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.
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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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.
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.
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
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
You need to replace the CMOS battery. While it is true that most newer boards will still boot up with a dead battery, some older boards will not. I have a couple of old DELL machines here that absolutely will hang up with the battery dead or removed. I suggest you invest the $3.00 or so in a new battery a give it a shot. I have also seen strange things like this happen with the keyboard or mouse being loose or not fully inserted.
Good luck.
Kilowatt
I'll sit back now and wait on Candy to give me a tongue lashing about the CMOS battery issue.
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