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will not boot up without pressing F1
09-21-2019 10:47 AM

Hi All, this pc will not boot up without pressing F1 to boot when prompted, any ideas?? been like this for yrs
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10-10-2019 11:48 AM

I have gone from xp pro to win 7 pro to win 10 pro, still same,have to hit F1 to boot up, Im starting to think it may need a Bio's update, I have the 786 E1 vo1.10 in it now,is there a update any newer then this one??
10-10-2019 11:48 AM

I have gone from xp pro to win 7 pro to win 10 pro, still same,have to hit F1 to boot up, Im starting to think it may need a Bio's update, I have the 786 E1 vo1.10 in it now,is there a update any newer then this one??
10-11-2019 08:34 AM

Correct, what does the message say?
Also, how old is your PC? Perhaps BIOS battery needs replacing (F1 usually loads default system configuration - which would be lost if BIOS memory is not sustained).
10-11-2019 12:35 PM

thats it.. it's haunted.. it's been doing the F1 thing for 6 years now.. just fired it up to write down the error message and it just went ahead and booted on up by the time I retrieved a pen & paper.., never done that before.. maybe the windows 10 upgrade fixed it... thanks for all replies,repost again if it starts up again

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