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Old July 1st 05, 12:43 PM
Delboy
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Default saving & reloading BIOS settings

I believe I will have to replace my battery soon as spasmodically on boot,
my clock boots to a nonsense date (ca 2010?). The box is 4 yo so a new
battery is not unreasonable.

Will replacing the battery reset the BIOS to default settings?
Is there any software to save to disk (3 1/2 or cdr / cdrw and reload my
BIOS?
Will I just have to troll through all the pages, write to paper (or take a
digital pic of each page) and edit the BIOS?

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Old July 1st 05, 04:04 PM
Mart
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Unless you are aware of any "special settings" which you had to make to your
BIOS to make your PC work at all, then the chances are that the "Setup
Defaults" setting will be quite adequate. Any 'non-default' settings are
usually required as a result of some particular 'glitch' which most Users
would already be aware of.

Just replace the battery, and reset your BIOS (if necessary or possible -
usually a link setting for a few seconds is all that is needed, but see your
User Manual if there's a problem).

Remember though, that on first boot (put an empty floppy disk in your A:,
only to prevent it trying to boot from the C: before you've set up) you need
to go into your BIOS's first or 'Main' screen, to reset the clock and detect
(Auto) your HDD(s) and CD-ROM(s)

BTW - you ought also to check for and set Number Lock (if you normally use
it) as it's a BIOS setting - probably on one of the Advanced setting pages.

Pull the floppy disk, save your settings and re-boot.

It's all usually very straightforward.

Mart


"Delboy" wrote in message
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I believe I will have to replace my battery soon as spasmodically on boot,
my clock boots to a nonsense date (ca 2010?). The box is 4 yo so a new
battery is not unreasonable.

Will replacing the battery reset the BIOS to default settings?
Is there any software to save to disk (3 1/2 or cdr / cdrw and reload my
BIOS?
Will I just have to troll through all the pages, write to paper (or take a
digital pic of each page) and edit the BIOS?

--
Delboy

A common mistake that people made when trying to design something
completely
foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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Old July 1st 05, 04:27 PM
Delboy
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Thanks for the info Mart.

As far as I am recall, I haven't altered any settings. The box came as a
"bundled" package with rather sparse ifo on WinME, a little more on bundled
software and no info on the BIOS. I think for the sake of peace of mind, I
will take digipics just to satisfy myself.

Good reminder about the blank floppy though.

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Delboy

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foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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"Mart" wrote in message
...
Unless you are aware of any "special settings" which you had to make to

your
BIOS to make your PC work at all, then the chances are that the "Setup
Defaults" setting will be quite adequate. Any 'non-default' settings are
usually required as a result of some particular 'glitch' which most Users
would already be aware of.

Just replace the battery, and reset your BIOS (if necessary or possible -
usually a link setting for a few seconds is all that is needed, but see

your
User Manual if there's a problem).

Remember though, that on first boot (put an empty floppy disk in your A:,
only to prevent it trying to boot from the C: before you've set up) you

need
to go into your BIOS's first or 'Main' screen, to reset the clock and

detect
(Auto) your HDD(s) and CD-ROM(s)

BTW - you ought also to check for and set Number Lock (if you normally use
it) as it's a BIOS setting - probably on one of the Advanced setting

pages.

Pull the floppy disk, save your settings and re-boot.

It's all usually very straightforward.

Mart


"Delboy" wrote in message
news
I believe I will have to replace my battery soon as spasmodically on

boot,
my clock boots to a nonsense date (ca 2010?). The box is 4 yo so a new
battery is not unreasonable.

Will replacing the battery reset the BIOS to default settings?
Is there any software to save to disk (3 1/2 or cdr / cdrw and reload my
BIOS?
Will I just have to troll through all the pages, write to paper (or take

a
digital pic of each page) and edit the BIOS?

--
Delboy

A common mistake that people made when trying to design something
completely
foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Douglas Adams






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Old July 1st 05, 04:48 PM
Mart
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Delboy wrote :-

... I think for the sake of peace of mind, I
will take digipics just to satisfy myself.


Fair comment - you'd only kick yourself if you'd missed anything g and
very 'instant'

Good reminder about the blank floppy though.


Been there, done that - can save hours of escaping out of Windows. If I had
a penny for every boot screen ... Bolts and Stable Doors g

Good luck

Mart



"Delboy" wrote in message
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Thanks for the info Mart.

As far as I am recall, I haven't altered any settings. The box came as a
"bundled" package with rather sparse ifo on WinME, a little more on
bundled
software and no info on the BIOS. I think for the sake of peace of mind, I
will take digipics just to satisfy myself.

Good reminder about the blank floppy though.

--
Delboy

A common mistake that people made when trying to design something
completely
foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Douglas Adams

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Unless you are aware of any "special settings" which you had to make to

your
BIOS to make your PC work at all, then the chances are that the "Setup
Defaults" setting will be quite adequate. Any 'non-default' settings are
usually required as a result of some particular 'glitch' which most Users
would already be aware of.

Just replace the battery, and reset your BIOS (if necessary or possible -
usually a link setting for a few seconds is all that is needed, but see

your
User Manual if there's a problem).

Remember though, that on first boot (put an empty floppy disk in your A:,
only to prevent it trying to boot from the C: before you've set up) you

need
to go into your BIOS's first or 'Main' screen, to reset the clock and

detect
(Auto) your HDD(s) and CD-ROM(s)

BTW - you ought also to check for and set Number Lock (if you normally
use
it) as it's a BIOS setting - probably on one of the Advanced setting

pages.

Pull the floppy disk, save your settings and re-boot.

It's all usually very straightforward.

Mart


"Delboy" wrote in message
news
I believe I will have to replace my battery soon as spasmodically on

boot,
my clock boots to a nonsense date (ca 2010?). The box is 4 yo so a new
battery is not unreasonable.

Will replacing the battery reset the BIOS to default settings?
Is there any software to save to disk (3 1/2 or cdr / cdrw and reload
my
BIOS?
Will I just have to troll through all the pages, write to paper (or
take

a
digital pic of each page) and edit the BIOS?

--
Delboy

A common mistake that people made when trying to design something
completely
foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Douglas Adams








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Old July 1st 05, 04:57 PM
Mart
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BTW - If you've got a parallel printer attached, you may well find that a
PrtSc (Print Screen) will give you a (reasonable) printout of each of the
BIOS pages.

Mart


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Old July 1st 05, 11:55 PM
Delboy
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No Mart, printer is Canon i455, USB connection

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Delboy

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"Mart" wrote in message
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BTW - If you've got a parallel printer attached, you may well find that a
PrtSc (Print Screen) will give you a (reasonable) printout of each of the
BIOS pages.

Mart




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Old July 2nd 05, 01:47 AM
Mart
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So much for 'newer' technology g
Oh well - back to plan 'A'

Mart


"Delboy" wrote in message
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No Mart, printer is Canon i455, USB connection

--
Delboy

A common mistake that people made when trying to design something
completely
foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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"Mart" wrote in message
...
BTW - If you've got a parallel printer attached, you may well find that a
PrtSc (Print Screen) will give you a (reasonable) printout of each of the
BIOS pages.

Mart






 




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