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Unplug your power cable then remove the watch battery thing from your motherboard....wait 5 minutes then re-inster the battery and turn on your PC...should be fine then.

Unplug your power cable then remove the watch battery thing from your motherboard....wait 5 minutes then re-inster the battery and turn on your PC...should be fine then.

Daytona_178

Some mobo makers have a dual bios implanted on their boards. Just curious...who is the maker of your board? If it's Gigabyte, I'd give them a call and see if they can't help you. If not, give the mobo maker a call anyways and see if they can help you out. BTW, have you tried pulling out the battery (3v) located near your south bridge, or lower if your north and south bridge are on the same chip. The battery keeps your CMOS RAM going. By pulling it out, you should revert to your CMOS ROM's preferences instead. As stated above, if you aren't familiar with any of the steps listed above, doing a bit of research before attempting to troubleshoot your BIOS will help you out greatly. Another thing to check for is your "beeps." When you first start your computer, you should hear 1 beep rather quickly. That beep means your computer has finished it's POST (Power On Self-Test) and is looking for your OS to take over. If you aren't hearing any beeps, then it points to problems with your BIOS. If you hear multiple beeps, you'll have to look them up online (or check your mobo manual) and see what the maker of your mobos error beep codes are. Best of luck to you friend.joseph_mach

I just use the jumper, myself. But every motherboard is different. The manual, if you have it, will tell you which jumper, resets the bios.

edit: All Asus boards have that jumper, and yeah you have to open the case. The jumper is on the motherboard (battery is, too.).... I'll be the black little think plugged into a prong on the motherboard, and you take that little black thing out and plug it in to both the prongs, and then put it back to it's orginal position of one prong. Basicly, all you're doing is cutting the memory power to the motherboard. It's the same thing as taking out the battery, but generally, easier.... in my opinion. You do need the manual to find out which jumper it is....though (although, most often, it's near the battery). If you do use the jumper method, remember to put the jumper back to it's orginal position, before you start the PC, or the PC won't start....

Gah...you beat me to the battery Daytona. =)joseph_mach