I turned on my computer this morning and found that all I saw was the bios splash screen. The BIOS had hung, there where no boot options displayed (normaly it says "F9 Boot Menu F10 Setup" etc).
I have had this problam before when one of my hard drives died, so I tried unplugging my main HD and my CD drive, still wouldn't boot. So I unplugged all the USB devices connected to the computer (after plugging the HD and CD drive back in), and the computer booted. Now there is another issue, I have a power on password, so I need the keyboard plugged in. I tried plugging in the keyboard when it asks me for the password (and not when I press the power button) but the BIOS then hangs at that screen!
I am unable to find a BIOS or CMOS reset pin on my motherboard so I don't know how to take the password off without using the keyboard, I tried taking the BIOS battery out for 5 mins but that did not reset the password. After doing the battery thing, the BIOS stopped hanging, but the keyboard still does not work - and I tried two keyboards!
The computer case, motherboard and processer are from an HP Compaq dx7300 Microtower, and I have changed the CD and HD drive out of it, as well as adding a 2GB ram chip. It was working last night but not this morining!!!
I am verry annoyed -- Not at you (why would I be annoyed at you, you are trying to help me ) but at the computer!!!
Thanks in advance!
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