"New CPU installed" message

[Atwooooood]

So the other night i was watching a movie on my computer and i realized i needed to plug in my ipod to charge for the night, so i went to plug in the usb cord without the ipod hooked to the other end, and i went to plug the usb cord in my front panel usb port and all of a sudden my computer reboots and when its loading back up, it stops at my bios and it says "new cpu installed press F1 to setup or F2 to load defaults".

I was confused by what just happened, so when i booted back into windows i tried restarting a couple of times to see if it did it again and it didnt. So i then did some googling and found some forums with people with similar problems and everyones answer was that their CMOS battery was probably low and to get it replaced but i just built this computer like a month ago so i know its not a bad battery.

Anyways, this morning before i went to work, i shut down my computer and turned it back on and that message came up again, so i just loaded windows and let it be. After work i shut down my computer and turned it back on 3 times and it didnt happen once. Any idea what could have caused this weird episode?

 

[captaincranky]

The mysteries you describe are above my pay grade that's for sure. Come to think of it I probably would have taken the F1 path.

Anyway you say it's back up and running, so that should suppress some of your anxiety.

I don't know if it's even the right approach, but had this occurred to my machine, I would have booted into BIOS and opted to "load failsafe defaults", and/or reset the CMOS by removing the battery. The BIOS is responsible for detecting exactly which CPU is in there, so if it suddenly remembered, personally I wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

 

[klepto12]

your computer might be new but how long did the motherboard set in a warehouse before you bought it that is the question? All batteries are not made equal man just go buy a $4 battery and change them out cant hurt.

 

[CCT]

You likely 'sparked' your port (electrostatic spark) and, luckily, despite your system getting a terrible shock, your Asus Crash Free Bios managed to handle it.

 

[Atwooooood]

so i decided to gut my computer just to clean it out, cause my cat generates qutie a bit of dust so my clear case gets pretty nasty looking, and while everything was out, i just reset the CMOS via the jumper and its working fine now. Like i said earlier, this just happened twice, but what worried me was when it caused my computer to restart the first time. All is fine now, thanks for the replies everyone.

 

[Atwooooood]

You likely 'sparked' your port (electrostatic spark) and, luckily, despite your system getting a terrible shock, your Asus Crash Free Bios managed to handle it.

well thats a good thing =]

 

[klepto12]

glad to help man.