to be working OK. Also recently upgraded ATI drivers for my 1800XT.Seemed to be working fine also untle yesterday and I lost my active desktop. Reset some values on the X1800XT and everything ok again. Turned off last night and turned on again everything ok. Turned off for the night and then this morning the Bad! SYSTEM SPEC. MSI NEO4-F, Antec true power 450,Sapphire X1800XT, 2-512 Cosair value Ram, AMD 64 3800+ Dual core. Have not overclocked.Fatality sound. XP Home. Raid-0, Seagate. System a year old and been doing well. Thanks in advance.

Processor:	Athalon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester dual core
Motherboard:	MSI NEO4 F
Cooling:	ARTIC X 3
Memory:	2 x 512 GB Kingston CAS 2.5
Video Card:	SAPPHIRE X1800XT 256
Hard Disk:	2 Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 in raid 0
Optical Drive:	Sony 810 dl dvd burner/MEMOREX 16X16 DVD DUAL LAYER
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 19 SyncMaster
Case:	Antec SonataII
Sound Card:	X-FI FATLITY cambridge dolby digital amp&speakers
PSU:	500 watt ANTEC inc. with case
Software:	XP SP2

Jan 23, 2007, 07:28 PM	#2
Thermopylae_480 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Little Rock Arkansas, United States Posts: 2,656 (0.91/day) Thanks: 40 Thanked 417 Times in 287 Posts System Specs	Not even being able to get into BIOS is not a good sign, it's probably not software related. I know you tried unplugging it, but try this. 1. Unplug PSU. 2. Unplug PSU from all internal components. 3. Remove all your expansion cards and memory. 4. Remove CMOS battery. 5. Let is sit for a few minutes. 6. Re-assemble everything. May not work, but might as well try, unless someone has a better suggestion. __________________ All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

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PSU:	500 Watt Seasonic M12
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Processor:	Athalon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester dual core
Motherboard:	MSI NEO4 F
Cooling:	ARTIC X 3
Memory:	2 x 512 GB Kingston CAS 2.5
Video Card:	SAPPHIRE X1800XT 256
Hard Disk:	2 Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 in raid 0
Optical Drive:	Sony 810 dl dvd burner/MEMOREX 16X16 DVD DUAL LAYER
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 19 SyncMaster
Case:	Antec SonataII
Sound Card:	X-FI FATLITY cambridge dolby digital amp&speakers
PSU:	500 watt ANTEC inc. with case
Software:	XP SP2

Jan 23, 2007, 07:48 PM	#3
jlmike Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 57 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	If my keyboard was acknowledged I could probley do something. I will try what you ask

Jan 23, 2007, 07:51 PM	#4
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Jan 23, 2007, 08:27 PM	#5
jlmike Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 57 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	Brand new 1 year ago. Should they go that quick?

Jan 24, 2007, 01:17 AM	#7
jlmike Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 57 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	Thanks folks!! Reset CMOS and got into BIOS with a standerd key board then reset BIOS to factory defaults then redid Raid in BIOS, USB, and date and time and everything back to normal. Thanks Again.

Jan 24, 2007, 01:53 AM	#8
SlipSlice Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 738 (0.29/day) Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	Well that seem to be the quickest fix here at TPU yet..

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Jan 24, 2007, 01:59 AM	#9
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