Willson Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 I tried and failed miserably to fix a friends pc today. It wouldnt boot from the windows cd, so I attempted to go into the bios settings to change the boot order. However when I pressed DEL, although the memory check stopped and it looked like it was going to work, it never actually made it to the bios, it just sat there with a blank screen. Any ideas how to sort this out or get round it ? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 clear the cmos (jumper setting) Make sure the power is OFF when you do it or you could fry the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willson Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Did it sort it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willson Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 I dont think I am gonna get a chance to try it. I believe he has a professional on the case now. Thanks for the info though, at least I learnt something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 So. The reason I say clear the CMOS is that if you have added/removed hardware and/or changed BIOS settings already or if a piece of hardware is failed but specified in the BIOS, some systems will not allow you into the BIOS to change it as it will fail prior to the BIOS. Clearing the CMOS sets everything back to default which may well let you back in. Especially if it sets most things to AUTO as then the system will not be looking for items no longer present. If you get more info and it is not yet sorted, let me know. Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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