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Logik666
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_ 		11. January 2006 @ 13:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Heres what i did. Like the curios guy i am i decided to go into the BIOS of my PC.... and decided to make a change. (i feel sooo stupid)

I dont exactly remember what i changed but it had to do with my ram i believe. I went into chipset settings(or something like that) and changed a setting from Default or auto(cant remember which) and changed it to aggressive... I just wanted to see what it would do.

And now the computer wont respond to anything i do, when i boot it the BIOS screen doesnt even show up!
And by nothing responding i mean NOTHING, in order to turn it off i need to turn off the power supply.

I need help guys, what did i do? How do i get back into the BIOS?

its a Intel board.

Please throw suggestions at me.
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wdowsing
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_ 		11. January 2006 @ 13:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try resetting ur cmos, on the mobo should be a pin just reset it and it should be fine if u havent fried the memory lol
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System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
Logik666
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_ 		11. January 2006 @ 13:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
LOL,..... i relly hope your joking about the fried memory.(originally thats what i thought i did) Sigh,.... i feel so stupid :\

CMOS is the battery, correct? just take it out then put it back in? or is there a button?
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wdowsing
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_ 		11. January 2006 @ 13:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
there should be a jumper but that will do leave out for a couple of mins and put back in and should be fine... hopefully lol
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System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
Logik666
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_ 		11. January 2006 @ 13:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yep, it worked.

I just took the battery out for about a minute. Reset everything correct?

Anyway thank you so much.

(i would have thrown it off my balcony befor i thought of that.)

:)
Thanks again.
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wdowsing
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_ 		12. January 2006 @ 02:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no problem glad i could help.
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System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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