Cosmin Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 It's a system from work that acts a little bit wierd since 3-4days. Simply won't login into windows (xp sp3) and often gives an alarm-signal(probably from motherboard) which force user to restart/shutdown. On bios-post simmilar with the img. attached the middle of the screen is full of "s" from "Processsss...sor".. temperatures are ok, no virus inside..cooler works as normal.. what can be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted March 20, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 20, 2013 Did you try to reset the BIOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Could be a corrupted BIOS or faulty RAM Try flashing the latest BIOS, if already on it, see if it will let you flash it again Run memtest86+ on the RAM too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted March 20, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted March 20, 2013 ive certainly never seen that before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpifIcan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Don't forget to change the CMOS battery it can cause many strange conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rk_b0mb Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Wow that's weird. The above posters have it right: replace battery, reset cmos, and if that doesn't work reflash the bios and do a memtest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nylonee Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Now this is definitely scarier than a BSOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 Try flashing the latest BIOS, if already on it, see if it will let you flash it againRun memtest86+ on the RAM too The latest version is pretty old : A7N266-VM BIOS 1007 2003.08.20 update :| .. tried with every single RAM but no changes. Changing CMOS battery for ? I know that's responsable for date/time..there are more? The problem is that I cannot start the O.S due this behaviour.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted March 20, 2013 Veteran Share Posted March 20, 2013 i would pop the cmos battery and then see if it still happens if it does you can try flashing the BIOS and see if that resolves the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ_ Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Agree with those who have recommended a BIOS reflash even if there is no newer version, it can do wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 it will be necessary to reinstall O.S too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted March 20, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 20, 2013 No, your OS is fine. All BIOS does is fax the information to your OS, not attached to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcfan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 that's actually lolololololol. motherboard is laughing at you. :) but on the real,sounds like faulty ram. try taking out the ram chips,cleaning then reseating. if you have more than one DIMM,try each separate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropheed Veteran Posted March 21, 2013 Veteran Share Posted March 21, 2013 Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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