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CMOS Display Type Mismatch?
Name: Keith Johnson Date: January 26, 1999 at 06:49:59 Pacific
Comment:
On start-up on a 486/66 win 95 with 2 HDs the following prompt is shown. "CMOS SYSTEM OPTIONS NOT SET" "CMOS DISPLAY TYPE MISMATCH" "RUN SET-UP UTILITY" The computer has worked fine with both drives for quite a while, what's the deal!
Name: end efectur Date: January 26, 1999 at 14:29:10 Pacific
Reply:
It semms you will have to go into the BIOS Setup (usually Delete or F2 during memory check) and change which display type is set there (XGA-VGA-SVGA). IF it changes on you again after a shutdown you may need a new battery for the CMOS.
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Response Number 2
Name: Brian Date: February 15, 2000 at 13:28:53 Pacific
Reply:
DRAM and SDRAM are supplied in different flavors, such as EDO, and in different speeds. The newer motherboards try to match banks. If the chips are too different, slot to slot, an error is reported.
Sometimes this can be automatically adjusted by entering CMOS setup. Sometimes not; it's necessary to buy chips that match.
This is my simple explanation.
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Response Number 3
Name: Jim Date: October 27, 2000 at 15:37:38 Pacific
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Got this error msg "CMOS DISPLAY TYPE MISMATCH" then it says "run setup utility press F1 to resume." I did this and it went into BIOS. I click on STANDARD and I can change those settings but when I clicked on ADVANCED or CHIPSET or POWER MANAGEMENT everything freezes up in BIOS setup. What do I do???
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