did i ruined my bios?

[omi]

hi,

there's an option in menu to:
"Load High Performance Default Settings"

after i loaded my system restarts but nothing happens,
my screen doesn't get triggered.

How can i restore the settings without being able to get in bios??

thnx in advance,
omi

 

[Jim Macklin]

Read your mobo manual, many have a jumper to force the BIOS
screen to show.


| hi,
|
| there's an option in menu to:
| "Load High Performance Default Settings"
|
| after i loaded my system restarts but nothing happens,
| my screen doesn't get triggered.
|
| How can i restore the settings without being able to get
in bios??
|
| thnx in advance,
| omi
|
|

 

[S.Heenan]

hi,

there's an option in menu to:
"Load High Performance Default Settings"

after i loaded my system restarts but nothing happens,
my screen doesn't get triggered.

How can i restore the settings without being able to get in bios??

Reset the CMOS. Cut AC power to the computer. Remove the quarter-sized
battery for 10 mins. Replace it. Power the PC up.

 

[Michael Burk [MSFT]]

There is usually also a jumper on the motherboard that you can temporarily
set to force it to reload the BIOS with all of its default settings. This
should be in the manual, though if you don't have the manual you can use a
different computer to find it on the Internet, most have published versions
out there.

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[Steve Nielsen]

Reset the CMOS. Cut AC power to the computer. Remove the quarter-sized
battery for 10 mins. Replace it. Power the PC up.

That method does not work for all system boards.

Steve

 

[Jim Macklin]

The mobo manual for the particular mobo will have BIOS reset
info.

For instance my Intel mobo (D845GBVL) has a jumper on the
edge of the mobo, near the battery that controls booting,
either it boots normally or the BIOS is forced open.


message |
|
| S.Heenan wrote:
|
| > omi wrote:
| >
| >>hi,
| >>
| >>there's an option in menu to:
| >>"Load High Performance Default Settings"
| >>
| >>after i loaded my system restarts but nothing happens,
| >>my screen doesn't get triggered.
| >>
| >>How can i restore the settings without being able to get
in bios??
| >
| >
| >
| > Reset the CMOS. Cut AC power to the computer. Remove the
quarter-sized
| > battery for 10 mins. Replace it. Power the PC up.
| >
|
| That method does not work for all system boards.
|
| Steve
|

 

[Guest]

Reset the BIOS, using the CMOS header, it's a 3 pin header with a jumper usually next to the battery

turn computer off at the power supply, remove the jumper from pins 1 and 2, and put on pins 2 and 3 for a few seconds to discharge the CMOS memory

Then put the jumper back to pin 1 and 2, boot the computer. after booting, might need to go back into the BIOS to change the operating speed of your CPU for the OS to boot.

 

[Max Burke]

Michael Burk [MSFT] scribbled:

There is usually also a jumper on the motherboard that you can temporarily
set to force it to reload the BIOS with all of its default settings. This
should be in the manual, though if you don't have the manual you can use a
different computer to find it on the Internet, most have published
versions out there.

What happens if you have an OEM version of XP that's tied to the OEM ID
string in the bios? Will this make it impossible to reinstall/reactivate
the OEM version of XPS once a bios has been reset to the default factory
settings?

Or does the OEM ID string 'survive' a bios upgrade or reset?

 

[Jim Macklin]

The OEM data in the BIOS is hard coded, not in flash memory.


| > Michael Burk [MSFT] scribbled:
| > There is usually also a jumper on the motherboard that
you can temporarily
| > set to force it to reload the BIOS with all of its
default settings. This
| > should be in the manual, though if you don't have the
manual you can use a
| > different computer to find it on the Internet, most have
published
| > versions out there.
|
| What happens if you have an OEM version of XP that's tied
to the OEM ID
| string in the bios? Will this make it impossible to
reinstall/reactivate
| the OEM version of XPS once a bios has been reset to the
default factory
| settings?
|
| Or does the OEM ID string 'survive' a bios upgrade or
reset?
|
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| See Found Images at:
| http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~mlvburke/
|

 

[Max Burke]

Jim Macklin scribbled:

Max Burke wrote

Michael Burk [MSFT] scribbled:
There is usually also a jumper on the motherboard that you can
temporarily set to force it to reload the BIOS with all of its default
settings. This should be in the manual, though if you don't have the
manual you can use a different computer to find it on the Internet,
most have published versions out there.

What happens if you have an OEM version of XP that's tied to the OEM ID
string in the bios? Will this make it impossible to reinstall/reactivate
the OEM version of XPS once a bios has been reset to the default factory
settings?
Or does the OEM ID string 'survive' a bios upgrade or reset?

The OEM data in the BIOS is hard coded, not in flash memory.

So the OEM puts their ID string in the flash memory that the Bios uses for
advanced and extended bios settings *AND OEM ID Strings.* The question is
still valid.

 

[NobodyMan]

Reset the BIOS, using the CMOS header, it's a 3 pin header with a jumper usually next to the battery.

turn computer off at the power supply, remove the jumper from pins 1 and 2, and put on pins 2 and 3 for a few seconds to discharge the CMOS memory.

Then put the jumper back to pin 1 and 2, boot the computer. after booting, might need to go back into the BIOS to change the operating speed of your CPU for the OS to boot.

Now don't be so final in your posting. Were I to follow your advice
I'd have problems, since my mainboard doesn't have any jumpers to
clear the BIOS. I have to unplug the power from the power supply then
open the case and pop out the battery for a couple of seconds. Then I
just reverse the process and boot up for a fresh, reset to defaults
BIOS.

You should have a disclaimer somewhere that this procedure may not
work on the user's box. No two are exactly alike or have all the same
ways of operation.