WTF? Dell BIOS screen on an ECS mobo?

[metroplex]

I built a new gaming PC several weeks ago and the power has been spotty in SE MI due to a recent t-storm.

We finally got power back and I started the PC, it was booting midway through Vista Business SP-1 64-bit when the power flashed on/off. When the PC rebooted, I saw a blue DELL logo on the center, with "www.dell.com" on the bottom of the logo.

WTF? This computer has 0% Dell parts, it was totally built from the ground up using new parts from Newegg

Any ideas?

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Where did you get the BIOS from? Try re-installing directly from ECS' website.

 

[RebateMonger]

Maybe ECS makes some Dell motherboards and somebody boo-booed.

Or maybe the board was returned and the previous owner tried flashing the BIOS with a fake Dell BIOS (to allow using Dell OSes for free). That'd only be a possibility if the ECS board has a "dual-BIOS" and one side of it got re-flashed.

Both of these are "theories" and nothing more.

 

[metroplex]

The mobo was purchased new and still has the original ECS BIOS (it's a 790GXM-AD3). I've never seen the DELL logo before. The first "screen" that always comes up is a graphical display "Black" (for Black Edition) followed by the standard POST sequence.

*slaps forehead* I think it's just the logo for the LCD monitor... It's a Dell. I just never saw the Dell logo before. It makes sense because that is the only Dell product I have on this system.

2.5 days without power will do this to me.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: metroplex
2.5 days without power will do this to me.

LOL. Good luck with your new PC.

 

[CZroe]

Originally posted by: metroplex
The mobo was purchased new and still has the original ECS BIOS (it's a 790GXM-AD3). I've never seen the DELL logo before. The first "screen" that always comes up is a graphical display "Black" (for Black Edition) followed by the standard POST sequence.

*slaps forehead* I think it's just the logo for the LCD monitor... It's a Dell. I just never saw the Dell logo before. It makes sense because that is the only Dell product I have on this system.

2.5 days without power will do this to me.

That's immediately what I thought until I read "This computer has 0% Dell parts."