Ok guys, First up my system: Asus A8N SLI Premium Athlon64 4000+ AMD HD4350 Win XP I am having some problems entering my old computer's motherboard BIOS. The computer runs fine, I'm just looking to change boot priority so I can put a fresh re-install of windows on it, but the problem I'm having is that I can;t even enter the BIOS...The computer has been playing up a little with crashes and occsionally restarting but nothing major...just want to provide my parents with a fresh computer....it has been on for over 5 hours now idling while I've been backing up data via the LAN ready for a fresh format of the drive, but bleh every time I try enter BIOS the computer just turns off. I get the MOBO screensaver up that states entering setup, next I see the RAID info and then the BIOS home screen starts up but a second or two later it turns the computer off. Tried it three-four times no luck... Anyone have any ideas whats happening? Thanks
Not something simple like failing to properly recognise the command from a USB keyboard is it? Might be worth giving the old PS2 connection a go if this is the case.
No it actually enters BIOS - as soon as it enters it though the computer turns off...I have barely a second or two...
When in BIOS, computer power management systems are all off (for all processors, and devices). It could be overheating, or something is broken when too much power is sent. Avoid clearing the BIOS CMOS, because, if you cant' go back, now you really don't have a working or properly configured system. Oh idea: Try removing everything that is not bare bone to the computer: 1x HDD, 1x GPU, keyboard, CPU and RAM. The rest out they go, including USB devices. See if this works. I am thinking of a potential BIOS not liking something type of situation.
