Other than it asking me to hit an F key before it'll boot into Windows and it turning itself on once a night, it had a previous problem of needing a password, but I fixed that by changing the internal password jumpers (that was the easy one!). Now if I can only get help on these other two problems, it'll be good to go. Please help!
It's a 'failsafe' - You will need to go back into the BIOS - double check the boot settings - and verify the HDD is set to Auto - make sure the RAM installed is the RAM shown on the boot screen.
Ok, once that is done reboot 2x - hit no keys - if it request F1 to continue, CTRL/ALT/DEL reboot. - go into BIOS, go to boot options find the part that states "stop on error" and disable that... reboot.
If that doesn't help Contact me here. I've other solutions to try as it is a DELL and I've dealt with them for years.
SOURCE: Boot problems,have to hit F1 to boot to windows
Can you get it to go into windows at all?
Did you actually change the CPU?
When it says to hit F1, keep hitting it repeatedly, you will kow it acepted it when you hear a little beep from the P.C. Case
then it should go into bios. if not, then it may not be recongnizing the keyboard.
typically this issue occures because the internal clock is off do to apower shortage or the Bios battery has dies. Its a little watch battery on the system board. If you can get into windows, check the date and time, set it and it should sync the bios clock.
Let me know how it goes.
SOURCE: Will not boot
Insert your bootable OS software disc in the CD/DVD drive and boot from the ROM. Run checkdisk and then try to repair the OS from the original OS disc, it should give you a chance to start the PC after that continue as per instructions on the screen...................sodeep
SOURCE: Blank screen on desktop (dell inspiron 530s); requesting a password.
Someone has turned on the BIOS password on you and therefore the PC will not let you boot up unless you enter the correct password. The problem is you cannot turn off the password option unless you know the password. I would start by asking other people who had access to you computer what they set the password to. If nobody comes clean, then you will have to call Dell Tech Support to get them to reset the password for you. They will give you a master BIOS password to override the one set and turn off the option.
SOURCE: My Dell Dimension 8200 PC keeps re booting itself
As soon as u see the black screen...hit F8 repeatedly to get it into Safe Mode.....then go to system restore and reboot/restore system back on a saved day. Then run your virus protection and scan for malware. This should get you back online. You may need a full system scan to locate the effected DLL's anmd killl off your intruder.
SOURCE: boot up screen says "diskette drive 0 seek failure"
Press F2 look through the menus and remove / disable 3.5 floppy drives.
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