Boot problem

[smartech]

When I boot the comp, what the first thing I supposed to see? the BIOS provided info: CPU, Memory size, IDE devices etc. And What I do see? Nothing: blank screen and no "thinking" sympthoms from the case.

And it will be in such state for hours, unless I press any key on the keyboard, then everything continues as it should.


This problem appeared since I installed Zone Alarm Firewall on it. This was the only change in the system then, I disables NIS firewall, and replaced it with the Zone Labs' one. But it makes no sense that the firewall will in any way affect the BIOS .

The PC I'm talking about specs:
CPU - Intel Pentium 4E, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Mobo Chipset - Intel Grantsdale i915P
BIOS Type - AMI (01/28/05)
Memory - 512 MB (DDR SDRAM)
Video - Gigabyte RADEON X300 (128 MB)
Monitor - ViewSonic VX912
Sound - Intel 82801FB ICH6
Hard Drive - Maxtor 6Y120M0 (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Serial-ATA/150)

The PC is also directly connected to the another one, providing him ICS.


Any ideas how to stop this "push the button" thing???

 

[Nitestick]

check through the BIOS looking at the power on options see if it has "power on keyboard" or something like that enabled.

 

[smartech]

Sounds suitable, I'll check it

 

[Nitestick]

let me know how it works out.

 

[smartech]

The results -

I didn't found "power on keyboard" stuff (it probably not supported), but, I found some option that set the computer behavior if system (home) power is out, and then back on. It was set to "return to previous state", sounds fine. But I disabed this option, reboot, and then reenabled, since then it works fine, with no annoying keyboard key-pressing