[mdlug] After power outage desktop won't boot.

[Jeff Hanson]

Check CMOS battery voltage.  If less than 3V then replace it (usually a
CR2032 battery available from Walmart, etc.)  Then clear the CMOS.
Clearing the CMOS is usually performed via a motherboard jumper but you can
try shorting out the battery holder contacts with the battery removed and
power supply turned off (a separate switch in the back or just unplug it
from the wall).  Then turn it on and enter the BIOS setup and set the clock
and other settings (see motherboard manual).

When the battery voltage gets too low it can't maintain the BIOS settings.
Sometimes this isn't obvious until AC power is lost and the CMOS contents
get scrambled.  At boot the BIOS either complains about the settings being
invalid and the clock/date is reset, or it hangs.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Bob <bob at starlinephoto.com> wrote:

> can you swap out the monitor?
> Did you hear more than 1 POST beep or any?
>
> Bob
>
> On 04/29/2016 01:38 AM, Jim Fulner wrote:
> > While I was at work today it looks like my power went out at home.
> >
> > No biggie, just boot the desktop up again. And it didn't. Monitor
> flickers on, then nothing, my first attempt I heard a strange noise from
> the case that I thought was the hard drive trying to spin, though I wasn't
> sure. My 3 year old broke my DVD drive like a year ago so that could have
> been the noise, not sure. Opened the case, fans were spining though not
> really how I thought they did. Tried disconnecting and reconnecting things
> no apparent change.
> >
> > I'm not really a hardware guy, what's my next step from here? A new PC
> wasn't really in the budget for this year. Would anyone be interested in
> helping me tinker with it if I bring it to Penguicon?
>
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