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Andrewllan · December 6th 05, 02:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.hardware

Thanks Very Much for your help I will try and change battery
Andrewllan

"Mike M" wrote:

Well it's your bios talking to you and there has to be a reason. This has
nothing to do with the operating system you have installed. I think it
quite likely that your problem is due to a failed or failing motherboard
battery as this will cause the CMOS to lose its data when the machine is
turned off, meaning that the bios has to redetect your hardware including
your hard disk, keyboard and mouse before it can proceed. I'm uncertain
however as to why pressing F2 doesn't access the bios given that you are
using a PS2 keyboard.
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Mike Maltby

Andrewllan wrote:

I get no response from pressing f2 or enter it just hangs
The message says "press f2 to enter BIOS or del to enter CMOS"
Is this a battery problem