DEL to enter Setup or ALT F2 to enter EZ Flash

Two problems which may be linked.

When booting the pc goes into setup menu i.e
press DEL to enter Setup or ALT F2 to enter EZ Flash.. To boot to windows I
hit DEL to eneter setup then immediately exit this then boots to Windows
and all works fine until I reboot.

I have tried many bios changes but still the same. the bios version is 1005,
In cant change to 1007 because ALT F2 does not work and nothing happens.
Ive tried reseting mobo by removing battery but no good.

This mobo has always been like it from new Im thikning its a faulty Mobo


my system is
asus A7V8X-X
AMD ATHLON XP2400
Samsung 256 DDR333 PC2700
Geforce 64 MbB MX400
60gb maxtor 7200
windows xp pro


Olrac

"olrac" wrote in message
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Two problems which may be linked.

When booting the pc goes into setup menu i.e
press DEL to enter Setup or ALT F2 to enter EZ Flash.. To boot to windows
I
hit DEL to eneter setup then immediately exit this then boots to Windows
and all works fine until I reboot.

I have tried many bios changes but still the same. the bios version is
1005,
In cant change to 1007 because ALT F2 does not work and nothing happens.
Ive tried reseting mobo by removing battery but no good.

This mobo has always been like it from new Im thikning its a faulty Mobo


It is normal for Asus motherboards to display the message you say that you
see. Have you tried simply doing nothing when you see the message to see if
if will boot into Windows? Or is there some other error message displayed
too?

Sick Willie

No, It just hangs on that screen and theres no error message.

Olrac


"Sick Willie" wrote in message
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"olrac" wrote in message
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Two problems which may be linked.

When booting the pc goes into setup menu i.e
press DEL to enter Setup or ALT F2 to enter EZ Flash.. To boot to
windows
I
hit DEL to eneter setup then immediately exit this then boots to
Windows
and all works fine until I reboot.

I have tried many bios changes but still the same. the bios version is
1005,
In cant change to 1007 because ALT F2 does not work and nothing
happens.
Ive tried reseting mobo by removing battery but no good.

This mobo has always been like it from new Im thikning its a faulty Mobo


It is normal for Asus motherboards to display the message you say that you
see. Have you tried simply doing nothing when you see the message to see
if
if will boot into Windows? Or is there some other error message displayed
too?

Sick Willie

"olrac" wrote in message
...
No, It just hangs on that screen and theres no error message.

Olrac

If it is hanging on that screen, there is something during the POST that is
making it hange. Do you have it set to auto detect the IDE drives? If so,
has it done so, or is it hanging before this? If not, set it up that way in
the BIOS and see what happens.

Sick Willie

"olrac" wrote in message
...
Two problems which may be linked.

When booting the pc goes into setup menu i.e
press DEL to enter Setup or ALT F2 to enter EZ Flash.. To boot to windows
I
hit DEL to eneter setup then immediately exit this then boots to Windows
and all works fine until I reboot.

I have tried many bios changes but still the same. the bios version is
1005,
In cant change to 1007 because ALT F2 does not work and nothing happens.
Ive tried reseting mobo by removing battery but no good.

This mobo has always been like it from new Im thikning its a faulty Mobo
my system is
asus A7V8X-X
AMD ATHLON XP2400
Samsung 256 DDR333 PC2700
Geforce 64 MbB MX400
60gb maxtor 7200
windows xp pro
Olrac


I have the same frustration but it is not a permanent problem. After about
three months of almost faultless operation I started to have the start up
problem. It will probably occur one out of every five bootups from cold. A
touch on the front reset button solves the problem and the computer then
goes through the full cycle and boots up.

My set up is a little different but not appreciably so.
A7V8X-X
XP 2600+XP running at 2083mhz
Asus GeForce FX5200 126mb
PC2700 256MB DDR x 2
Units runs stable at 48C/34C with four case fans and one processor fan -
quiet too.

The boot up problem is a pain though. I have gone through all of the
standard clean ups and try to keep my computer as clean of adware as I can.
Because the problem is intermittent and solved by just a touch on the reset
button I'm at a loss myself. I'm beginning to suspect a problem in the PSU
but when it's running all the voltages seem to be correct and stable. I
look forward to hearing how other users have solved the problem.

Michael Bird

Does it freeze "Detecting IDE drives" ?
Keyboard looks dead ?


"Michael Bird" a écrit dans le message news:
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"olrac" wrote in message
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Two problems which may be linked.

When booting the pc goes into setup menu i.e
press DEL to enter Setup or ALT F2 to enter EZ Flash.. To boot to
windows
I
hit DEL to eneter setup then immediately exit this then boots to
Windows
and all works fine until I reboot.

I have tried many bios changes but still the same. the bios version is
1005,
In cant change to 1007 because ALT F2 does not work and nothing
happens.
Ive tried reseting mobo by removing battery but no good.

