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  1. September 26th, 2004, 05:44 PM #1
    fortyfootecho
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    cannot enter bios or boot

    I have an Asrock k741gx
    At POST i cannot enter bios setup, keyboard buttons do not seem to work, the hard drive i am using already has XP installed, but when i try to load windows, the system restarts.

    IF i have the pc on for 10 minutes also it shuts down, is this due to CPU over-heating, despite me using the rated heatsink etc, do i need BIOS to set-up CPU temperature or anything.

    Can any1 please help me :S

    Chris
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  2. September 28th, 2004, 10:41 AM #2
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    Chris,

    Do you have more information to give. IE, PSU rating, CPU?

    F2 is usually the key to get into the BIOS on these boards, as for the keyboard issue, are you using USB or PS/2 keyboards?
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  3. September 28th, 2004, 12:18 PM #3
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    hey

    i managed to get into bios eventually with no problems,

    the problem i face now is that the hard drive i am using already has xp installed, but the motherboard wont boot with this installation,
    when i choose to boot from teh xp disk to re-install windows, the system totally shuts down just as it says 'SETUP IS LAODING WINDOWS'
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  4. October 5th, 2004, 11:46 AM #4
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    quickest way out is to do and inplace or repair install
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