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solved. The monitor was the problem. for some reasons the factory setting had been changed. And the monitor Basic vesa wasn't working. so when I did a factory restore all was readable in the Bios. Thanks everyone for your help.

Thanks for that yes it is a thought although the motherboard does not have onbord graphics.

bios scan Here are results from a bios scan I have just done. maybe someone else can make some sense out of it thanks from Eliza. - (system summary) Good Bad Download Check foro BIOS Update BIOS Phoenix-Award Disk Drives WDC WD800BB-00JHC0 Good Display adapters RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) Bad RADEON 9200 SE SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation) Bad DVD/CD-ROM drives LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-5232K Good IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers VIA Bus Master IDE Controller Bad Keyboards Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Good Mice and other pointing devices PS/2 Compatible Mouse Good Monitors Plug and Play Monitor Good Network adapters Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter Good VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter Bad Ports Communications Port (COM1) Good ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Good Processors AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Good Printers Brother HL-2040 series Good Sound, video and game controllers VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller (WDM) Bad System Devices VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller Good VIA Standard Host Bridge Bad VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge Bad Universal Serial Bus controllers VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller Good VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller Notes BIOS Type: Phoenix-Award BIOS Date: December 29th 2003 BIOS ID: 12/29/2003-KT400A-8235-M852C-00-None BIOS OEM: M852 12/29/2003 - 6.00 PG Chipset: VIA 82C3189 rev 128 SuperIO: ITE 8705/SiS 950 rev 2 at port 002E Manufacturer: VIA Technologies, Inc. Motherboard: KT400A-8235

Flash??? Hello Tootech, thanks for your advice. Quote/ "I'd be tempted to find the BIOS for your board and reflash it.It might go horribly wrong," /end quote. Not sure what you mean by "reflash" and what could go wrong? Quote/" Looks like a corrupt BIOS, but everything works???"/end quote. Yes ,everything works fine. 'Do you really need the BIOS features? I want to add a extra harddrive but cannot because i have to go into bios for it to be recognised.. If the Bios is corrupt does that mean getting a new motherboard? or is it the CPU. thanks from Eliza.

addition of closeup thought I would add a close up of the pic with the yellow sqiggles. the computer is not a name brand and was made up for me about 4-5 years ago. thanks. http://kenwedge.50g.com/closeup.jpg

hello to you. Until recently i have been able to enter bios using the delete key and do what ever i want. the text is mostly yellow on a blue background. Now when I enter bios I get the blue background and white lines vertical mostly and sometimes a series of vertical yellows symbols same color as the text. I took these four pics with a cannon digital camera A650. i have replaced the motherboard battery. reset Cmos . no change. each time I go to bios the resulting screen can be Quite different. If I let the computer boot up normally It is fine and everything works as normal. I have a K7 M852 motherboard with AMD 2.5 CPU. Graphics card is a AGP radeon 9200 SE. Hope this is enough info, thanks from Eliza. PS the shiny glow on the screen is the flash reflection. http://kenwedge.50g.com/final.jpg

thanks for opportunity to join your forum. i was doing a search on google regarding a problem i have with bios and can across your forum. so here i am from new Zealand living near Wellington which is the Capital in the middle of a wine village. it is 0259hrs here and couldnot sleep.