This mobo has always been like it from new Im thikning its a faulty Mobo
my system is
asus A7V8X-X
AMD ATHLON XP2400
Samsung 256 DDR333 PC2700
Geforce 64 MbB MX400
60gb maxtor 7200
windows xp pro
Olrac


I have the same frustration but it is not a permanent problem. After
about
three months of almost faultless operation I started to have the start up
problem. It will probably occur one out of every five bootups from cold.
A
touch on the front reset button solves the problem and the computer then
goes through the full cycle and boots up.

My set up is a little different but not appreciably so.
A7V8X-X
XP 2600+XP running at 2083mhz
Asus GeForce FX5200 126mb
PC2700 256MB DDR x 2
Units runs stable at 48C/34C with four case fans and one processor fan -
quiet too.

The boot up problem is a pain though. I have gone through all of the
standard clean ups and try to keep my computer as clean of adware as I
can.
Because the problem is intermittent and solved by just a touch on the
reset
button I'm at a loss myself. I'm beginning to suspect a problem in the
PSU
but when it's running all the voltages seem to be correct and stable. I
look forward to hearing how other users have solved the problem.

Michael Bird

Locks on the Asus lighning fork.
After pressing TAB goes to posting page and locks after
"PNP Init Completed"
Then have to go through the Bios Setup routine and computer will boot up.

Only other change that I have noticed is that I am getting a lot more
pop-ups than I did before and 'Gain" is trying to load on a regular basis.

Michael

"Gino Zantafio" wrote in message
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Does it freeze "Detecting IDE drives" ?
Keyboard looks dead ?


"Michael Bird" a écrit dans le message news:
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"olrac" wrote in message
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Two problems which may be linked.

When booting the pc goes into setup menu i.e
press DEL to enter Setup or ALT F2 to enter EZ Flash.. To boot to
windows
I
hit DEL to eneter setup then immediately exit this then boots to
Windows
and all works fine until I reboot.

I have tried many bios changes but still the same. the bios version is
1005,
In cant change to 1007 because ALT F2 does not work and nothing
happens.
Ive tried reseting mobo by removing battery but no good.

This mobo has always been like it from new Im thikning its a faulty
Mobo
my system is
asus A7V8X-X
AMD ATHLON XP2400
Samsung 256 DDR333 PC2700
Geforce 64 MbB MX400
60gb maxtor 7200
windows xp pro
Olrac


I have the same frustration but it is not a permanent problem. After
about
three months of almost faultless operation I started to have the start
up
problem. It will probably occur one out of every five bootups from
cold.
A
touch on the front reset button solves the problem and the computer then
goes through the full cycle and boots up.

My set up is a little different but not appreciably so.
A7V8X-X
XP 2600+XP running at 2083mhz
Asus GeForce FX5200 126mb
PC2700 256MB DDR x 2
Units runs stable at 48C/34C with four case fans and one processor fan -
quiet too.

The boot up problem is a pain though. I have gone through all of the
standard clean ups and try to keep my computer as clean of adware as I
can.
Because the problem is intermittent and solved by just a touch on the
reset
button I'm at a loss myself. I'm beginning to suspect a problem in the
PSU
but when it's running all the voltages seem to be correct and stable. I
look forward to hearing how other users have solved the problem.

Michael Bird

"Michael Bird" wrote in message
...
Locks on the Asus lighning fork.
After pressing TAB goes to posting page and locks after
"PNP Init Completed"
Then have to go through the Bios Setup routine and computer will boot up.

Only other change that I have noticed is that I am getting a lot more
pop-ups than I did before and 'Gain" is trying to load on a regular basis.


Locks, or stops? By that I mean can you at that point enter setup or do you
have to reset to enter?

Sick Willie

"Sick Willie" wrote in message
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"Michael Bird" wrote in message
...
Locks on the Asus lighning fork.
After pressing TAB goes to posting page and locks after
"PNP Init Completed"
Then have to go through the Bios Setup routine and computer will boot
up.

Only other change that I have noticed is that I am getting a lot more
pop-ups than I did before and 'Gain" is trying to load on a regular
basis.


Locks, or stops? By that I mean can you at that point enter setup or do
you
have to reset to enter?

Sick Willie

After the PNP Init Completed screen have to press DEL and go through setup
steps to complete booting up.
If I press the front reset button it will go through the booting up cycle
without going through setup.

Michael

"olrac" wrote in message ...
Two problems which may be linked.

When booting the pc goes into setup menu i.e
press DEL to enter Setup or ALT F2 to enter EZ Flash.. To boot to windows I
hit DEL to eneter setup then immediately exit this then boots to Windows
and all works fine until I reboot.

I have tried many bios changes but still the same. the bios version is 1005,
In cant change to 1007 because ALT F2 does not work and nothing happens.
Ive tried reseting mobo by removing battery but no good.

This mobo has always been like it from new Im thikning its a faulty Mobo


my system is
asus A7V8X-X
AMD ATHLON XP2400
Samsung 256 DDR333 PC2700
Geforce 64 MbB MX400
60gb maxtor 7200
windows xp pro

Have you loaded setup defaults?