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geostuff · 11-10-2008, 10:33 PM

Tried disconnecting the power to both HDD's - still cannot get into BIOS. I suppose the power supply could be the culprit, but if it was why would the system work fine for a few days, then quit all of a sudden - and right after a reboot? Disconnecting the hard drives should have at least provided the power to enter BIOS. I can run all day long in the "ASUS Express Gate" where I can surf the web and use Skype (this is part of the mobo features), but as soon as I try to enter BIOS or OS everything shuts off. I'm thinking hardware problem, but what is the next step? I was thinking of trying a CMOS reset, but then I would have to re-install everything, right?

11-10-2008, 10:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
geostuff Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4 OS: winXP SP2	Re: Won't go into BIOS or start windows(XP SP2) right after installing IE7 Tried disconnecting the power to both HDD's - still cannot get into BIOS. I suppose the power supply could be the culprit, but if it was why would the system work fine for a few days, then quit all of a sudden - and right after a reboot? Disconnecting the hard drives should have at least provided the power to enter BIOS. I can run all day long in the "ASUS Express Gate" where I can surf the web and use Skype (this is part of the mobo features), but as soon as I try to enter BIOS or OS everything shuts off. I'm thinking hardware problem, but what is the next step? I was thinking of trying a CMOS reset, but then I would have to re-install everything, right? __________________ My Rig: ASUS P5E3 Deluxe WiFi@n/Intel Q9550@2.83GHz/1333MHz FSB/2x2GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3/eVGA GeForce9800GTX+ Superclocked/2x500GB Seagates in RAID 0 and 1 array/Thermaltake Armor+/running winXP SP2