Jerry,
Open the box and remove the BIOS battery for a couple of minutes, and
then replace it. If the behavior continues, you have a proprietary BIOS
that I can't help with. If it comes back to "new computer" defaults, the
problem is fixed: the machine had a CMOS-infector virus.
HTH.
Bill
On 5/1/2018 11:53 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
I have a guy with an older system
Core2 duo CPU
4GB ddr2 scramble
Dell motherboard
The problem is when I boot with a known good bootable Linux usb
Ubuntu, Fedora the system fails to post.
1. Dell logo comes up
2. Press F12 (boot) or F2 (setup) the light flashes on the usb and the
system is otherwise frozen.
3. Neither the setup nor boot menu come up
However, when I use a bootable gparted USB it comes up fine. When I go to
the boot menu and select the usb, it boots.
Sent from Galaxy S8 Android
Jerry Feldman <gaf.li...@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix
http://www.blu.org
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