For a while my XP machine would not complete POST when I turned it ON.   
   the past two days it has started up as it should.   
      
   Here is what was happening:   
      
   I would see the name of the CPU.   
      
   Nothing would appear on the screen after that line.   
      
   One time I left it On for over an hour and nothing happened.   
      
   I pressed the Key to enter BIOS Setup but it wouldn't show up.   
   So after trying it several times without luck, I pressed the power button   
   in until it shut down, then held down the Key for entering BIOS Setup and   
   then pressed the power button and got to see the BIOS.   
      
   I didn't see anything changed in the BIOS so I exited without saving   
   anything and the computer finished the POST and I could log on.   
      
   I learned to hold that Key down when turning the computer On and when the   
   BIOS screen showed I pressed the CTRL-ALT-DEL Keys , which usually would   
   start the XP box up then.   
      
   The computer is a HP a1430n and when I turn it On the 3 LEDs on the Keyboard   
   flash once.   
      
   I can't remember if this computer ever Beeped when I've turned it On.   
      
   If the power is removed, from my turning the UPS Off, when I do turn the XP   
   pc On I hear the Fan run but that is the only noise I hear.   
      
   I looked at a .JPG I made of the Motherboard from HP's website and noticed   
   there is a Header named "Audio", which I need to open the case and trace   
   the wiring from it to see if HP put a speaker or sounding device in the unit.   
      
   I hope life is better with everyone else's computers.   
      
   I've wondered if the Button Battery on the Motherboard may be the trouble   
   maker?   
      
   Thanks for reading.   
      
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