boot problem

everytime on boot I get message -press f1 to continue or DEL to enter set up
? Battery is ok-what to do ? When I go to bios first boot shows floppy
inspite of repeated changes in settingd

CKT wrote:

> everytime on boot I get message -press f1 to continue or DEL to enter set up
> ? Battery is ok-what to do ? When I go to bios first boot shows floppy
> inspite of repeated changes in settingd

How do you know the battery is okay? Voltage alone, especially out of
circuit (i.e., no load) does not indicate capacity to provide the
required current under load. Did you replace it?

If you replaced the battery, it is possible the CMOS copy of settings
are corrupt and you need to reload it from the BIOS values in the
EEPROM. That means resetting to its defaults although you might want to
view the settings before resetting them in case you ever modified them
from their defaults. One way would be to short the 2-pin header on the
motherboard to clear the CMOS table. Another would be to get into the
BIOS and select to use the default set. Depends on what computer brand
and model you have, so follow their instructions in their manual on how
to clear the CMOS table.

Thank you sir. I have not replace dthe battery-first I will replace it and
if do not succeed then I will try second option which seems difficult and
complicated for me. Thanks Again.
"VanguardLH" wrote:

> CKT wrote:
>
> > everytime on boot I get message -press f1 to continue or DEL to enter set up
> > ? Battery is ok-what to do ? When I go to bios first boot shows floppy
> > inspite of repeated changes in settingd
>
> How do you know the battery is okay? Voltage alone, especially out of
> circuit (i.e., no load) does not indicate capacity to provide the
> required current under load. Did you replace it?
>
> If you replaced the battery, it is possible the CMOS copy of settings
> are corrupt and you need to reload it from the BIOS values in the
> EEPROM. That means resetting to its defaults although you might want to
> view the settings before resetting them in case you ever modified them
> from their defaults. One way would be to short the 2-pin header on the
> motherboard to clear the CMOS table. Another would be to get into the
> BIOS and select to use the default set. Depends on what computer brand
> and model you have, so follow their instructions in their manual on how
> to clear the CMOS table.
>