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Hot Topics Hanging on L4Y Closing Down anyone here Crackdown 3's geomod Roll-Call. Who's still... R.I.P Sir Lots-A-Pot Server maps? Red Faction for Mac Who's still here? Run Event December 27th!   Online Goodness There are 0 users and 2 guests online     Levels-4-You : Lounge : computer help [Forum Rules]   Back to Forum Thread List chipgoober1   Posted 19th Feb 2006 12:20am L4Y Member Post 48 / 58 today i was trying to install windows 98 on an old computer and i went into bios to set the floppy drive as bootable. when i tryed to change the setting (any setting) it wouldent let me so i wanted to see if i could change the BIOS password and i just pressed a some keys and hit enter. i somehow forgot the password so i took out the CMOS battery for 1 minute and put it back in and then i tryed to turn on the computer...the power supply fan came on and thats it. I unpluged the floppy and the cdrom drive and pushed the power button and the hard drive powered up (after pushing the power button 4 times). the monitor stays black, there are no beeps... befor i reset the CMOS the computer was fine, it started up without a hitch. anyone know what is wrong?  Foe   Posted 19th Feb 2006 12:45am The one and only! L4Y Member Post 807 / 837 Congratulations! You now have a large door stop. B"H     DVL_IAC   Posted 19th Feb 2006 1:06am L4Y Member Post 683 / 1417 When resetting the CMOS your not supposed to take out the battery... Near the battery there should be like 3 little pins with a connector thingy on 2 of em. your supposed to just take the connector off the 2 pins its on and move it down 1 pin, so if it was on the first and second you would put it on the second and third or if it was on the second and third you would move it to the first and second, anyway after you move it wait a few sec then put it back onto the original 2 pins it was on, then turn on comp. My Main Youtube Page - My Second Youtube Page - My Files - My Deviant Art     sobe    Posted 19th Feb 2006 3:12am Post 1315 / 3194 /\ Actually, if you read most motherboard manuals, they will tell you to take out your battery, and get a metallic object such as a paper clip, and touch both battery slot pins with that paper clip at the same time, then leave battery out for 1-5min. then place back battery, and start pc That is how you reset your CMOS. And Foe! It's been a long time since I have seen you post! "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006     DVL_IAC   Posted 19th Feb 2006 3:14am L4Y Member Post 686 / 1417 Hmm every mobo I've had said to do it the way I described.. My Main Youtube Page - My Second Youtube Page - My Files - My Deviant Art     LordSeafood   Posted 19th Feb 2006 3:33am L4Y Member Post 908 / 1792 When i overclocked my old mobo too far and couldnt even get back to the bios i just removed battery, put it back in and everything was at default again. Unless you somehow shorted out the mobo while removing/replacing the battery i cant see that as being the problem. P.S. Still Alive.     sobe    Posted 19th Feb 2006 4:29am Post 1316 / 3194 Yea, just unplug the power cord to your PSU, then pop out the battery, and leave it out for around 1-5min., and pop it back in. That should do the trick. I have noticed if you pop it out and right away put it back in, it doesn't reset the BIOS. "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006     LordSeafood   Posted 19th Feb 2006 7:11am L4Y Member Post 909 / 1792 Yes it needs to be out for about 1-3 minutes for it to reset P.S. Still Alive.

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