Earlier I was complaining about my *** curr_category=[[raw locals().get('curr_category', 'NOT-SET2')]] permalink_url=[[raw locals().get('permalink_url', 'NOT-SET')]] rel_permalink_url=[[raw locals().get('rel_permalink_url', 'NOT-SET')]]
from time to time.
It's an ASUS M2N-E motherboard.
A few days ago this happened again. In the past, the problem would happen for a while
and suddenly the mobo might start booting, so annoyed I unplugged my cell phone
to go read my mails somewhere else and... oh wait it just booted!
Huh? Backup! OK the cell phone is one of these smart cell phone and I had
plugged to the USB to charge it (incidentally the USB has power even when the
PC is stopped.)
I tried a couple of times and this is definitive: having the phone plugged into
USB simply locks up the BIOS. At boot it will stop after printing the CPU and
before starting to detect the drives.
A flagrant test is to boot the PC without the phone plugged, enter the BIOS
setup and plug the phone: it locks up instantly. Remove the phone and the
setup works again.
Anyhow, I found an Abit AN8 forum page
that describes exactly this behavior.
Granted the page is for the Abit AN8-SLI
motherboard, not the ASUS M2N-E
but the description is right on and I take it's not just a coincidence. |
