Guest USGrant Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Hello, I get this every time I restart the 'puter and have to press F1 before it will boot. This started only a short while ago. It used to skip right over the "Can't locate. . ." message. I've made no changes to BIOS, added or removed any hardware. Can Help? Thanks, Rommel Dell Demension 3000 Win XP Plenty RAM and speed
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Re: "CANNOT FIND 0 DRIVE PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE" message "USGrant" <USGrant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A95FA679-34AB-4B9E-9168-F74A26AFDC7E@microsoft.com... > Hello, > > I get this every time I restart the 'puter and have to press F1 before it > will boot. > This started only a short while ago. It used to skip right over the > "Can't > locate. . ." message. I've made no changes to BIOS, added or removed any > hardware. > > Can Help? Thanks, > > Rommel > Dell Demension 3000 > Win XP > Plenty RAM and speed This is occurring before the system knows anything about an OS. So, it's really a hardware question for Dell. It can be simply that the system battery is failing and needs to be replaced. This is perhaps a few dollars. Shut down, unplug the system power, open the case, find the battery (looks like a nickel or quarter) and write down the battery type written on it. Go get another, and put the new one in. Close the case, plug back in, and you're done. You might need to go through Setup once to re-establish the hardware list and the date. HTH -pk
Guest USGrant Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Re: "CANNOT FIND 0 DRIVE PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE" message HTH, Thanks, I'll sure try that. Bob "Patrick Keenan" wrote: > "USGrant" <USGrant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A95FA679-34AB-4B9E-9168-F74A26AFDC7E@microsoft.com... > > Hello, > > > > I get this every time I restart the 'puter and have to press F1 before it > > will boot. > > This started only a short while ago. It used to skip right over the > > "Can't > > locate. . ." message. I've made no changes to BIOS, added or removed any > > hardware. > > > > Can Help? Thanks, > > > > Rommel > > Dell Demension 3000 > > Win XP > > Plenty RAM and speed > > This is occurring before the system knows anything about an OS. > > So, it's really a hardware question for Dell. > > It can be simply that the system battery is failing and needs to be > replaced. This is perhaps a few dollars. > > Shut down, unplug the system power, open the case, find the battery (looks > like a nickel or quarter) and write down the battery type written on it. > Go get another, and put the new one in. Close the case, plug back in, and > you're done. You might need to go through Setup once to re-establish the > hardware list and the date. > > HTH > -pk > > >
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