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Z60t Bios Question

#1 Post by jronald » Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:55 pm

I picked up another t, that I can not seem to force into the BIOS screen.
I have powered on with everything installed
I have powered on with everything removed.
With AC no batt
On batt with no AC
On AC with batt
I yanked the CMOS batt
Pressed on many times with nothing connected.
I do get the 1331 without memory
BUT once I removed the CMOS battery, and pressed on.....it DID NOT default to not knowing the time and date!
When pressing the F1 button, it sates entering bios, and never goes further (tried for 15 mins)

What am I doing wrong?
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Re: Z60t Bios Question

#2 Post by ajkula66 » Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:35 pm

Press "caps lock" while the machine is attempting to boot.

Does the LED stay on?
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Re: Z60t Bios Question

#3 Post by jronald » Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:13 am

Yes LED stays lit for CapsLock.

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Re: Z60t Bios Question

#4 Post by rkawakami » Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:15 pm

jronald wrote:What am I doing wrong?
You picked up another Z60t :lol: . Have you tried just letting the system boot without pressing F1?

I'm kind of in a worse boat with a recently purchased Z61p. All it does is beep 1-3-4-3 or 1-4-1-1; no video activity at all. I'm suspecting a bad BIOS or EC update but can't prove it.
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Re: Z60t Bios Question

#5 Post by jronald » Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:58 pm

It never gets the the standard "Broadcom.........No bootable HDD found......" screen either.
Acts totaly normal, but then hangs. Wont go into Bios, Wont go into Recovery (Blue IBM button) wont boot to "No HDD found"

Weird, did the Google thing and came up with nothing. Picture shows a BIOS screen, though so Im hoping!
Maybe George can pull another out of his hat.

I did leave it alone "Going into BIOS" and "Normal Boot" for more than 1 hour each today...NaDa!
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Re: Z60t Bios Question

#6 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:25 pm

Check that there is nothing 'alien' or broken/missing inside the USB and other ports.
The Z60 belongs to the T43 family, perhaps an overheating GPU?
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Re: Z60t Bios Question

#7 Post by jronald » Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:40 pm

Nope, USB's are all empty. Overheated GPU? Dont think it can happen in under 30 seconds.
Power on, hit F1, Entering BIOS.....Hung.

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Re: Z60t Bios Question

#8 Post by ajkula66 » Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:56 pm

Press on the SouthBridge chip and see whether the boot unlocks...
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Re: Z60t Bios Question

#9 Post by jronald » Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:40 pm

Winner, winner chicken dinner!
Applying pressure did the trick. Of course that just proves the the Mobo is junk. D@mn.

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