Maybe manager wanna write goddamn log-in page himself
Okay, tech-savvy types: see if you can figure THIS one out.
My desktop, roughly a year and a half ago, spontaneously developed the following problem. When I turned it on, the motherboard logo would flash, followed by a blinky cursor in the upper left side of the screen, then . . . nothing. I could leave it on for eight hours and still that cursor would be blinking. The BIOS was accessible and fully functional. Sometimes the computer would boot normally, usually after I'd left it for an hour or so.
I recently reformatted and reinstalled Windows (XP, to be thorough), but I didn't flash or otherwise mess with the BIOS.
The first problem seems to be gone, replaced by something worse. Now a third of the time when I turn it on, a motherboard system warning goes off. The warnings aren't detailed in the manual, and I can't find any info online. (It's an ASUS M2N-SLI, and the warning is a long beep followed by two short beeps.) Another third of the time, the computer boots normally, but a few seconds after booting to the desktop restarts itself and plays the system warning. The last third of the time, the computer boots normally and is fully functional, like right now.
So, um, any ideas? I'm leaning toward "I need a new motherboard" but will gladly entertain less . . . drastic solutions.
My desktop, roughly a year and a half ago, spontaneously developed the following problem. When I turned it on, the motherboard logo would flash, followed by a blinky cursor in the upper left side of the screen, then . . . nothing. I could leave it on for eight hours and still that cursor would be blinking. The BIOS was accessible and fully functional. Sometimes the computer would boot normally, usually after I'd left it for an hour or so.
I recently reformatted and reinstalled Windows (XP, to be thorough), but I didn't flash or otherwise mess with the BIOS.
The first problem seems to be gone, replaced by something worse. Now a third of the time when I turn it on, a motherboard system warning goes off. The warnings aren't detailed in the manual, and I can't find any info online. (It's an ASUS M2N-SLI, and the warning is a long beep followed by two short beeps.) Another third of the time, the computer boots normally, but a few seconds after booting to the desktop restarts itself and plays the system warning. The last third of the time, the computer boots normally and is fully functional, like right now.
So, um, any ideas? I'm leaning toward "I need a new motherboard" but will gladly entertain less . . . drastic solutions.