WinME BIOS help needed!

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Name: brian nickerson
Date: January 11, 2006 at 19:09:47 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!
OS: WIn ME
CPU/Ram: 900/256

Comment:

this afternoon, i was having trouble with a hard drive, and read on a post here that updating my BIOS might help. Well, i did this and everything went pear (i think).
now when i boot up, i get the usual screens and now a blue screen with the emblem Si on it, then the Win ME splash, then the monitor blacks out. the monitor's power button blinks in green, but my system boots up like regular. i have tried different monitors, and they are fine. i have tried different cards and it's not the card. since i did the BIOS deal, i am assuming it was this.
any help...most urgently
much

brian
LSD makes you crazy.

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Response Number 1

Name: street1
Date: January 11, 2006 at 19:28:58 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!

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What problem was you having with your hard drive?

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Response Number 2

Name: street1
Date: January 11, 2006 at 19:32:02 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!

Reply: (edit)

Can you get to bios in setup when booting?Can you boot in safemode?

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Response Number 3

Name: brian nickerson
Date: January 11, 2006 at 19:49:19 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!

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i thought the hard drive i was fiddling with had more than 2G, and i followed a post trail that led to what to do if you get a reading lower than the drive's capacity. well, stupid me thought wrong, with the drive actually being a 2G variety, and needless in any system.
yes, i can get to BIOS. it's just a few seconds after the BIOS by Delete screen comes up that the monitor blacks out.

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Response Number 4

Name: street1
Date: January 11, 2006 at 19:56:02 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!

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If your lucky you can remove your cmos battery with your system completely powered down and unplugged ,wait a few minutes put your cmos battery back in powerup and your bios will reset to default.If you have a motherboard manual for your computer it may tell you how to reset the bios by using jumpers.

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Response Number 5

Name: street1
Date: January 11, 2006 at 20:01:45 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!

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I am not doubting your intelligence but, don't reboot with the bios flash still in the drive.

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Response Number 6

Name: brian nickerson
Date: January 13, 2006 at 08:29:15 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!

Reply: (edit)

removed battery. switched jumper. no help.
is there any way to fix things by entering BIOS at startup?
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Response Number 7

Name: street1
Date: January 13, 2006 at 15:47:23 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!

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If you can enter bios at startup you should be able to set to default save changes and reboot.

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Response Number 8

Name: brian nickerson
Date: January 13, 2006 at 16:45:21 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!

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loaded fail-safe and optimal, no luck.
thanks much for all your help.
i'll just keep plugging away at it.
cheers
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Response Number 9

Name: street1
Date: January 13, 2006 at 17:57:20 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!

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You could have a virus.Where did you download the bios upgrade?

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Response Number 10

Name: brian nickerson
Date: January 13, 2006 at 18:00:38 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!

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man, i downloaded it awhile ago, and just remembered i had it. couldn't say at all.
any way around a virus if that's the case?
(or through)?
much

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Response Number 11

Name: street1
Date: January 13, 2006 at 19:14:37 Pacific
Subject: WinME BIOS help needed!

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I am not sure about a DOS based antivirus check.Maybe someone else will respond to that.I did not ask."Have you tried to boot with your system install disk and take that route"?

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