Pending: Possible Bios problem

photovic · 10-11-2009

I seem to be having a problem with my Bios I think. Any help would be appreciated. The onboard video went out so I purchased a video card and installed it in the pc. All worked well, machine booted up fine and ran fine until I had to reboot. The fan runs and it seems to try to boot but nothing. If I turn the machine off, take out the battery for a few seconds, and replace it will boot up but when booting it comes to the bios screen and I have to hit f1 to continue. The machine continues to boot fine and runs jsut fine untill I have to reboot. Of course then I have to go thru the process again. I have a Gateway 5618e, with Athlon 64 x2 4400 2gb ram. The motherboard is a ecs c51pvgm-m v1.1 The Bios is Phoenix Technologies ftd 6.00 pg 04/09/2007. Any suggestions?

Smokeycheech · 10-11-2009

Hello Photovic, Welcome to PC Help Forum!

I am sure one of our great techs or helpful members will be able to provide some answers for you

I have marked your thread as open to encourage others to come take a look!

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elpmek · 10-11-2009

Originally Posted by photovic

The onboard video went out so I purchased a video card and installed it in the pc. All worked well, machine booted up fine and ran fine until I had to reboot.

Sorry - sounds like a really flakey motherboard. We could spend hours checking components to no avail.

But certainly try replacing the battery on the motherboard.

Others in the forum may have a more hopeful suggestion.

photovic · 10-11-2009

Thanks! Everything works great until the reboot. This has been going on for a few months because I was afraid to mess with the bios. It just seems not to retain the bios info, date, time ect. There have been no other oddities or problems

Photovic

photovic · 10-11-2009

I have replaed the battery, both with a current working one from another machine and a new one. There does not seem to be any diff.

georgeks · 10-12-2009

Hi
What elpmek stated appears plausible, as there seem to be something going on with Athlon 64x2 mainboards.

Check the link here, I think the issues are related.

10-11-2009	#1
photovic Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 PC Experience: PC Illiterate	Possible Bios problem I seem to be having a problem with my Bios I think. Any help would be appreciated. The onboard video went out so I purchased a video card and installed it in the pc. All worked well, machine booted up fine and ran fine until I had to reboot. The fan runs and it seems to try to boot but nothing. If I turn the machine off, take out the battery for a few seconds, and replace it will boot up but when booting it comes to the bios screen and I have to hit f1 to continue. The machine continues to boot fine and runs jsut fine untill I have to reboot. Of course then I have to go thru the process again. I have a Gateway 5618e, with Athlon 64 x2 4400 2gb ram. The motherboard is a ecs c51pvgm-m v1.1 The Bios is Phoenix Technologies ftd 6.00 pg 04/09/2007. Any suggestions?

10-11-2009	#2
Smokeycheech Mod Team Leader Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Skynet HQ (kinda near PCHF bunker) Posts: 3,451 PC Experience: Learning more every day!	Re: Possible Bios problem Hello Photovic, Welcome to PC Help Forum! I am sure one of our great techs or helpful members will be able to provide some answers for you I have marked your thread as open to encourage others to come take a look! Somebody will be with you shortly! Regards, Smokeycheech __________________ Prework~Speedfan~CCleaner~Rules~PCWizard~BSOD *If an elephant never forgets, how come they never win mastermind?*

10-11-2009	#3
elpmek Tech Support Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 2,903 PC Experience: Experienced	Re: Possible Bios problem Originally Posted by photovic The onboard video went out so I purchased a video card and installed it in the pc. All worked well, machine booted up fine and ran fine until I had to reboot. Sorry - sounds like a really flakey motherboard. We could spend hours checking components to no avail. But certainly try replacing the battery on the motherboard. Others in the forum may have a more hopeful suggestion. __________________ elpmek *PreWork* *PCHF Rules* Last edited by elpmek; 10-11-2009 at 08:45 PM.

10-11-2009	#4
photovic Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 PC Experience: PC Illiterate	Re: Possible Bios problem Thanks! Everything works great until the reboot. This has been going on for a few months because I was afraid to mess with the bios. It just seems not to retain the bios info, date, time ect. There have been no other oddities or problems Photovic

10-11-2009	#5
photovic Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 PC Experience: PC Illiterate	Re: Possible Bios problem I have replaed the battery, both with a current working one from another machine and a new one. There does not seem to be any diff.

10-12-2009	#6
georgeks Tech Support Team Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,636 PC Experience: Some...	Re: Possible Bios problem Hi What elpmek stated appears plausible, as there seem to be something going on with Athlon 64x2 mainboards. Check the link here, I think the issues are related. __________________ You are, What you do, When it Counts

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