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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

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Thx! Do you think the BIOS got corrupted? How does that happen?

I don't know what the "setup menu" is, so his answer doesn't make any sense to me...

[–]ReeferMadness 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

It sounds like the bios is fried, does your computer boot normally? Do you know what kind of hard drive it is? You might be better off mounting your hard drive on a different computer and saving your data that way.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

My computer can boot Windows just fine, but it refuses to let me into the BIOS menu. Even if my BIOS was entirely broken: I'd rather just replace that than transfer my drives onto another computer. The link he sent me said so'm about a chip I can replace in a worst case scenario.

[–]ReeferMadness 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Its verry odd that it boots but wont let you in. Sounds like a sophisticated virus. You are probably under surveillance.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Updating the BIOS works temporarily, but the update is reversed after I boot Windows.

[–]ReeferMadness 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

LOL. 100% a virus.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I scanned my computer, and nothing was found.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I updated the BIOS, and now it works! I didn't think it was updating at first, because it gave me the blank screen treatment, but I left it running for an hour and it completed it by itself.

What I'm thinking happened was the part that deals with the display was corrupted, and that the menu itself still worked — I just couldn't see it.

Anyways, thanks again!

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nevermind, it broke again.