Hey All me again and I have another strange set of events. I booted
the PC with the new 2032 batter it went to BIOS I entered the lowest
cput setting 366 and saved the changes the computer booted with no
problem. I then warm rebooted to just to check the computer too see if
there were any issues... none.
I then tried a cold boot the PC boots for 2 seconds CPU fan begins to
spin then stopped. Then I turn off the master I/O switch on the back
of the power supply. Then turned it back on and booted the PC went
into the BIOS automatically and the setting was saved still at 366
(was not doing this before must of been the battery change) I then
saved all changes and exited the BIOS it then proceed to look like it
will restart but the PC fan and HDD activity stops and the PC just
sits there with the power light on. I am now at a point were i cannot
get past the BIOS stage just like before. I am at a loss and feel like
stomping on this thing like they do in Office Space.
Please help it seems like something so simple as when the PC boots
into windows there are no issues and it seems quite stable
Thanks Again im gonna loose it!!
On Oct 29, 2:25*pm, kony <s...@spam.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:43 -0500, edfair
>
> <edfair.40t...@no.email.invalid> wrote:
>
> >Also found at grocery stores and drug stores, just don't fall for the
> >medical device versions, they cost too much.
>
> >You can also use the 2025 or 2016 if the 2032 is out of stock, they
> >just don't last as long.
>
> ... just checked ebay, you can get about 20 of them for $5
> delivered, or one for $1.50 delivered +- 50 cents.
On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:42:28 -0800, proph3t wrote:
>
> I then tried a cold boot the PC boots for 2 seconds CPU fan begins to
> spin then stopped. Then I turn off the master I/O switch on the back of
> the power supply. Then turned it back on and booted the PC went into the
> BIOS automatically and the setting was saved still at 366 (was not doing
> this before must of been the battery change) I then saved all changes
> and exited the BIOS it then proceed to look like it will restart but the
> PC fan and HDD activity stops and the PC just sits there with the power
> light on. I am now at a point were i cannot get past the BIOS stage just
> like before.
Open this system and find out exactly what cpu you have installed, then
set that correctly.
Sound like a POST failure as well. It could be the bios say simply "nope
this aint a "366"(386?), or it might be more.
Basic boot power off problem resolution is to turn off machine and
disconnect every card, hard disk, floppy, etc from the motherboard, then
boot it up until missing os error pops up.
then one by one, re-install everything with same test, until, because you
have plugged in the hard disk with the Os, it starts to boot the OS.
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:42:28 -0800 (PST), proph3t
<craigoscott@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hey All me again and I have another strange set of events. I booted
>the PC with the new 2032 batter it went to BIOS I entered the lowest
>cput setting 366 and saved the changes the computer booted with no
>problem. I then warm rebooted to just to check the computer too see if
>there were any issues... none.
>
Unplug and/or switch off the AC to the PSU, take battery out
for 10 minutes, and use the motherboard clear CMOS jumper.
Next time the system starts, try entering the bios and
saving settings without having changed anything except
setting the clock - so you know if it is keeping CMOS
settings.
Of course ultimately you have will have to do as the prior
post indicated, determine CPU installed and set accordingly.
While it might be possible you have a 366MHz CPU installed,
I doubt it, CUV4X series came after typical 366MHz CPUs, if
it were just using a lowest end CPU I doubt they'd splurge
on the more costly Asus motherboard. Probably 550 or 766
CPU, the 550 being a Pentium III, the 766 being a celeron
(but 766 appears to be with the highest 133MHz FSB which
Celerons didn't have, I can't remember if there was a 766MHz
PIII but would try 550Mhz).
>I then tried a cold boot the PC boots for 2 seconds CPU fan begins to
>spin then stopped. Then I turn off the master I/O switch on the back
>of the power supply. Then turned it back on and booted the PC went
>into the BIOS automatically and the setting was saved still at 366
>(was not doing this before must of been the battery change) I then
>saved all changes and exited the BIOS it then proceed to look like it
>will restart but the PC fan and HDD activity stops and the PC just
>sits there with the power light on. I am now at a point were i cannot
>get past the BIOS stage just like before. I am at a loss and feel like
>stomping on this thing like they do in Office Space.
Might be a failing power supply, also check the board
capacitors for signs of venting.
>
>Please help it seems like something so simple as when the PC boots
>into windows there are no issues and it seems quite stable
Power-on requires a large startup current within a short
period of time, I would suspect PSU first and motherboard
second, if it still won't start after determining the
correct bios settings to use. It probably turns on each
time after disconnecting AC power because it is designed to
always POST one time at the most conservative settings
possible, but such settings with lower CPU speed would also
use less power so it doesn't necessarily rule out PSU or
motherboard electronics rather than bios settings yet.
Hello again, I got an ID on the cpu P3 550 so i set the BIOS
accordingly. The PC continues to boot and go into BIOS I then save and
restart and it boots normally. However when I shutdown/restart the
computer shuts off or reboots but then fails to load BIOS and simply
haults with the power light flashing I hold it for 5 seconds PC shuts
down I then boot and it goes into BIOS automatically with CPU settings
saved, I exit and PC restarts and boots normally seems very strange to
me. I have given it back for a time as it is functioning saving cpu
settings at least so it is bootable and my friends father needs the
Japanese OS installed. It will work for his purposes but I will
continue to troubleshoot BIOS settings and a possible clear when I go
there. Is a Power Supply likely? I can only see this getting worse in
a few months or less if so...
