Bios

[Dias]

Can someone help me out plz . Can someone tell me how u can reset the bios! Because when i boot up, the screen is screwed up and u cant make out anything. Sorry if this is the wrong forum but im jus so out of luck.

[MikeyMan]

Did you mess up a flash or has it just crapped out on you?

[kieofwoo]

most motherboards have a jumper you can use to reset the bios... look in you manual for instructions or tell us which board you have

[Dias]

It wasnt flash. SUm settings were changed now it doesnt work ... well im not sure wut mother board it is ... all i know is its an amd 667mzh 320nvram .. i know it has an alladin tnt2 video card on board. .i dunno if that helps

[MikeyMan]

Ok, is this an OEM system? (Who'd you buy it from.. if you did buy it from a retail store.. have the model #?)

[Dias]

some guy that made my comp. Im not sure. ill look up the mother board model right now.
what should the jumper look like?

[Ken]

http://www.abios.com/

[Dias]

That would help in identifying ma mother board if i can see anyting during start up .. but the whole screen is fuzzed out so i cant see the strings on the bottom to identify my Bios
Thanks anyways KEn.
But if u do know plz help!!

[kieofwoo]

is there any writting on the board or other identifying marks? (e.g. model no)

[Ken]

Hey Dias,

Different Motherboards have different places and even ways. Usually you can see how to clear your CMOS in your MoBo manual, or sometimes it will be distinguishable on the MoBo itself.
Saying something like "clear CMOS".

This is where a little bit of energy is stored so that your BIOS settings can be remembered.
Usually, if you unplug the power cord to your puter and put a jumper to connect 2 pins, or sometimes, just "fold" down the factory installed jumper.

It all depend on which MoBo you have...

Have you ever taken the side off of your puter and looked in it?
What type of experience do you have "fooling" around inside of a puter with it's hardware?

You need to let us know what MoBo and how much you know about it before we can give further guidance...

[Sid]

Most of the time the cmos jumper is real close to the battery. On a lot of newer systems the jumper is green and in very small print it will say something like "cmos or clr or clrcmos".

Hope this helps

[Dias]

Dont know which is the jumper but i removed the lithium battery ... hopefully it resets!!!

[Ken]

Originally posted by Dias
Dont know which is the jumper but i removed the lithium battery ... hopefully it resets!!!

No, removing the battery probably did not do it...
As Sid said, look for something like clrcmos, something that will let you know that it will clear cmos... Look good and post back when you think that you have found something...

[A_old]

Originally posted by Sid
Most of the time the cmos jumper is real close to the battery. On a lot of newer systems the jumper is green and in very small print it will say something like "cmos or clr or clrcmos".

Hope this helps

very near the battery in most cases.. try sid's suggestion :nod:

[MikeyMan]

hmm..

What color is the board?

What is the type of fan on the Northbridge (the little fan on the motherboard) if there is no fan, what color is the northbridge?

There's usually some type of marking near the PCI slots.
~~~
Uh Mikey.. there is a much easier way than playing guessing games...

Belarc Advisor.. http://www.belarc.com/Programs/advisor.exe

Run that. :-)