Probably but i'm no expert. thing seem to point that way

All's not well,

It appears that if i shutdown and leave the computer for a period, say 1-2 hrs, and then try to start up it still takes a number of attempts before it will start up.

If i shut down and start up straight away then no problems it starts up.

This has happened without me doing anything to the system. the tower has been in the same spot for 5 years without me touching it or adding anything to the computer software.

anybody any further ideas

Thanks

Pwoj2

Hi'

Back to square one. The computer will not start if it has been stood for a couple of hours. If i start it straight after a shut down then it boots up ok, but if i leave it for a longer time period then it takes about 10 to 20 attempts to boot up with the same bios screen as i mentioned at the beginning of this thread.

Silly me thinking that we had solved the problem. Any further ideas anyone.

Thanks

Pwoj2

From the description so far it's related to the graphics card. Since you don't have access to an AGP4x replacement to test with I think it's going to be hard to get any further.

I looked on the holy grail of Asus A7 debugging, < Link hidden. Register for free to see this link! > and I couldn't see anything similar. Given that reseating pushed past the error at least for a while it's tempting to try to get an alternative AGP card in there just to know. A working AGP4x Radeon 9800SE like yours went for £5.50 including delivery on ebay this month, if you want to keep an eye open for something under £10 you might pick one up within a couple of weeks.

Thanks spot i'll give it a try and let you know in the near future.

Pwoj2