I just replied to Joey's message and mixed your name up with Andy's. Sorry! I'm afraid the mobo has a serious problem, as resetting made it completely inoperative. One long beep, repeated every few seconds, and a "No signal input" message on the monitor (sometimes--other times blank).
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From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
Date: 2003/06/02 Mon PM 12:34:25 EDT
To: NOLUG ML <nolug@joeykelly.net>
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Can't disable BIOS Guardian
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 10:58, jdtiede@bellsouth.net wrote:
> When I brought my friend's PC back from Pass Christian to get
> the e-mail access working after upgrading to RH9, as soon as I
> tried to boot it here I got a message about having to disable
> BIOS Guardian before making any BIOS config changes. But I never
> enabled BIOS Guardian! It was booting fine in MS, but now when
> it gets to that message it freezes and the only way to start it
> again is to reboot. But it still won't go beyond that point. HD
> books in another computer. Could the motherboard have been damaged
> riding in the car? I had it in the front passenger seat with the
> seat belt around it. It's an FIC AD-11 and not more than a year
> old. Is there a fix for this or will I have to replace the mobo?
So there's no way to bet into the BIOS setup program? What about
resetting the BIOS?
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