BOOT failure system freezes while detecting IDE drives

Hi all. New to this forum. Facing problem similar to http://www.windowsbbs.com/hardware/77405-boot-failure-freezes-detecting-ide-drives.html

Symptoms are same :
- unable to enter BIOS setup
- POST screen Detecting IDE Drives
- and them machine freezes

Details of desk top given in my profile. It is a new machine (one month old). Probably it may not be a problem related to old battery.

Thanks in anticipation.

- Ketan

 

Thanks for guidance. Clearing CMOS using ***** driver helped. Just now posting from same desk top. It is home built by a friend.

Just out of curiosity, if there are any reviews of my system config. Thanks all.

- Ketan

 

You might want to head over to NewEgg and read the reviews on your motherboard. It shouldn't be difficult to discern which one's contain meaningful content. Your board got 4 out of 5 Eggs.