[SOLVED] PC stuck on BIOS after PSU shutdown

margol · 07-11-2008, 04:38 PM

Hi all and thanks in advance,
I was recently forced to turn off the PSU and now the PC gets stuck on the motherboard bios screen every time. All i see is the ASUS startup screen and can't do anything from here. Tried pressing F2, esc, F8, etc... It's an ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe ALife. If anyone can shine some light on this or suggest some solution it would be great. I would hate to see this motherboard go.

Thank you

Tumbleweed36 · 07-11-2008, 07:19 PM

Clear the CMOS by moving the jumper from pins 1 & 2 to pins 2 & 3, wait a few minutes and move it back...../or/.....you can get the same result by removing the motherboard battery for a few minutes. Be sure to unplug from the wall and ground yourself before entering that case.

margol · 07-12-2008, 08:50 PM

I resolved the issue by unplugging the harddrive and then it booted past the boot screen, after that i plugged the HD back in and it worked.
Thank you

Tumbleweed36 · 07-13-2008, 06:42 PM

Glad you got it up and running and you reported back what happened. Hope you stick around and enjoy the forum. Have a great week.

07-11-2008, 04:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
margol Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	[SOLVED] PC stuck on BIOS after PSU shutdown Hi all and thanks in advance, I was recently forced to turn off the PSU and now the PC gets stuck on the motherboard bios screen every time. All i see is the ASUS startup screen and can't do anything from here. Tried pressing F2, esc, F8, etc... It's an ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe ALife. If anyone can shine some light on this or suggest some solution it would be great. I would hate to see this motherboard go. Thank you

07-11-2008, 07:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 13,610 OS: XP Professional	Re: PC stuck on BIOS after PSU shutdown Clear the CMOS by moving the jumper from pins 1 & 2 to pins 2 & 3, wait a few minutes and move it back...../or/.....you can get the same result by removing the motherboard battery for a few minutes. Be sure to unplug from the wall and ground yourself before entering that case. __________________ ----------

07-12-2008, 08:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
margol Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: PC stuck on BIOS after PSU shutdown I resolved the issue by unplugging the harddrive and then it booted past the boot screen, after that i plugged the HD back in and it worked. Thank you

07-13-2008, 06:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 13,610 OS: XP Professional	Re: [SOLVED] PC stuck on BIOS after PSU shutdown Glad you got it up and running and you reported back what happened. Hope you stick around and enjoy the forum. Have a great week. __________________ ----------