Computer hangs at bios splash screen

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erehwon6811

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I've been fighting all weekend with this computer. I put on the windows 7 beta on it and I also put on linux as well. This really screws up the how the computer boots up. I tried to fix it and failed. I ended up just wiping the hole thing clean and starting over. I did have my data backed up, which is a good thing.

I've installed XP, which took awhile since I couldn't windows to format a partition to install to. I got around that by unplugging the other two hard drives. I plugged them back in once I was done installing XP.

The problem I am having now is that the computer won't go beyond the bios splash screen. It just stops at the point where it detects the drives on the machine. I can't go to the bios or any of the other options on the screen. The only thing I had done before this was install the motherboard drivers and do a windows update. I haven't done any other tweaking of the computer. I should mention that it is an older machine with a Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 board.
 
Unplug all HDDs and see if you can get into the BIOS. If not, clear your CMOS.
 
I cleared the cmos. That got it working again, though I noticed it is a little slower than normal in detecting the drives. Could that be a sign that the battery is dying?
 
Slow bios drive detection usually means one of the drives may be dying, or has bad sectors on it.
 
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