my problem started 2 months ago. I installed a update for lime wire. I shut down the computer and tried booting up the next day would not load past bios. I did some research and found that by pulling the cmos battery might help so i tried that. This was a success. I deleted the program limewire thinking this might have caused the problem. A month goes by, one day while booting the computer i get a bios checksum error. the time and date were incorrect. I did some more research and found this could be related to a dying battery. Replaced cmos battery with a new one. I am still stuck at the bios screen. If i hit f10 right away when i hit the power button, entering setup… will come across the screen and then sits there. If i leave the computer on overnight sometimes i will be in the bios screen. I was able to access bios today and fixed the time and date. I also turned on the boot screen diagnostics and from my understanding the computer will tell me what it’s doing as it loads.
so i made sure that the bios saved the date and time. exited saving changes and same problem. I turned off the computer and let it sit before powering. The boot diagnostics says Initializing usb controllers but stops there.
I have also tried reseting the cmos by using the jumper and powering up with just the monitor plugged in to see if my keyboard or mouse could be the problem. I should also inform you that after being on all night the power supply is very warm so im wondering if i might be overheating. I hear the fan running.
I am using a hp pavillion slimline s 3400t intel core 2 duo e4600 2.40 ghz cpu speed is 2.40 ghz/fsb speed 800 mhz
the bios is a phoenix-award bios v6.00pg
Try and get into the bios. You are looking for the Boot menu. there it will list the order in which it tries to boot from. usually it is CD-Rom first, hard drive second, removable last. There might also be a USB boot option. If that is on, turn it off. Make sure the CD and hard drive are listed as first boot options. It isn’t seeing the OS which makes me believe it is trying to boot from USB.
Check the settings in the bios. It may be that it changed or deleted drive settings or other settings needed to boot.
Be sure you have the battery in correctly too.