system freezes at bios screen

Hi

Just took an old pc out of storage and cant get past the bios screen.
There are no beeps but the cd burner, keyboard and front panel led"s light up momentarily.
System was stored well in cardboard box away from dust, heat etc.
The screen reads:
NVIDIA TNT model 64 VGA BIOS
Version 2.05.17.04.00
32.mb RAM

Pc specs are:
P3 866
256 mb ram
WIN 98 SE
Hope this is enough info.

Thanks in advance.

 

First open up the case, look at the CMOS battery (usually a coin type) to grab a number. Buy a new battery and replace that.

 

Thanks champ