me being the dipstick that i am decided to mess around with the system BIOS!!! i have messed up my PC!!! PLEASE HELP IF POSSIBLE

i made 2 changes, they are as follows -

1) Frequency/Voltage - within this category i changed some value from 100/33 to 133/33!

2) under another category i found Sound blaster. i enabled this as it was disabled!

i then saved and restarted the machine. the computer seems to load as usual, however, there is no activity from the monitor (i cant see anything) the orange light remains on at all times!

usually when your BIOS is loading you can press the Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock buttons at the lights will come on, this doesnt happen!!

please help if you can! dont 4get, i cant see anything!

:)

thanks in advance

Open the case and reset the CMOS. You then will need to redo all the settings in the BIOS.

The CMOS jumper normally locates next to the CMOS battery.

Looks like you changed your FSB, and it doesn't match with you RAM

Have you tried changing them back to normal.

well your replies look promising, thanks. first of all Van Nugent, how do you reset it?? and secondly Jaice i dont no wot to change as i cant see anything

thanks again :)

when clearing the cmos you need to mover the jumper over a designated set of pins this shorts the circuit and clears the cmos, make sure the power is off

for a 2 pin clear its pin 1-2
if you have 3 pins then its 2-3
refer to the motherboard handbook if you dont understand

Yep, as rkid001 said.

Open the box. You'll see a set of 3 pins (I believe all newer mobos have 3 pins). The jumper is now on the 2 pins (pins 2 and 3, I believe) for normal operation (of course!). You'll need to move the jumper to the other 2 pins for a few seconds (if it's on 2 & 3 now, move it to 1 & 2, for example). Remember to put the jumper back to the Normal position or it won't let you boot.

Remember this, m8, if you flash a new BIOS or mess with the BIOS and can't boot then you'd need to clear the CMOS. This happened to me quite often when I overclocked the systems.

One thing I forgot to mention. Before clearing the CMOS, you need to disconnect the power cord to the PSU. We all are using ATX PSU's (except some AT cases that are still in use :)) and without disconnecting the power cord, you can't successfully clear the CMOS in most cases. Turning off the power switch is not enough.

im writin this reply from my pc! i cant thank you guys enuff! thanks so much! :D next time your in sunny north wales, drinks are on me!

for a minute i fort id have to take it to the 'experts in a shop that would charge silly prices' but thanks again!

Nick

I'm glad to hear it, m8! Hey, I'll sure be there next summer... :laugh:

well as i said, drinks on me! seriously! i really cant believe you lot actually fixed my PC! well done (pat on the back)

anyways, sorry if people think this is a message to boost my status, it aint! im over the moon for your lots help!