Compaq Presario 5080us
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hells3000
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Ive just tested the mobo with other sticks of ram and it does not bypass that logo....
The weird thing is that it was perfectly loading windows yesterday....
Atm I took the cmos battery out
Is There a way to get this mobo fixed?
blacklabelrum
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Double check your CPU fan.
hells3000
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Meaning The hsf could of been installed wrong?
Cooner750
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From my experience with computers over the years, I've determined there are a few things that can cause this to happen (hanging at the BIOS).
• IDE Misconfiguration -- This wont apply if the machine has SATA -- I dont know Compaq's that much, so I dont know how "new" this model is. This can, however, stop the POST in it's tracks.
• Dead CMOS Battery -- In my experience most motherboards will contine to boot at normal speed even with a dead battery. However, when unplugged the machine will fail to remember the time and any BIOS settings.
• Loose/Halfway-Plugged-In connections. -- This is especially true for IDE.
• Fans -- Although I've not had this problem myself, but I have read that some motherboards will not continue to boot if it does not detect that the CPU fan is spinning (the 3rd wire on a fan is for speed control and/or RPM monitoring).
EDIT: Forgot the most important one.
• Memory - Faulty or incompatible RAM will also stop the boot process at the BIOS screen, typically with an error, however.
Might want to check those. I suppose you could try resetting the BIOS settings by taking out the battery, and leaving the machine unplugged for .. About 5 minutes or so, and put the battery back in and plug it in.
• IDE Misconfiguration -- This wont apply if the machine has SATA -- I dont know Compaq's that much, so I dont know how "new" this model is. This can, however, stop the POST in it's tracks.
• Dead CMOS Battery -- In my experience most motherboards will contine to boot at normal speed even with a dead battery. However, when unplugged the machine will fail to remember the time and any BIOS settings.
• Loose/Halfway-Plugged-In connections. -- This is especially true for IDE.
• Fans -- Although I've not had this problem myself, but I have read that some motherboards will not continue to boot if it does not detect that the CPU fan is spinning (the 3rd wire on a fan is for speed control and/or RPM monitoring).
EDIT: Forgot the most important one.
• Memory - Faulty or incompatible RAM will also stop the boot process at the BIOS screen, typically with an error, however.
Might want to check those. I suppose you could try resetting the BIOS settings by taking out the battery, and leaving the machine unplugged for .. About 5 minutes or so, and put the battery back in and plug it in.
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