Must Press F1 to continue

[jeff]

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I have a computer that I just put a new hard drive into with fresh
install of Win XP home. It's an Intel board and the start up always
pauses after the messages that it's detected a keyboard and mouse and
usb. Then it pauses and just says press F1 to continue.
Pressing F1 makes it continue to start up normally.
I have reset the Bios values to defaults and tried to change several of
them, with not effect at all. If I unplug the keyboard it sometimes
skips the F1 pause.

The intel website has not proved helpful. They don't have any discussion
groups either.

Any ideas on how I could make it just start up without me pressing F1?

Jeff

 

[Guest]

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You can try going to the bios and check the boot order of your hard drives,
make sure that system hard drive is listed first.
Try that.

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"Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a computer that I just put a new hard drive into with fresh
> install of Win XP home. It's an Intel board and the start up always
> pauses after the messages that it's detected a keyboard and mouse and
> usb. Then it pauses and just says press F1 to continue.
> Pressing F1 makes it continue to start up normally.
> I have reset the Bios values to defaults and tried to change several of
> them, with not effect at all. If I unplug the keyboard it sometimes
> skips the F1 pause.
>
> The intel website has not proved helpful. They don't have any discussion
> groups either.
>
> Any ideas on how I could make it just start up without me pressing F1?
>
> Jeff

 

[Guest]

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Jeff,
This issue could be as easy as replacing the cmos battery on the
motherboard, resetting the time/date & bios defaults.
If the battery is shot, the bios loses it's mind between boots, hence
press F1 to continue. You said you put in a new drive, was it a sata
drive?
Just guessing because you didn't give us any stats on your computer,
except that it's an Intel.
Best,
Treeman


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[Guest]

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In the BIOS, try changing the "Halt on error" setting.

Jeff wrote:

> I have a computer that I just put a new hard drive into with fresh
> install of Win XP home. It's an Intel board and the start up always
> pauses after the messages that it's detected a keyboard and mouse and
> usb. Then it pauses and just says press F1 to continue.
> Pressing F1 makes it continue to start up normally.
> I have reset the Bios values to defaults and tried to change several of
> them, with not effect at all. If I unplug the keyboard it sometimes
> skips the F1 pause.
>
> The intel website has not proved helpful. They don't have any discussion
> groups either.
>
> Any ideas on how I could make it just start up without me pressing F1?
>
> Jeff

 

[jeff]

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I handn't thought of the battery.
Wouldn't it lose the date and time if the battery was dead?

"Treeman" wrote:

>
> Jeff,
> This issue could be as easy as replacing the cmos battery on the
> motherboard, resetting the time/date & bios defaults.
> If the battery is shot, the bios loses it's mind between boots, hence
> press F1 to continue. You said you put in a new drive, was it a sata
> drive?
> Just guessing because you didn't give us any stats on your computer,
> except that it's an Intel.
> Best,
> Treeman
>
>
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[Guest]

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Yes.

Jeff wrote:

> I handn't thought of the battery.
> Wouldn't it lose the date and time if the battery was dead?
>
> "Treeman" wrote:
>
>
>>Jeff,
>>This issue could be as easy as replacing the cmos battery on the
>>motherboard, resetting the time/date & bios defaults.
>>If the battery is shot, the bios loses it's mind between boots, hence
>>press F1 to continue. You said you put in a new drive, was it a sata
>>drive?
>>Just guessing because you didn't give us any stats on your computer,
>>except that it's an Intel.
>>Best,
>>Treeman
>>
>>
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"Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BF050905-CE76-4FB1-BB88-D357DCF089E8@microsoft.com...
>I have a computer that I just put a new hard drive into with fresh
> install of Win XP home. It's an Intel board and the start up always
> pauses after the messages that it's detected a keyboard and mouse and
> usb. Then it pauses and just says press F1 to continue.
> Pressing F1 makes it continue to start up normally.
> I have reset the Bios values to defaults and tried to change several of
> them, with not effect at all. If I unplug the keyboard it sometimes
> skips the F1 pause.
>
> The intel website has not proved helpful. They don't have any discussion
> groups either.
>
> Any ideas on how I could make it just start up without me pressing F1?
>
> Jeff

I had a computer that was doing that; not a new build, it just started
happening. What it ended up being was a dying hard drive. Once I replaced
the drive, everything was fine.

I know you said you just put in a new drive, but being new doesn't guarantee
anything. I've had plenty that were bad right out of the box.

 

[frank]

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When the F1 message comes up on an Intel board it usually
means that there is an error in the BIOS setup. I have to
assume that this is an older board because there is no setup
defaults in the newer boards. In the older board there is
a HDD detection, which if set to AUTO should work.
Intel recommends that if something is not used, it should be
disabled. i.e. com ports, parallel ports or whatever.

"Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BF050905-CE76-4FB1-BB88-D357DCF089E8@microsoft.com...

>I have a computer that I just put a new hard drive into with fresh
> install of Win XP home. It's an Intel board and the start up always
> pauses after the messages that it's detected a keyboard and mouse and
> usb. Then it pauses and just says press F1 to continue.
> Pressing F1 makes it continue to start up normally.
> I have reset the Bios values to defaults and tried to change several of
> them, with not effect at all. If I unplug the keyboard it sometimes
> skips the F1 pause.
>
> The intel website has not proved helpful. They don't have any discussion
> groups either.
>
> Any ideas on how I could make it just start up without me pressing F1?

 

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Jeff,
Are you using a USB keyboard or mouse?
If so, in the bios under USB, enable legacy support.
Please post the make & model of your computer. If you want to find out
what's under the hood, see here;
'EVEREST Home Edition'
(http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=1&lang=en)
Thanks,
Treeman


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