Startup updated Saturday Oct 24

Unbirthday · **Posted:** October 22nd, 2009, 10:07 am

Every time I start up my computer I have to press F1 to continue start up. I'm getting rather tired of this and would like to fix this.

Anyone willing to help me figure out what is wrong or suggest possible fixes?

Thanks

Saturday Oct 24
Here's the latest information:

So this is what it says word for word. Can anyone help me further with this given information?

Quote:

Invalid confinguration information please run setup

Performing auto IDE configuation
Primary master: IDE Disk Drive
Primary slave: IDE Disk Drive
Secondary master: CD-Rom Drive

Time of day not set please run setup
Aleart! System battery voltage low.

Strike F1 key to continue, F2 to run setup.

Hope this helps.

Adbot · **Posted:** October 22nd, 2009, 10:07 am

Aquw VettelS 776 · **Posted:** October 22nd, 2009, 4:48 pm

What are you pressing F1 for? On the screen it should tell you what F1 actually does.

Unbirthday · **Posted:** October 22nd, 2009, 5:49 pm

aquw 776 wrote:

What are you pressing F1 for? On the screen it should tell you what F1 actually does.

All I get is this

Quote:

press f1 to continue or f2 to enter setup.

Does it matter if I added the old hard drive to this computer. I only added it and kept the one that came with this tower the same. So now I not only have a C & D drive but an F drive as well.

Al3X · **Posted:** October 22nd, 2009, 6:30 pm

Sounds like something with your BIOS have you recently updated it?

Unbirthday · **Posted:** October 22nd, 2009, 6:44 pm

Al3X wrote:

Sounds like something with your BIOS have you recently updated it?

No, but if I need to I will. I just don't know what to change or how to update it.

Aquw VettelS 776 · **Posted:** October 23rd, 2009, 6:46 am

I'm assuming you only have the one operating system installed?

Try going into the BIOS settings and resetting them to their defaults.

Adbot · **Posted:** October 23rd, 2009, 6:46 am

Unbirthday · **Posted:** October 23rd, 2009, 3:27 pm

aquw 776 wrote:

I'm assuming you only have the one operating system installed?

Try going into the BIOS settings and resetting them to their defaults.

How do I find out what their default settings were?

Aquw VettelS 776 · **Posted:** October 23rd, 2009, 4:26 pm

I can't normally, but there will always be an option to have the defaults set for you.

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

I had to do something similar, though it may have been F2. Either way, it was caused by me incorrectly installing a second operating system on my desktop. If you're in Windows, there should be an option to check the boot file by running msconfig. If it finds any errors (missing operating systems, for example) it can correct them, and hopefully fix your problem.

Unbirthday · **Posted:** October 24th, 2009, 3:08 pm

So this is what it says word for word. Can anyone help me further with this given information?

Quote:

Invalid confinguration information please run setup

Performing auto IDE configuation
Primary master: IDE Disk Drive
Primary slave: IDE Disk Drive
Secondary master: CD-Rom Drive

Time of day not set please run setup
Aleart! System battery voltage low.

Strike F1 key to continue, F2 to run setup.

Hope this helps.

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

Sounds like your CMOS battery is basically dead. You should see a button cell on your motherboard.. Just get that replaced, and it'll probably be fixed.

Killjoy · **Posted:** October 25th, 2009, 12:22 pm

Pfkninenines wrote:

Sounds like your CMOS battery is basically dead. You should see a button cell on your motherboard.. Just get that replaced, and it'll probably be fixed.

That happened to me and I replaced the battery and it worked so that is your best bet.

Unbirthday · **Posted:** October 25th, 2009, 9:37 pm

Hmm, thanks. It seems like I just replaced it within the last six months, but then again I can't remember if it was this tower or another tower ... I'll give it a try and let you all know how it pans out.

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

You could have replaced it quite recently, but it could have happened that the battery you put in was a dud, or that somewhere in your system there is a short circuit that drains power.

Unbirthday · **Posted:** October 28th, 2009, 4:41 am

It worked amazingly. Thank you all for your help.