Windows Startup

**Cage72** · 07-22-2003, 09:58 PM

What is wrong with my system that i'm having to use the f1 key for it to go through the initial boot process to get to the desktop

Screen #1=Copyright screen

Screen#2: As Follows

Fixed Disk0
Fixed Disk1
Atapi CDROM
Atapi CDROM
Legacy Keyboard
Legacy Mouse
USB Legacy
SERIAL PRESENCE DETECTED (SPB) DEVICE DATA MISSING OR INCONCLUSIVE

PRESS F1 TO RESUME

How do I go about fixing the f1 resume problem. Thanks in Advance.

System Specs:

Intel P4 D845WN Mobo
Intel P4 1.5 CPU
640 SDRAM
Windows XP Home Edition

**Jibbler** · 07-22-2003, 11:38 PM

Sounds like your pc is configured to start up with some sort of serial connection, maybe a serial mouse or something like that?

**Livy** · 07-23-2003, 12:44 AM

i would have thought the error was genarated because of the something to do with usb, as usb stands for universal serial bus doesnt it?
has this always happened, or can u say when it started

**balamm** · 07-23-2003, 12:53 AM

It looks like you've enabled diagnostic startup in msconfig. Open msconfig and set it to normal startup and see if that helps.

**Livy** · 07-23-2003, 12:56 AM

its the post screen i think he reffering too.

**balamm** · 07-23-2003, 01:02 AM

Then that would require selecting the optimised default settings in BIOS.
Either way, I'd be surprised to see many people using a serial mouse or any serial device on a windows XP loaded system.

**Livy** · 07-23-2003, 01:08 AM

:-" i would never do that

hehe. i had xp on ma computer with a serial mouse, then board is over 4 years old.

**Cage72** · 07-23-2003, 01:37 AM

I'm Using and Optical Mouse through a regular mouse port NOT A SERIAL PORT. I tried that MSCONFIG suggestion about using Normal Setup...that didn't change anything, Matter of fact the one that was selected was the 3rd one(on the bottom) and not DIAGNOSTIC