GA-965P-DS3 "BIOS auto recover from hard drive"

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I have a similar problem, my PC was fine until I went to install Vista 64 bit. While it was installing, everything seemed to go fine, and I went to get a drink, came back, and the screen was black. I rebooted, and started to get the "BIOS auto recover from hard drive" message.

I've disconnected the hard drives and attempted to reboot from DVD and a flash drive, but it doesn't seem to attempt either. Just shows the message, and stops.

I've removed and replaced all the RAM, and the graphics card, no beeps, no changes.

I am not sure how to remove the CMOS battery, there's a little clip that kind of sticks out, but pushing/pulling lightly did not seem to move it at all, so if anyone can tell me how to get that out, I'll try that.


Any other ideas?

thanks,

bill

EDIT - I got the battery out, the clip had to go up to release it. But, nothing changed at all. Still same error

Well, after trying almost everything, I finally pulled the CPU and replaced it with an older one, and Viola. I guess the CPU crapped out during Vista installation, or some hardware incompatibility occurred, I don't know.

You may have one of the Rev. 1 boards. If you look at the CPU support list you'll find that most of the 45nm/1333+ FSB CPUs aren't supported. The Rev 3.3 boards are ok.