Windows wont post until I press F2 on my Asus 1005HA

[Marg!Aret]

I have Asus 1005HA with Windows XP on it. Whenever I try to start windows it will halts at post screen asking me to press F2 to load default and F1 to run setup. It can’t go directly to Windows Desktop. When I press F2 it will take me to Desktop Screen .There is no other problem everything works perfectly.

The error screen looks like this:

• "CPU Intel (R) Atom (TM) CPU N270
• Speed: 1.60 GHz
• Press ESC for BBS POPUP
• Press F9 for image recovery
• Press ALT+F2 to execute ASUS EZ Flash
• DDRII-533/CL4, Single-Channel Mode
• Initializing USB Controllers .. Done
• 1016MB OK (Installed Memory size: 1024 MB)

• Auto-Detecting Pri Master.. IDE Hard Disk
• Pri Master: Hitachi HTS543216L9SA00 FB20C40C
• Ultra DMA Mode 5 SMART Capable and status Ok
• Auto-detecting USB Mass storage Devices..
• 00 USB mas storage devices found and configured
• Please enter setup to recover BIOS settings
• Press F1 to run setup
• Press F2 to load default values and continue"

Please provide me some solution.

[Sophia.A]

This is problem with BIOS something is going wrong with your system. It can be anything related to hardware. There can be wrong setting in BIOS which may cause you problem .try to reset bios to its default settings. You can do this by accessing BIOS setting with F1 button .This will open BIOS screen Search for option Reset to factory default setting. Click on it and then save the settings and restart your netbook it can solve your problem.

[Akiraa]

Yes it is related to BIOS only. Does the clock show time correctly in your system. If it is not showing correctly then it can be problem with your CMOS Battery. The solution provided by is correct but if the CMOS Battery is weak or dead then it can’t save settings of BIOS .There for it will ask again to save the settings. Try to replace battery with new one. It will solve your problem.

[Barsha]

It can be due to ram. Please check that ram is placed correctly in the slot in your netbook. It can cause you POST screen problem. If the ram is placed correctly. Then it can be problem with any other hardware component on the netbook. POST is the process which gathers information from all the hardware. So if any hardware is not working it will halt the system. Also your motherboard on netbook can cause such a problem. Please try to contact your hardware vendor if you problem still arise.