Booting Problem

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TheOrteganator

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Today I went to start up my computer and it got stuck at the initial motherboard boot screen that has the Gigabyte logo on it and stuff. After a few minutes it finally went on and continued to boot. Restarted it after that and it did the same thing. The keyboard inputs to go into BIOS and such do not seem to work during the time that it is frozen, but then it will suddenly go into BIOS like 5 minutes after I hit the Delete key. So I guess it recieves the command, just can't execute it yet. Any ideas of what could cause this?

I just build this system about a month ago:

-- GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Motherboard
-- AMD Athlon X2 5200+ AM2 Processor
-- 2GB Corsair Value Select 667mhz RAM
-- ATI x1600 Pro 512MB Video Card
-- Western Digital 250GB SATA II Hard Drive
-- Windows XP Pro

I haven't had any problems with this computer until today.
 
Is that a fairly common battery that I can go find at a store? I guess I'll just bring it with me and see if any of the flat batteries match up.

I'll check the manual for the mobo too and see if it has the exact battery to use.
 
Yea, you should check with your motherboard manual to verify the correct battery. You can also get those at any watch repair shop.
 
Thanks. This time when I started my computer it did the same thing. I timed it this time, 8 minutes that it is just stuck at that Gigabyte logo screen.
 
Yes the battery maybe dead, but if it is it would say "cmos set defaults" or seomthing like that. just get the battery at walmart, or ANY battery place. Just make sure its the same type..
 
Nope, it seems to be saving the BIOS settings, but I will double check that next time I'm brave enough to turn it off and back on again.
 
Remember that the BIOS settings will be saved as long as the computer is plugged into AC power. The motherboard is simply in a very low "idle" state, of sorts, when the machine is shutdown.

The motherboard engages the PSU by sending a signal to it.

In most machines I've dealt with, the only way to find out of the battery is dead is by unplugging the machine for about 20 minutes or so with the battery in. This, of course, may not always work if the battery still has just enough power left to supply. You're best off just to try replacing it.
 
All right, I'll replace it and hope that helps. I also read about the CPU fan speed sensor issue that can cause this, so I will check the fan when it starts too. However, if the fan spins fine, and the sensor is just bad, is there a way to figure that out without buying another fan? Is it safe to use my old fan (not socket AM2) and just plug it into the fan connector to see if that boots it faster as long as I turn off the computer right away to make sure the CPU doesn't heat up?
 
Although it's possible that the fan could be still spinning but failing to send a signal to the motherboard, I'd think it would be pretty rare for that to happen.

As far as testing a second fan goes, I would imagine the motherboard would go into overheat mode and poweroff before the CPU had a chance to overheat (such as my two machines do), however, you can't rely on that alone. You wouldn't want any more damage done to the system, but try if you want to I suppose.
 
The problem seems to have fixed itself... strange... If it starts happening again I'll go through all of the troubleshooting steps you guys gave me. Thanks for all the help.
 
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