Question PC stuck on BIOS

[Shervan360]

Hello,

How can I fix this issue? When PC turns on, it stucks on this page.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Chances are, the HDD is hosed.

Is this an old PC that you just dug up, and hasn't been in service in a number of years, or is this a daily-driver of yours?

As you can see from the BIOS date, it's a bit dated, from 2005 era.

One of the things that the BIOS does, right after the POST screen, is read from and enumerate the HDDs connected to it. If the HDD is hosed, sometimes it sits at that screen for a minute or two or three.

Try shutting down, unplug power, unplug the HDD data cable(s) from the HDDs, and then plug the PC back in and power on.

See if the BIOS screen progesses past that screen, to a black screen that says something along the lines of:
"No Boot Hard Disk Found, Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to Reboot, or ENTER to Re-Try". I forget the exact working.

If you get that message then, and you can hit CTRL+ALT+DEL on the keyboard, and it reboots, and ultimately ends up at that message again, then the POST and mobo and CPU are mostly fine, but the HDD needs to be replaced.

If it still hangs, consider powering off, and replacing the CMOS coin-cell (CR2032) battery, it may be worn out.

You may get a message after that, when you boot, "Date/Time Incorrect. Press F1 to Continue, or DEL to Enter SETUP."

Of course, hit DEL, go into BIOS, set the Date/Time properly, and then adjust your IDE/AHCI settings for your installed OS, etc.

Is it by any chance one of these three boards?

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Edit: Oh, it's this one:

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You may actually be able to fit a fairly inexpensive SATA 2.5" SSD (512GB-1TB) to that PC, and give it some new life. (Or maybe just a cheap 120GB one.)
Put a fresh copy of Windows 7, or maybe see if Windows 10 will install on it on an SSD. Could be a fun project.

 

[Shmee]

Not worth it, its a socket 775 Celeron.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Not worth it, its a socket 775 Celeron.

Is this an old PC that you just dug up, and hasn't been in service in a number of years, or is this a daily-driver of yours?

If this is some sort of retro-gaming experiment, then perhaps it doesn't make any sense to revive it, but if this is someone's daily-driver?

Then again, you can get refurb SFF Sandy/Ivy quad-cores with SSDs and Win10 for $150-200 all day long.

Then again, if it's just a bad HDD, you can get refurb SATA 160GB/320GB HDDs for $5-10 on ebay.

Newegg had 120GB SATA SSDs for $16.99 direct from Adata the other day, IMHO, that's no too much to spend on that PC, if they actually care to get it working.

 

[msbettyhunt]

worthy solution VirtualLarry!

 

[EXCellR8]

Does the system ever state that the OS is not found?

 

[Furious_Styles]

Wow still rockin' a CRT, nice.