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Bruce R

Posted 31/08/2008 15:44:15

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I agree with EdP, avoid BIOS Upgrades unless you are sure that they are needed. However, if you have been changing drives and booting OSs around, the BIOS can simply get confused and even result in no operating system found messages. Smile

So, try going in to the BIOS and resetting to fail-safe defaults and perform a couple of Restarts from cold, as that will often sort it out. THEN you can re-establish all your desired BIOS settings and re-save them ? Wink

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Posted 31/08/2008 22:51:13

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by flashing i did mean just resetting it, using the jumper pins, not reinstalling it. i apologize for the confusion
i know better than to update for no reason. Tongue

anyway i have tried all of the above to no avail. diskcheck reported no problems.
no idea what to do, looks like i will be ordering a new mobo then, i need my computer back.

cheers Smile

Edit//
no changes were made to the system at all when the problem occurred,uninstalled Ubuntu and still managed 2 clean restarts before the problem arose so i dont think it was that which has caused this. the system has been overclocked for months with no problems, and nothing else to note.

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Posted 31/08/2008 23:01:39

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PSU flakey?

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Posted 31/08/2008 23:48:58

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shouldnt be, its not that old.
Trust 570W and it was about £40
was bought at the same time as the mobo
thanks

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Posted 01/09/2008 23:39:31

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ok i cant think of anything else to do so i am going to buy a new motherboard and HDD, wanted too anyway and this has just given me a reason Wink

so unless anyone else has anymore tips on trying to fix this i was looking at getting the Asus P5K Premium WiFi AP and a Samsung Spinpoint F1. good choice?

thanks again Smile

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