(September 29, 2011 at 6:18 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I'm setting up my old (and I mean, 5 years old) PC at my new place, but when I turned it on, the screen went straight to a blank screen with a flashing _ cursor.
It skipped the BIOS completely, and everything is non-responsive. I reckon (as do some internet forums I searched) it's the BIOS battery that is out of juice. I just wondered if anyone thought any different, or if the most tech savvy out there agree with me.
I've seen that behavior before, as Blaspheme suggested I reset the cards & RAM & also reset the BIOS (shorted the jumpers) & the PC started working correctly.
What are you doing with the old PCs Adrian?
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
