Bootup Question

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I am having no luck finding a solution. I just built a system with a Biostar
K8NHA Pro motherboard Nvidia chipset and during the bootup it only shows the
Biostar logo. Is there a way to view the bootup? I would like to see what is
going on. I do not see anything in the BIOS setup to disable the Biostar
splash screen.

The current BIOS Build date is 3-19-04. There is a bios update which I have
a link to, will this solve my problem? Or, will this leave me with a blank
screen during the bootup?



http://www.biostar.com.tw/support/bios/bios.php3?model=K8NHA%20Pro




Thanks
Mark

 

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Try pressing the TAB key.

"MWB" <mark.bickford@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> I am having no luck finding a solution. I just built a system with a
Biostar
> K8NHA Pro motherboard Nvidia chipset and during the bootup it only shows
the
> Biostar logo. Is there a way to view the bootup? I would like to see what
is
> going on. I do not see anything in the BIOS setup to disable the Biostar
> splash screen.
>
> The current BIOS Build date is 3-19-04. There is a bios update which I
have
> a link to, will this solve my problem? Or, will this leave me with a blank
> screen during the bootup?
>
>
>
> http://www.biostar.com.tw/support/bios/bios.php3?model=K8NHA%20Pro
>
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
>

 

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"Edward J. Neth" <ejn63@netscape.com> wrote in message
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> Try pressing the TAB key.
>


Thanks Ed. That was the only key I didn't try. I saw what I wanted to see.

Mark

 

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Mark,

Just about any modern BIOS these days has a setup option to enable or disable
"Silent" power-on self-test (POST). "Silent" usually displays a manufacturer's
logo while the computer counts its memory, tests the floppy drive, etc.
DIsabling the silent mode makes all these details visible during POST.

.... Ben Myers

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 01:56:19 GMT, "MWB" <mark.bickford@verizon.net> wrote:

>
>"Edward J. Neth" <ejn63@netscape.com> wrote in message
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>> Try pressing the TAB key.
>>
>
>
>Thanks Ed. That was the only key I didn't try. I saw what I wanted to see.
>
>Mark
>
>

 

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<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
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> Mark,
>
> Just about any modern BIOS these days has a setup option to enable or
disable
> "Silent" power-on self-test (POST). "Silent" usually displays a
manufacturer's
> logo while the computer counts its memory, tests the floppy drive, etc.
> DIsabling the silent mode makes all these details visible during POST.
>
> ... Ben Myers
>
> On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 01:56:19 GMT, "MWB" <mark.bickford@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Edward J. Neth" <ejn63@netscape.com> wrote in message
> >news:ekFHc.615$Aw3.122@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...
> >> Try pressing the TAB key.
> >>
> >
> >
> >Thanks Ed. That was the only key I didn't try. I saw what I wanted to
see.
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >
>

Ben, I tried that with no luck. I'll try it again. I probably forgot to save
the setting or I did something stupid.I want to get this system up and
running before I mess with a BIOS upgrade. I want to add another hard drive
and CD burner today. This is the second one I've built and it is working
fine so far. I go slowly. The first one I built I cut the end of my right
ring finger off when I stuck it in the CPU fan. It knocked a blade off the
fan which threw off the balance and it hurt. I learned... never put your
hand in a computer when it is running.

I try like hell to figure this stuff out myself. When I'm stumped I will
post in other newsgroups dealing with that problem. In this case no one
knew. I always come back to my old haunt and you and Ed and a few others
have helped me and have always solved my problems.


Thanks so much

Mark