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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? -- 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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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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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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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 ... 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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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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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. Douglas Adams "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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So much for 'newer' technology g
Oh well - back to plan 'A' Mart "Delboy" wrote in message ... 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. Douglas Adams "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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