Why won't you turn back on?!

One More Solo · 10 Apr 2008 at 13:44

Every time without fail I shut my PC down properly, it won't turn back on until the BIOS has been reset at least a couple of times- it's irritating and when I go back to uni no-one else in the house will be able to fix it if it happens. Has anyone heard of something similar and knows what might cause it? Spec is:

AMD 3500 (Newcastle)
Asus A8V
Radeon X800XT

That's it, apart from hard and optical drives.

Ethics · 10 Apr 2008 at 13:46

Is it overclocked? have you tried it with all stock values?

One More Solo · 10 Apr 2008 at 14:09

Ethics said:
Is it overclocked? have you tried it with all stock values?

Nope everything is set to stock.

michael baxter · 10 Apr 2008 at 14:14

Maybe the battery on the motherboard needs replacing?

closeratio · 10 Apr 2008 at 16:43

Yeah I'm thinking battery on the mobo might need replacing too. How long have you had the board?

One More Solo · 10 Apr 2008 at 23:18

Surely if the battery was flat it wouldn't boot at all?

El_Watcher · 11 Apr 2008 at 14:36

A dodgy battery could cause the BIOS chip to corrupt the data stored. By resetting the BIOS you then clear the contents back to valid values.
Also many different components going faulty on the board could also cause it, resistors, ICs etc.

Cew27 · 11 Apr 2008 at 14:38

replace the battery and clear the cmos