Does anyone have any ideas on what would cause a PC to boot right into CMOS. I have tried three different batteries and it still boots directly to CMOS??

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Originally posted by tjaymadison:
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Check all your motherboard jumpers. Double-check battery is making good contact.




Done all that stuff...thing motherboard??

thanks

When it does this are there any errors?

Sometimes if there is a keyboard or a configuration error it will boot directly into the setup so you can fix the problem.

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No error codes just goes right to the CMOS Setup screen.

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Only thing I can think of is it's seeing a setting that prevents the machine from operating. Look in CMOS for an option that says Set BIOS Defaults or Set Optimum Defaults. Set either one, reboot and see if it works right. That should change the faulty setting back to normal.

Have you added memory lately or any other hardware? That might cause it, especially if you added memory that's the wrong type.

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Only thing I can think of is it's seeing a setting that prevents the machine from operating. Look in CMOS for an option that says Set BIOS Defaults or Set Optimum Defaults. Set either one, reboot and see if it works right. That should change the faulty setting back to normal.

Have you added memory lately or any other hardware? That might cause it, especially if you added memory that's the wrong type.

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