Any suggestions, please?

[Colin Law]

On 9 September 2010 17:57, Cybe R. Wizard <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:53:13 -0700
> rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello Basil,
>>
>> Thursday, September 9, 2010, 7:02:36 AM, Basil wrote:
>>
>> BC> Any ideas, folks?
>>
>> Two thoughts. First see if you can see the bios properly, and check
>> what it thinks it sees. I recently lost a mobo from a defective
>> replacement DVD drive. The bios reported random chrs instead of the
>> actual ID for the HD on the box, which was a clue to what caused the
>> problem. The HD, when put in another box, was fine, so didn't lose
>> anything. Second is is to try to boot from a live DVD or perhaps a
>> floppy if it has one.
>>
> Everyone seems to be missing two things:
>
> 1.  His monitor doesn't show /anything/
> 2.  There is/are no POST code beep(s)
>
> I still want to hear what the CMOS battery replacement does.

My experience of a flat CMOS battery is that the BIOS starts up and
says that it is reverting to defaults and waits for input.  Not that
nothing happens at all.

Colin