Summary: I bought a refurbished Compaq Presario a few years ago and recently decided to upgrade my video card so I could play 3d video games on my comp without...
Summary: I have tried every key possible to enter my BIOS and CMOS confg but I can't get in. I have an IBM Netvista 2251. Am i doing it at the right screen. Is...
Summary: CMOS and BIOS are essentialy the same thing. CMOS is an acronymn for Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. It is the chip on the motherboard that c...
Summary: CMOS and BIOS are the same thing. Can you tell me what sort of CMOS/BIOS you have ? Is it AMIBIOS, AWARD, PHOENIX Should be written along the top of t...
Summary: When I try to start my computer, the "TINY" (manufacturers) logo stays on for about a minute, then an error screen appears, stating that it could not ...
Summary: Cmos and bios setup are the same thing when used in this context. Cmos is just the type of chip used to store the information. Typically you get int...
Summary: Can someone help me with a computer problem? I have an older custom built computer that the kids use. Well, someone decided to jack around with the BI...
Summary: I made change to my bios cmos and now when my computer comes on, it does not dislay anything. It's on but i see nothing. How do you reset your syste...
Summary: Anyone know why I can't get my CMOS to retain its settings no matter whether I load the defaults or enter my own in the bios? I just did a bios upgra...
Summary: a friend was having problems starting her computer so gave it to me. i checked the HD would boot by trying it in my own computer, which it did. then i...
Summary: Personally I did not find entering and navagating my way around the BIOS very hard at all ! I would recomend that anyone that wants to take a peak a...
Summary: Function of the CMOS chip= To allow fine settins to the BIOS and to update the system time. Function of the CMOS battery= To hold all of the user sett...
Summary: I am planning on setting up my new 45 gig hard drive using Windows ME and Partition Magic 6.0. My old machine has all of my important data on it and I...
Summary: joey, What does it say to press, to get into bios(cmos) setup. On the bootup screen. If it goes to fast, press the pause/break key on the keyboard, to...
Summary: I have a Pavilion XL768, I have had some problems with Windows ME so I found some commands for debugging. I tried Clearing Sector 2, Clearing CMOS, an...
Summary: Hello! I posted a question concerning WinME and Partition Magic 7 and resultant error messages when trying to partition a drive with ME already inst...
Summary: Hi Laurence You may by now already have managed to install PCI graphics card. If not, read on... It's very risky to plug/unplug your monitor while t...
Summary: Ok Insert the XP CD in the cd rom Change the boot order in the bios to read CD rom, Floppy, HDD 0. When prompted to boot from CD hit the enter key,. ...
Summary: Its on the mobod about size of a half dollor. When it does boot check the time and date, if they are correct boattery is likely good. the cmos or bios...
Summary: Please help ! I change my hd (to a maxtor 20Gb ) but windows reconize only 9.54Gb. I have a via 82501 rev 2 chipset and bios award mudular bios v4.51p...
Summary: You can download a Win ME start up disk from.... www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm The direct link is.... www.infotechcommunity.com/bootdisks/bootme.exe ...
Summary: One thing you could try would be to put one operating system on one drive, and the other on the other drive. Then you go into the cmos and change your...
Summary: copy the flash prog and bios file on to a different floppy. start comp with the start up floppy to the a: prompt then swap disks and flash the bios ...
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