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ou812

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Mar 21st 2012, 16:15:06

Almost every time my roommate boots up his comp it freezes halfway thru loading the the bios status bar. He'll have to power off then power back up (once or twice) before it goes thru and loads up. What might be causing this and how would I go about fixing it? Update the bios?

Azz Kikr

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Mar 21st 2012, 16:21:43

update the bios, replace the cmos battery maybe, check the bios logs (if there are any) to see if it has a record of something breaking
sounds like something hardwareish is crapping out. not familiar with much else able to interrupt bios.

ou812

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Mar 21st 2012, 16:23:40

I'll try updating the bios. Let ya know if that solves it.

xman

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Mar 21st 2012, 16:34:56

cant say I've seen a bios with a loading bar.

NukEvil

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Mar 21st 2012, 16:36:12

Last time I saw a BIOS with a loading bar was on an old Gateway circa 1998...

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Azz Kikr

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Mar 21st 2012, 16:37:03

dells have 'em. dunno about other brands these days.

Dibs Ludicrous

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Mar 21st 2012, 16:37:58

mine show the Dell icon, with a bar underneath it.

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xman

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Mar 21st 2012, 16:38:36

Maybe that's the problem then....

Dibs Ludicrous

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Mar 21st 2012, 16:41:32

it's obvious that it's just old and needs more Viagra.

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Mar 21st 2012, 17:00:57

Well the loading bar is a quick test of hardware. So I'd run a memory test at least, and disconnect any external devices.

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Marshal

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Mar 21st 2012, 17:48:41

fujitsu has that load bar too and 1 of reasons why it stops is faulty harddrive, other possibilities are faulty memory/ies or even motherboard etc.when doing cold boot its possible that harddrive won't start spinning early enuf so computer won't start normally.

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Kingme

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Mar 21st 2012, 19:40:56

See if there is an option for quick boot, and turn it off. It might show you more info as it goes through the POST.

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Mar 21st 2012, 19:46:37

I had an issue like this with a linux box, but it happened at varying times in the load up and randomly while it was already booted. It was a fluffty computer so we didn't spend the time to figure it out really, but it's most likely a hardware issue, our guess was a dying power supply.

Kingme

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Mar 21st 2012, 19:54:00

I would say it definitely is a hardware issue, given where the problem occurs.

Marco

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Mar 21st 2012, 21:48:14

Probably the system not paying the proper toll for the north bridge, reboot recalculates the route through the south bridge and on to never never land

Marco

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Mar 21st 2012, 21:49:28

I'd probably think along the lines of tertius, power fault somewhere

Xinhuan

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Mar 21st 2012, 23:01:00

You can usually press the ESC key or some other key (try random function keys or the DEL key) to get rid of the loading bar and show the actual BIOS POST screen.

Marshal

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Mar 21st 2012, 23:13:00

and next time you goto bios disable that logo and also quick boot.

sigma

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Mar 22nd 2012, 1:58:48

Remove any USB devices that may be hooked into the computer, restart.

ou812

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Mar 22nd 2012, 3:50:39

i APPREECIATE EVERYBODY'S REPONSER. (Damn caps). I DL"d the bios update and then I went to work but he said it hasn't happened since.l.. Thanks azzz

Cougar

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Mar 22nd 2012, 4:00:25

As always, the solution is one of three things:

1) Make sure it's plugged in
2) Restart your computer
3) Check for an update

Cougar

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Mar 22nd 2012, 4:02:29

And yes, I realize its already been solved, but in my time doing IT, it was always one of those things.

Or corruption. Lots of that ;)

didleoman

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Mar 22nd 2012, 4:23:15

Originally posted by Cougar:

As always, the solution is one of three things:

1) Make sure it's plugged in
2) Restart your computer
3) Check for an update

always the first three questions when troubleshooting as IT for those that call for help

Marshal

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Mar 22nd 2012, 18:18:36

yea even if used web realtime support.

iSigma

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Mar 23rd 2012, 0:40:22

Tell you're friend to buy a new one..thats a good choice mate...

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