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Old February 1st, 2007, 11:53 AM
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Angry IBM Netvista Bootup problem
I have a IBM netvista PC. (P4 2.0, 256 RAM) When I power it on, It says can't find operating system. I went to BIOS and found it can't detect hard drive. then I just save setting (did nothing) and restart pc, it bootup without problem. Now each time I must go to BIOS first and then restart PC in BIOS, the PC can bootup smoothly. So anyone any idea what's going on with this piece of junk?

I checked the cable and add another hard drive, the problem still exist. connection and hard drive should be ok because the pc can start up from BIOS.
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Old February 1st, 2007, 06:41 PM
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Change your IDE a.k.a Data cable! That should fix it.
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Hi freshair and welcome to Dev Shed.

Try clearing your CMOS by removing the battery on the motherboard for a few minutes before replacing and then trying to boot - this should restore your BIOS.

If that fails, try updating your BIOS to the latest version.
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I agree with aitken325i
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I had to replace the CMOS batter in my Netvista N42 just last month, it's about time they start dying. Assuming it's the same, it should be a cr1220 (iirc)

Your symptoms do sound right for this, as drive config, etc. is loaded from bios before detection, for use with some of the NetVista versions with encryption/authentication before allowing HD access.
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