is a fresh install needed??

TheEliteReaper · 1 Nov 2012 at 15:41

my missus has 32bit vista HP SP1 and she uses a Ideq N1 with a biostar motherboard, computer works perfectly fine(onboard GPU dont work mind lol, but have dedicated, only cost £30 for the pc months ago), just the issue is on start up you have to press F1 to continue boot and you cant seem to access the bios or any other option i see(think only 3) :confused:

. the previous owner told me when i collected.

so does this mean its a OS issue or Hardware issue?

cheers.

Confused · 1 Nov 2012 at 16:20

Sounds like possibly the CMOS battery (usually a CR2032 I believe) is flat - so it's losing it's settings, causing you to need to press F1 to continue (and then F2 or Delete would drop you into the BIOS)

But this would be way before the OS comes into the equation.

TheEliteReaper · 1 Nov 2012 at 17:01

ah right i see, so is this a big concern or will it continue to be fine how its running already?

apeksdiver · 1 Nov 2012 at 17:03

Does it keep forgetting the time? Replace the CR2032.

TheEliteReaper · 1 Nov 2012 at 21:10

havent noticed any problems other than the boot up process

Confused · 1 Nov 2012 at 21:52

Windows may be updating the time automatically once it's booted and got an internet connection though.