I have an old machine that I use for testing and during setting up a dual boot I had to change the boot order. Now it worked the first time but the dual boot did not set up so I went back and tried setting the boot order again - no luck.
I replaced the CMOS battery and following the change I cannot set the date as in it is the 23rd September 2017 but the moment I set other things such as boot order the date reverts back to the 1st September 2017. Am now having problems getting into the BIOS and I am wondering if the thing is bricked especially after the issue I had with the date just a bit earlier.
Any ideas most welcome.
Edit: Have sorted the date it is in US time config and we use day/month but the thing is still not booting to anything.
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Own build (new) Desk1 / Asus ROG Win 7 / Desk2 1st build
OS
Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
One other Desktop (tester) and spare Toshba laptop both with SSD's
Running Kaspersky 2016 ISS on all machines config'd identically
Logitec audio stereo systems on each machine (x3)
Canon MG5250MFC
Router/modem TP-Link running WPA2SK
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8H77-M
Memory
8.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Sound Card
On Board
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 24"
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
(1) INTEL SSDSC2CT180A3 ATA Device (2) ST500DM002-1BD142 ATA Device (3) WDC WD3200AAKS-75L9A0 ATA Device (4) Generic- Compact Flash USB Device (5) Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device (6) Generic- SD/MMC USB Device (7) Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB
no Mitchell mate it just beeps the once so I know the RAM is ok but it just sits there with the Intel screen and the options for BIOS Boot menu etc I just cannot get into the BIOS.
Have tried inserting the OEM disk - nothing doesn't even get it whirring and clicking away just seems to have lost any options of where to boot from.
As I said I was setting up a dual boot of Ubuntu and 7 the 7 already being on the machine and it did boot into Ubuntu the once from the Yumi stick and then after a restart to test whether I was getting a choice between the Ubuntu and 7 - nothing.
I did previously have Zorin on as a dual boot and had left it alone a for some time and on trying it again found it was really screwed up after a software update which left me wondering what they had done to Zorin because it was running really well and hence my change of mind for a Ubuntu which I have used before so I know it is stable as far as I know anyway.
But as luck will have it my spare desktop that my son had built and didn't want anymore which was also not working I rigged up and now is working and simply because I think borrowing the CMOS battery for the tester has reset it to Gigabytes default settings and now is working fine.
All the same I want to get the tester working as I do test a fair but of free software's on it from time to time. So I am just wondering if the BIOS was bricked surely I wouldn't get that Intel screen or would I?
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Own build (new) Desk1 / Asus ROG Win 7 / Desk2 1st build
OS
Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
One other Desktop (tester) and spare Toshba laptop both with SSD's
Running Kaspersky 2016 ISS on all machines config'd identically
Logitec audio stereo systems on each machine (x3)
Canon MG5250MFC
Router/modem TP-Link running WPA2SK
