Probably fixable. Could be virus.. if you making in to the windows blue screen of death then its likely a corrupted file or virus.. try powering off , then back on , keep tapping F8 key and choose "last known good configuration " if that does not work, repeat and choose "safe mode" and see if it comes upTurned on the PC this morning and got a dreaded blue screen saying my bios aren't supporting acpi?
Repairable, reloadable, or just replace?
Almost 5 years old.
If it comes up immediately, its likely best replace, may just be a dead cmos battery,.i reckom if you change it. Your self its worth tryingMessage came up immediately.
Doesn't go to windows.
I'm getting no function from keyboard
I'll pull the battery and head to Batteries Plus.If it comes up immediately, its likely best replace, may just be a dead cmos battery,.i reckom if you change it. Your self its worth trying
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You can get almost any cmos battery at.your local drugstoreI'll pull the battery and head to Batteries Plus.
It's worth a try
Heck yeah, it will probably finish that scan and be gtg hopefully2032 which I have a dozen or so for a chicom red dot.
Put a battery in and now its checking system for problems.
Progress
Heck yeah, it will probably finish that scan and be gtg hopefully
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I wouldn't trust that to be a lasting repair. The only reason a CMOS battery would take out the system settings, on most PCs, is if the battery died and the power was disconnected from the wall at the same time. Most modern stuff still supplies voltage to the board even when it's "off". It's also weird for one to die so young, IMO. The last one I had to replace was 15 years old.
There are weird outliers in every situation so anything is possible, but my suggestion would be to do a full backup of the system as soon as possible. If you have happen to already have a Seagate branded USB hard drive, their Discwizard tool does a nice job of making a full backup that is mountable on other machines as well (so if your PC dies you can plug your drive into another computer and have a full backup of it). Other drive manufacturers also have their own software, so if you already own something you can Google to see if it has a backup utility.
What your BIOS/Windows was basically trying to tell you is that it couldn't find a path from the BIOS to a boot drive, and that's not awesome news.
Your input has given me the final reason to buy a new PC. I've had batteries go bad before and the PC would come up but never went to the blue screen before. I put the VOM to the battery I pulled out and got no reading at all from it.
I've built numerous computers over the years.
Last I built was an Athlon 900.
It's been a while.
Your input has given me the final reason to buy a new PC. I've had batteries go bad before and the PC would come up but never went to the blue screen before. I put the VOM to the battery I pulled out and got no reading at all from it.
Sounds like you got lucky for a minute I would at least back up everything right away if you don't already.