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    ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe can't enter bios

    Hi,

    I have a ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe with Award Bios 6.00, the pc runs smoothly, but I cannot enter the bios, every time I press Del while starting it goes into a blank screen and only on my secondary monitor there's a (what's it in english) blinking cursor line waiting for something typed in at the very top left

    But I didn't set a password and I guess the password entry thing would look different anyway...

    any idea?

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    Hi cwebb1977 welcome to wd forums.

    So I think I'm as puzzled as you why hitting 'del' isn't doing it .. & all I can helpfully add, is that you could clear cmos (via the jumper on the board -see your mannual for details) to get rid of any passwords you might have inadvertently set & also that Asus have a DMI utility which aparently lets you change all the bios values from within windows to be applied on the next restart.

    When I initially read it, I thought it was sat waiting for a cd to be inserted, to boot from & that you should be pressing another key to hit bios (esc or f1 or f2 are the usual 'suspects') - but nope it definately says 'press del'

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    Thanks ed,

    I'll try the windows tool.

    It's really strange, iut says press Del, I do that and nothing happens. All the while my new fan works fine, my new RAM works fine, my new hd will work fine after I get the power cable

    If the windows tool dowsn't work I'll come back, but it should at least help me get some info. thanks again!

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    Quote Originally Posted by cwebb1977
    Thanks ed,

    I'll try the windows tool.

    It's really strange, iut says press Del, I do that and nothing happens. All the while my new fan works fine, my new RAM works fine, my new hd will work fine after I get the power cable

    If the windows tool dowsn't work I'll come back, but it should at least help me get some info. thanks again!
    hi cwebb1977
    had same board same problem bios flash solved it
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    Make sure you are not using a usb keyboard to enter bios ..

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    Hi guys, thanks for all the help so far.

    I got my pc back up and running with the newest BIOS version, but I still cannot access it, which is real bad because now it's running with default settings.

    I got mouse and keyboard on ps2, one with an adapter, so that shouldn't be the problem.

    I still get the same blank screen with "_" blinking in the topleft corner

    any better ideas? didn't find a way to change bios settings from windows...

    theonetruly: really exact same prob? what bios version did you update to?
    Last edited by cwebb1977; March 28th, 2005 at 05:45 PM.

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    I'm gonna try to enter BIOS with another graphic adapter, as a friend suggested. Maybe this will work, what do you think?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cwebb1977
    Hi guys, thanks for all the help so far.

    I got my pc back up and running with the newest BIOS version, but I still cannot access it, which is real bad because now it's running with default settings.

    I got mouse and keyboard on ps2, one with an adapter, so that shouldn't be the problem.

    I still get the same blank screen with "_" blinking in the topleft corner

    any better ideas? didn't find a way to change bios settings from windows...

    theonetruly: really exact same prob? what bios version did you update to?
    hi cwebb1977
    i did update to new bios and if i remember correctly ,i had to go back to an earlyer bios cause i could not access to cmos after that i could enter the cmos just try flashing to an earler bios i cant remember what version good luck
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    K, thanks, I think I'll try that before fiddling with my video adapter.

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    well, I tried starting without video adapter once, then again with the adapter. doesn't work.

    Also awdflash stalls when I try to downgrade to an older bios, do I have to reset everything before doing so?

    the old video adapter I have at home is too new agp 2x which doesn't fit into my mobo

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    Okay guys, still nothing works. Tried another AGP video adapter, nope. Removing parts like RAM or HDDs, nope. Still no access to BIOS...

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    I had this problem with other motherboards due to not clearing the BIOS settings after a BIOS flash. Pull the battery, power and leave it. Give it a few minutes to an hour and plug everything back in and try it again.

    Failing that, I'd suggest testing the battery voltage.
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    I have exactly the same problems with the Asus A7N8X Deluxe.

    I have tried resetting the BIOS by changing the jumper settings.(not tried taking the battery out -yet)

    All of my other hardware has passed various checking tests.

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    Firstly if its not broke why fix it, you could end up with a dead board, but make sure you have tried the following,

    1 take out battery for about 10 mins, then flash cmos via jumper, put battery back.
    2 If your keyboard is ps2 try a different one, it may be a bad button.

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    Very very late: Did you have success? I have the same problem today....

    Quote Originally Posted by cwebb1977 View Post
    Okay guys, still nothing works. Tried another AGP video adapter, nope. Removing parts like RAM or HDDs, nope. Still no access to BIOS...
    Very very late: Did you have success? I have the same problem today....

    Thanks!

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