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08-Jun-2006, 03:31 PM #1
Solved: Still "Checking NVRAM"...
Ok, I recently booted up my computer, after a couple months of being turned off. When I turned it on the first time it worked, and botted fine. then i shut off my computer and when I came back and turned it on, my system hung at "checking NVRAM". I left it for a while but when i came back, it was still in the same place. I was wondering what caused this and how I could fix it. If you need any more info, just tell me.
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08-Jun-2006, 04:47 PM #2
ok i figured this out. I just switched the IDE cables, and it worked, but now I have another problem: none of my drives are being detected in my BIOS. can anyone help me with this?
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08-Jun-2006, 04:49 PM #3
Check the cables again.
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08-Jun-2006, 04:53 PM #4
that was my first idea, so i tried that, and it still doesn't detect them. I tried it with different cables too, and that also didn't work.
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08-Jun-2006, 04:57 PM #5
Popular suggestion today.......
You should change the motherboard battery.
It'll be drained after refreshing the CMOS for all that time without mains power.

Not saying that it's a solution to the primary problem you're experiencing.
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08-Jun-2006, 05:07 PM #6
yeah i just cleared the CMOS and it says that the battery is low, so i probably should change it
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08-Jun-2006, 05:12 PM #7
Even without a cmos battery, with the computer powered up, the bios should still see the hard drives........it will just 'forget' them after a shutdown....and lose time and date.....but, still should function normally without one.
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08-Jun-2006, 07:24 PM #8
oh.
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09-Jun-2006, 01:48 PM #9
Try re-seating the memory and running a memtest.

http://www.memtest86.com/
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09-Jun-2006, 04:09 PM #10
ok.

This is just a hunch, but do you think that upgrading the BIOS would solve the problem?
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09-Jun-2006, 04:17 PM #11
No reason why it should.
BIOS updates are generally to make corrections or add vital functionality, but not to cure running problems.
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09-Jun-2006, 04:36 PM #12
oh. wasn't sure about that.
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09-Jun-2006, 05:19 PM #13
And just to back up what was said with the bios update....NEVER do one that doesn't address your specific problem.

The newest isn't always the 'bestest'
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09-Jun-2006, 05:55 PM #14
Yeah i wasn't planning on performing one, i was just curious about whether it would do me any good or not
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10-Jun-2006, 08:28 AM #15
on average, how long does a meory test take, and will it stop on its own? ive been running one on my computer for over 16 hours now and i havent got any errors
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