> On 4/19/07, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've just attempted to reboot and my ASUS P5P800mx motherboard doesn't >> get >> past the splash screen. Can't enter the BIOS setup. No strange beeps. >> I'm >> guessing that's serious. > > I've had this problem a couple of times with different machines, and a > slight jiggle and/or reinsertion of the RAM fixed it. Of course your > problem could be entirely different, but my symptoms were identical to > yours. Just an idea. ;) > > David
Thanks to all that replied. Behind the pretty splash screen[1] was an actual informative message: "checking NVRAM"..... The cure was to remove the RAM and reinsert it. David [1] Yet another triumph of style over substance. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
