POST not being displayed when starting pc, but works fine

SimonC · 9 May 2010 at 17:56

As title, when I turn on the PC, the packard bell logo comes up then its meant to display the post (if thats the right way of saying it, I dunno :rolleyes:

) then show the windows logo as windows loads.

But post isn't being displayed, it goes from the packard bell logo, to a blank screen for a second or so then to the windows loading screen.

Any ideas?

Datamonkey · 9 May 2010 at 19:05

you will probably find post is hidden by the Packard Bell logo dude.

If you go into the bios look for an option under boot to disable spalsh screen or something to that effect.

SimonC · 9 May 2010 at 19:11

Ah, what I should have put was, it used to show up after the pack bell logo. But since changing the hd and installing windows its ran away.

But I'll have a lookey at the splash screen in the bios as you say, maybe something in there.

thingemajib · 9 May 2010 at 19:57

my board insistd on plastering a huge foxconn logo over the screen if i have to reset the cmos.

try getting back into bios blindly - turn on and just keep pressing the del key (or whatever key is normally used to enter the bios) until the bios screen pops up. then do what datamonkey says.

SimonC · 9 May 2010 at 20:29

Ok theres nothing about splash screens in the bios, but there is quick boot which is enabled, although I don't remember doing it, ghosts in the machine maybe.

Anyway would I need to disable this? though I'd ask instead of jumping in and messing around with stuff.

postmanfw · 9 May 2010 at 22:24

Yes disable quick boot and it should show post screens

SimonC · 9 May 2010 at 22:34

Nice one, i'll try it and see what happens.

SimonC · 10 May 2010 at 13:50

Weird, disabled quick boot, exited from the bios, the packard bell logo came up and there it stayed, it wouldn't go any further.

So back into bios and instead of going to, exit - save changes etc, I pressed the esc key and saved without making any changes, (as quick boot was already disabled) it did post and show it all fine and loaded windows.
Got to the desktop, restarted to see if it would work and nope its disappeared again lol

This is not a major problem as were planning on gettnig a new pc anyway, and the pc is working fine at the moment.
Just I want to get it working how it should be.