ASUS A8N-SLI PREMIUM WILL NOT BOOT UP

Hi all, need help urgently, have just built my first system with the
above motherboard and a SATA 250GB hard disk, Windows XP PRO, the
system will not boot, the only way I get it to boot is to disconnect
the power, remove the MOBO Battery for a minute, and then reconnect the
power supply, and it boots up, however if I select shutdown/restart,
the screen shuts down, the computer continues to run, I have to turn
off the Computer manually. If I select Shutdown from XP thw screen
turns off and the macine shuts down, but if I turn on again, I am back
to square 1 and need to disconnect the power and take the battery out,
any help advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Shurl

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Hi all, need help urgently, have just built my first system with the
above motherboard and a SATA 250GB hard disk, Windows XP PRO, the
system will not boot, the only way I get it to boot is to disconnect
the power, remove the MOBO Battery for a minute, and then reconnect the
power supply, and it boots up, however if I select shutdown/restart,
the screen shuts down, the computer continues to run, I have to turn
off the Computer manually. If I select Shutdown from XP thw screen
turns off and the macine shuts down, but if I turn on again, I am back
to square 1 and need to disconnect the power and take the battery out,
any help advice would be greatly appreciated.


Start in `Safe Mode` (keep pressing F8 during boot up.)
Go have alook at your Event Viewer. See what you find there.

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Hi all, need help urgently, have just built my first system with the
above motherboard and a SATA 250GB hard disk, Windows XP PRO, the
system will not boot, the only way I get it to boot is to disconnect
the power, remove the MOBO Battery for a minute, and then reconnect the
power supply, and it boots up, however if I select shutdown/restart,
the screen shuts down, the computer continues to run, I have to turn
off the Computer manually. If I select Shutdown from XP thw screen
turns off and the macine shuts down, but if I turn on again, I am back
to square 1 and need to disconnect the power and take the battery out,
any help advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Shurl


XP SP2?
Bios update?
when you remove the cmos battery are you going in and making changes and
saving the cmos settings?
Is the time correct after each 'shutdown'?
all devices in the device manager are 'ok'?

On 13 May 2006 09:13:13 -0700, wrote:

Hi all, need help urgently, have just built my first system with the
above motherboard and a SATA 250GB hard disk, Windows XP PRO, the
system will not boot, the only way I get it to boot is to disconnect
the power, remove the MOBO Battery for a minute, and then reconnect the
power supply, and it boots up, however if I select shutdown/restart,
the screen shuts down, the computer continues to run, I have to turn
off the Computer manually. If I select Shutdown from XP thw screen
turns off and the macine shuts down, but if I turn on again, I am back
to square 1 and need to disconnect the power and take the battery out,


Try just disconnecting the power supply for a minute. I suspect it
will boot fine without messing with the battery. If it does, replace
the garbage power supply before it takes something else with it.