Re: american megatrends says my mobo is bad
I agree with resetting the BIOS defaults and see what happens. It sounds like either a video cache has become disabled, your CPU cache has become disabled or possibly the sys clock has been set to a very low value.
Notice what the time is set to when you boot - is it correct or way off? There's a small battery in the computer that keeps the CMOS charged, maintaining BIOS settings when the computer is off. 1.5 years is awful soon for it to die but it's possible the battery needs to be replaced. If it's the problem that's probably how the BIOS settings got changed. The best indicator is that the time is always wrong when you boot up.
The battery is usually the same kind you'd put into a camera or calculator. If that's not happening you might want to call the ppl you bought it from and talk to them about it...
Mike
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