requesting PC help again

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Oh dear... a BIOS update's not something to be undertaken lightly, because it usually involves flashing a ROM and if it fails it can leave your 'puta totally unusable. It is one of those updates that should have Big Flashing Orange Warning Signs posted all over the screen and instead of a "Proceed" button should have a "Well, Punk. Are you feeling lucky?" one instead.

Fortunately, it sounds like it went OK; ideally it shouldn't be asking you to reset the data but it sounds like 'twas probably a poorly written piece of code that did the update, so I'm not surprised.

If you go into SetUp then exit without saving, the computer works alright? OK, next time you reboot, go into SetUp and then straight to "Save Changes & Exit" without making any changes. That should set current values as "default" and stop you from being prompted every time you reboot. There are probably a few changes that could be made to improve overall performance, but the default values should be good enough to get it up'n'running in a stable manner. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that it works. It should but if sounds like your PC has been colonised by gremlins...

BTW, I wouldn't bother remapping your F2 key as the SW that handles that is started with Windows... but the BIOS is accessed before Windows is even thinking of starting (think of the BIOS/CMOS as the starter-motor) so the remapping hasn't kicked in yet. It's odd that F2 doesn't work to accept the default value, because it should and there's nothing you or I can do to affect it!

Edit: Sorry, just noticed that you said you're getting a "CMOS Checksum BAD" error. That'll be why the F2 key isn't working. OK, doing the "Save & Exit" should still fix it but if it doesn't and you're still prompted at the next boot, try selecting either "load safe defaults" or "load optimal defaults" (if you have such a choice) and then "save changes & exit"

[jow104]

Thanks Skew,

If you dont see me again its been nice knowing you lot.

[jow104]

Skew.

Well I survived but only just.

The only choice that was the same as your option suggested was
"Save and Exit Set up"

So I did that..
When I now boot up I get the MSI dialogue again and this time at the bottom is

A driver error.
press F1 to Resume.
Which fortunately works but its left me with a long winded start up.
Fancy a trip over here or can you give any further written help

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I'll start paddling now. If I'm not there in... oh... 5 years, alert the coast-guard for me, eh?

A driver error, eh? That's all the info it gives? Are all your hard- & optical drives accessible? Once Windows boots, if you go into the Device Manager, are (m)any items flagged with a yellow exclamation point?

[jow104]

Nothing is flagged. opened each item in device manager.



edit
I went back into device manager and opened and everything is flagged working properly.
but in the System Devices there are a lot of items that state no drivers are installed for this device, however when looking at the drivers tab there are microsoft drivers mentioned. One significant is motherboard resources as such.Any comment?

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

First things first... no more errors re the Hypertransport sync flood? [fingers xed]

OK... nothing is flagged? Hmmm... I assume that you've checked that all the devices/peripherals you have plugged in are working? They may not show up in Device Mgr - if a device suddenly isn't detected at the BIOS level WinXP/Vista tends to auto-remove 'em from the list. (This is an area where W98SE & Win2K were better, IMHO.)

Now I'd rather be in your seat, as my next step would be to look through the BIOS settings to see just what's enabled and what's not. It's possible (not probable, but possible ) that something has become enabled although you don't physically have the hardware, eg. an on-board modem or RAID.

I'd also like to dig around in your system logs and see if any services/hardware have changed to different drivers, as it's possible that your mobo has "lost" some newer functions (maybe thru HW failure or a bad BIOS update) but Windows is smart enough to use older alternatives. eg. you may've lost USB2.0 but things'll still work using USB1.0 protocols. To be honest, that example isn't really accurate, but it gives you the idea without the technobabble. This is even less likely, but it happens.

Ain't computers fun?

[jow104]

Skew
First things first... no more errors re the Hypertransport sync flood? [fingers xed]
correct no more at the moment since I did that nasty update.

Will go an investigate BIOS next and let you know what I dig up.

BIOS is a nasty word, I was instructed in my early computer days not to go there. I suppose I must try and be a big boy now.


Thanks for staying the course with me.

[jow104]

to Skew.

Went into BIOS advanced Bios features.

Quick boot = enabled
full screen = enabled

boot sector protection= Disabled
boot to OS/2 = no
Boot up num- lock led on
boot sequence (press enter) = Enabled highlighted so pressed enter.


I dont know how to get to the System Log

PS All hardware devices are working.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

The pages we're interested in will be the ones to do with "Integrated Peripherals" and "Advanced Chipset features." Depending on the flavour of your BIOS, they may be called something else but should still cover the equivalent functions.

[jow104]

Skew
Ive opened a new thread "my pc trouble".
This thread is taking a long time to open. Many thanks for perseverance.