[wellylug] HP Pavilion BIOS Problem

[Peter Jones]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jethro Carr [mailto:dodocaptain at paradise.net.nz]
Sent: Saturday, 1 November 2003 8:55 a.m.
To: LUG
Subject: [wellylug] HP Pavilion BIOS Problem

I have a HP Pavilion 4422. I had to start windows 98 to run a weird dvd,
that didn't work in Ogle.Windows crashed on boot (typical), and I had to
power off the computer.

Now, when I boot up,the bios detects both hard drives correctly, but I
can't boot, and I get a blank screen, with a blinking cursor.

 I also tried booting from the cdrom, and floppy drive, but the computer
boots a bit, and then locks up.

I checked the boot order in the bios, but both the hard drives have been
labeled as Maxor-PM906, or something like that. All the other parts of
the BIOS display the hard drives correctly.

I belive that the boot sector might have been corrupted. I have tried to
fix it by playing around with the bios settings, and by removing the
BIOS battery


Any ideas/solutions/posibilities?
Thanks,
--- Jethro

Motherboard is an Asus MEZ-VM (probably a stripped down version)

Find the manual here

http://www.motherboards.org/manuals/p/ASUS-MEZ-VM/467.html

Pulling the battery might not be enough, but there should be a "clear CMOS"
jumper there somewhere.

This is a good site for IDing HP boards:
http://www.elhvb.com/mboards/Intel/HP.html



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