BIOS Screen Keeps Opening at Start-Up (laptop, desktop, keyboard, reset)
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Hi, I tried to find a solution to my pc issue, but the problem keeps coming back. Maybe there's a simple solution, but I'm not very tech-savvy. I have an ASUS eee 1050ha - it's under 2 years old and I only use it about twice a week, so the battery is still good and still holds an 8 hr charge.
About 2 weeks ago I turned it on and it opened up to the BIOS screen, American MegaTrends. This had never happened before & I'd never seen that screen before--I thought it was a virus. I didn't know how to exit from it and inadvertently erased everything, so it started from a clean slate. I discovered that f1 would've bypassed the BIOS and taken me to the Windows screen...Yeah, live and learn.
The problem is, it still opens up to the this BIOS screen at start-up. I have to reset the 'silent boot' as well as the 'time/date' for every new session. I say every "new" session because once I set it, shut it down to test whether the changes stuck, then restart it, everything seems to be okay. However, tomorrow it will be the same problem again with the BIOS screen opening, with 'silent boot' disabled, and the date starting at January 1, 2002. It appears that after, I assume, so many hours, my notebook does not 'hold' any of the changes I made to the BIOS screen. Any help would be appreciated. And, please...use laymens terms, as I am a ditz when it comes to technology. Thanks in advance.
Last edited by dee007; 05-27-2011 at 10:29 PM..
Reason: erroneous explanation
The fact that you loose the settings plus the date and time means it is the CMOS battery, a coin type battery on the mother board has finally give it up, and you need to replace the battery. It is a 3v battery about the size of a quarter. Can easily find a replacement even at a grocery store, but certainly at a Radio Shack
The fact that you loose the settings plus the date and time means it is the CMOS battery, a coin type battery on the mother board has finally give it up, and you need to replace the battery. It is a 3v battery about the size of a quarter. Can easily find a replacement even at a grocery store, but certainly at a Radio Shack
I've never even heard or knew anything about a "CMOS" battery. I just assumed that the only battery was the big heavy one. I will look into it & hope that is the issue. I also hope it's something simple enough that someone like me can change it!
Thank you all for your advice. It's much appreciated!
Desktops also have a CMOS battery, and exhibit the same symptoms.
I asked the question because a laptop keyboard is not quite as easy to replace as a desktop keyboard and wanted to save the OP some grief and money......
Sorry I didn't explain why I didn't go into my reasons when I asked the question, didn't think it was necessary to show people how smart I was like some other people.
I asked the question because a laptop keyboard is not quite as easy to replace as a desktop keyboard and wanted to save the OP some grief and money......
Sorry I didn't explain why I didn't go into my reasons when I asked the question, didn't think it was necessary to show people how smart I was like some other people.
But the symptoms don't fit a stuck key in any way, even mentioning the keyboard is misleading to the OP.
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