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Problem with start up on vista

mike59

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Posted November 8, 2012 at 11:44AM

Hi,when swicthing on pc i am now getting a page which i assume is something to do with the makers software. It's titled America Megatrends and below lots of info which i as a pc novice have no idea what it means ! Basically to get to my login page, i have to press f2 then f1, but on every occasion this then takes me back to just after midnight 2001, i then have to change the time and date to the present...any ideas. ps. I did take a snapshot of the screen, but don't see a facility on here to upload it. Regards, Mike

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northumbria61

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Posted November 9, 2012 at 10:16PM

Far out possibility but could you have a stuck key on your keyboard? Could be invoking BIOS setup or something? Try another keyboard.

The fact that you loose the settings plus the date and time means it could be the CMOS battery, a coin type battery on the mother board which provides power to retain your settings and you need to replace the battery.

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northumbria61

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Posted November 9, 2012 at 10:47PM

Sorry I didn't answer your first query about America Megatrends. This is the BIOS flash screen and gives the user information about the various processes happening during the boot stage.

It can be disabled but disabling your BIOS flash screen will inhibit your viewing of the boot process and could prevent you from seeing what is wrong with your computer's boot processes.

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mike59

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Posted November 10, 2012 at 12:04PM

Thanks so much for that. I'll try another keyboard first. I've just noticed on the photo I took of the screen, that is does have the words- low battery, I hadn't seen this before, and now that you've pointed this out, it could be the problem. If you don't mind me asking, Is this a job for an expert to fix.

Cheers, and many thanks. Mike

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rdave13

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Posted November 10, 2012 at 5:43PM

If it is a desktop then changing the cmos battery is relatively painless, on a laptop, it's a different matter.

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