Pretty old PC wont boot

[Phrost]

Just picked up a pretty old PC to fool around with to test stuff on and am getting hung up on the Energy Pollution Preventer, the first screen you'd see when you fire up your computer (BIOS loading)

Anyway, I cant enter the BIOS and its stuck on a "Checking NVRAM".

Its an old Pentium MMX (200 Mhz).

Anything I can do to get this back on track.

[Siliconjunkie]

Sounds like the NVRAM where the BIOS is stored is borked. Probably not much you can do. Since you cant flash the bios with it hanging at that point.

[CatScam]

Have you tried resetting the BIOS with the Mobo jumper? Or you can rip out
the battery & let the BIOS drain for a few days. But chances are Siliconjunkie
is right, & it’s toast.

[wju425]

Hold a key down while booting so it'll cause an error then you should have the option to enter setup.

\o/ Billy

[billniceguy]

what is the bios? ami, phx, etc? 3 above suggestions would be mine too...i probably am resident low end junky old computer guy, and i have about 20 of those p/200mmx guys, and never had that problem. I bet one of the 3 above work, luck, Bill

[sebfrance]

I've had this problem with a pc I was given for a fix, only powering the box and waiting before powering the screen fixed it, I have no idea why, it is fully reproductible, with different screens, but works fine with the its owner 's screen