Re: boot up problems

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 16:36:48 -0700

Foopy wrote:

> I beg to differ sir.
>
> Once I had flashed the BIOS in an ABIT BP6 without clearing the CMOS
> afterwards and after that my computer would not power up when first
> turned on. I had to turn it back off and then back on before it would
> post and boot. I cleared the CMOS and after that it booted first time
> every time.
>
> Respond to the questions if you so choose, but leave the uncalled for
> remarks to yourself please.

First of all, you didn't quote any of the original post, so I asked you
nicely to please do this in future. Secondly, the original poster
didn't say anything about his motherboard brand, flashing a BIOS, or
anything that would lead you to believe flashing was indicated. Here's
his whole post:

"hi sometimes my computer xp wont boot up...on amd off switch dosent
work at that moment...i have to turn of at the mains...and try
again...then its ok for a while...this happens may be 1 out 5 times??"

So, I'm sorry your feelings were hurt, but again, this is a classic case
of failing hardware - probably the power supply, but there isn't enough
information in the original post to be more specific.

Malke 

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