Thanks for all suggestions
On Nov 2, 4:20 pm, kony <s...@spam.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:42:28 -0800 (PST), proph3t
>
> <craigosc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Hey All me again and I have another strange set of events. I booted
> >the PC with the new 2032 batter it went to BIOS I entered the lowest
> >cput setting 366 and saved the changes the computer booted with no
> >problem. I then warm rebooted to just to check the computer too see if
> >there were any issues... none.
>
> Unplug and/or switch off the AC to the PSU, take battery out
> for 10 minutes, and use the motherboard clear CMOS jumper.
> Next time the system starts, try entering the bios and
> saving settings without having changed anything except
> setting the clock - so you know if it is keeping CMOS
> settings.
>
> Of course ultimately you have will have to do as the prior
> post indicated, determine CPU installed and set accordingly.
> While it might be possible you have a 366MHz CPU installed,
> I doubt it, CUV4X series came after typical 366MHz CPUs, if
> it were just using a lowest end CPU I doubt they'd splurge
> on the more costly Asus motherboard. Probably 550 or 766
> CPU, the 550 being a Pentium III, the 766 being a celeron
> (but 766 appears to be with the highest 133MHz FSB which
> Celerons didn't have, I can't remember if there was a 766MHz
> PIII but would try 550Mhz).
>
> >I then tried a cold boot the PC boots for 2 seconds CPU fan begins to
> >spin then stopped. Then I turn off the master I/O switch on the back
> >of the power supply. Then turned it back on and booted the PC went
> >into the BIOS automatically and the setting was saved still at 366
> >(was not doing this before must of been the battery change) I then
> >saved all changes and exited the BIOS it then proceed to look like it
> >will restart but the PC fan and HDD activity stops and the PC just
> >sits there with the power light on. I am now at a point were i cannot
> >get past the BIOS stage just like before. I am at a loss and feel like
> >stomping on this thing like they do in Office Space.
>
> Might be a failing power supply, also check the board
> capacitors for signs of venting.
>
>
>
> >Please help it seems like something so simple as when the PC boots
> >into windows there are no issues and it seems quite stable
>
> Power-on requires a large startup current within a short
> period of time, I would suspect PSU first and motherboard
> second, if it still won't start after determining the
> correct bios settings to use. It probably turns on each
> time after disconnecting AC power because it is designed to
> always POST one time at the most conservative settings
> possible, but such settings with lower CPU speed would also
> use less power so it doesn't necessarily rule out PSU or
> motherboard electronics rather than bios settings yet.
proph3t wrote:
> Hello again, I got an ID on the cpu P3 550 so i set the BIOS
> accordingly. The PC continues to boot and go into BIOS I then save and
> restart and it boots normally. However when I shutdown/restart the
> computer shuts off or reboots but then fails to load BIOS and simply
> haults with the power light flashing I hold it for 5 seconds PC shuts
> down I then boot and it goes into BIOS automatically with CPU settings
> saved, I exit and PC restarts and boots normally seems very strange to
> me. I have given it back for a time as it is functioning saving cpu
> settings at least so it is bootable and my friends father needs the
> Japanese OS installed. It will work for his purposes but I will
> continue to troubleshoot BIOS settings and a possible clear when I go
> there. Is a Power Supply likely? I can only see this getting worse in
> a few months or less if so...
>
> Thanks for all suggestions
>
There is a LED between PCI slot #4 and #5. Does that flash too ?
If so, that could be a power supply issue. On Asus motherboards,
a LED like that is powered by +5VSB. And such a LED should never
flash - that LED should be on, as long as the +5VSB supply
rail is being delivered by the power supply.
According to the CUV4X manual, the Power LED on the front of the
computer should have this function -
"This 3-1 pin connector connects to the system power LED, which
lights when the system is powered on and blinks when it is in sleep
or soft-off mode."
Since the Power LED is driven by motherboard logic, it is possible
for that to flash due to the programming of the chip that is
driving it. The Power LED on the front of the computer, is under
more intelligent control, than the LED on the surface of the
motherboard.
The LED on the surface of the motherboard, between slot #4 and #5,
is a dumb LED without logic drive. It is powered straight from
the rails, and should be an accurate indicator of the state of the
+5VSB power rail. If that LED blinks, it means the power supply
has an overload problem on +5VSB.
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:26:22 -0800 (PST), proph3t
<craigoscott@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hello again, I got an ID on the cpu P3 550 so i set the BIOS
>accordingly. The PC continues to boot and go into BIOS I then save and
>restart and it boots normally. However when I shutdown/restart the
>computer shuts off or reboots but then fails to load BIOS and simply
>haults with the power light flashing I hold it for 5 seconds PC shuts
>down I then boot and it goes into BIOS automatically with CPU settings
>saved, I exit and PC restarts and boots normally seems very strange to
>me. I have given it back for a time as it is functioning saving cpu
>settings at least so it is bootable and my friends father needs the
>Japanese OS installed. It will work for his purposes but I will
>continue to troubleshoot BIOS settings and a possible clear when I go
>there. Is a Power Supply likely? I can only see this getting worse in
>a few months or less if so...
>
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