Windows loading on restart

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Windows XP will not load when restarting from a powered up situation or when
starting from cold if the PC has power switched on. It will only load if I
switch the power off at the wall socket and the switch it back on again
before pressing the PC start button. This only started happening after I
had flashed a BIOS upgrade to the PC. Other than this the PC is running
well. I wanted to look at the BIOS and CMOS setups to see if they gave a
clue but can't seem to enter setup mode when starting up. I have tried
various combinations of pressing Esc, Del, F2, F7, F8, F10 etc at startup but
none take me into setup.
I'm not a very experienced user so would appreciate help from some of you
experts out there.

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Hondaman wrote:
> Windows XP will not load when restarting from a powered up situation
> or when starting from cold if the PC has power switched on. It will
> only load if I switch the power off at the wall socket and the switch
> it back on again before pressing the PC start button. This only
> started happening after I had flashed a BIOS upgrade to the PC.
> Other than this the PC is running well. I wanted to look at the
> BIOS and CMOS setups to see if they gave a clue but can't seem to
> enter setup mode when starting up. I have tried various
> combinations of pressing Esc, Del, F2, F7, F8, F10 etc at startup but
> none take me into setup.
> I'm not a very experienced user so would appreciate help from some of
> you experts out there.

The BIOS has nothing whatsoever to do with Windows, your computer does *NOT*
require an OS to be able to enter it. Only you know what key to press. If it
doesn't tell you at start up (mine states "Press Del to enter Setup" ) then
RTFM. All motherboards (or prebuilt systems) come with FM. It is up to you
to read it and *learn* what key to press.