cannot boot HD,after replaced CMOS 3v lithium battery ?!

[jazzbo54]

cannot boot HD,after replaced CMOS 3v lithium battery ?!

cannot boot HD,after replaced CMOS 3v lithium battery is cheap radio shack CR-2032,


brand name "morris"pentium PC
3yr old canadian clone

parts ,chips have these names:
via ATSONIC mobo


now HD wont boot?

it boots fine on another PC

[drn]

have you reset you bios yet and auto detected your harddrive in your bios again

[jazzbo54]

HD wont boot.no beeps,but see lights its getting power, ........it was set to auto detect HD...BUT I cannot get it to boot????

[PassnThru]

Assuming that you did not disconnet the drive during the battery replacement (if you did, make sure you got the IDE connector in right - pin one is usually toward the power connector). Sounds like you cleared your normal BIOS settings when replacing the battery. Make sure that your hard drive is still listed in the boot sequence. Try booting from a floppy if your A drive is your first boot device. Most BIOS setup screens have an option (in mine it's IDE HDD Auto Detection) which will look at the devices on your IDE channels and try to determine their characteristics rather than waiting for the boot process. Try this out and see what you come up with.

[jazzbo54]

cant boot from a floppy ,nor any other way,no beeps,but it is getting power-see lights,checked cables many times,.........this is a mystery

[chuckiechan]

Lets start from the beginning...

Why did you change your battery..i.e. what led you to think it was bad?
Were you trying to solve a problem?

I guess you are in your BIOS ok, so re-boot with the defaults. If that dosen't work should try a new battery and be sure you have the correct one (you probably do). Check to see that the battery contacts are clean so your bios is getting power when you shut down.

Next, start checking connections and try a different power plug on the HDD & floppy, or test the power supply with a volt meter. Check to see that your memory hasn't come unseated.

Good luck...



[This message has been edited by chuckiechan (edited 10-08-2000).]