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re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 5:22 pm
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Posted by Gil Sery (33 messages posted)

Thanks, Rich. That would explain why, when I just left the computer off for an hour, it still didn't work when I tried an hour later. When you say "try booting to BIOS setup", do you mean when the computer restarts and you have the option of hitting F7 (or whatever key it is) to go into BIOS?

On Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 5:14 pm, Rich Kurtz wrote:
>I would suspect something is not seated properly, since carrying the computer back
>and forth in the car tends to jostle it a bit. Check it over very carefully. Remove
>and reinstall all memory, remove and replug all cables, remove and reinstall all
>PCI cards.
>

Also try booting to BIOS Setup and loading defaults, as that sometimes helps.
>May also be time to replace the CMOS battery (CR2032).

Written in response to:: re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Rich Kurtz: Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 5:14 pm)

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re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Rich Kurtz: Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 10:18 am)

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My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Gil Sery: Wed, Oct 3, 2007, 8:39 am)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Ricer46: Wed, Oct 3, 2007, 4:28 pm)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Gil Sery: Wed, Oct 3, 2007, 4:45 pm)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Rich Kurtz: Wed, Oct 3, 2007, 5:14 pm)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Gil Sery: Wed, Oct 3, 2007, 5:22 pm)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Rich Kurtz: Thu, Oct 4, 2007, 10:18 am)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Ricer46: Wed, Oct 3, 2007, 4:29 pm)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (sean: Wed, Oct 3, 2007, 8:33 pm)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Gil Sery: Wed, Oct 3, 2007, 9:03 pm)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Gil Sery: Thu, Oct 4, 2007, 11:18 am)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (sean: Thu, Oct 4, 2007, 11:47 am)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Gil Sery: Thu, Oct 4, 2007, 2:40 pm)

re: My computer can't do a cold boot, but works fine if I leave it on. (Gil Sery: Thu, Oct 4, 2007, 2:47 pm)

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