No Bios For Me

jbrown456 · 01-22-2006, 08:51 PM

I was going to format a family member's computer (yay, mdg computer!), but the computer was not set to boot from a cd. No problem, i thought, lets just go into the bios and change this. ummm, we will just say, hi, no. when the computer is started, it shows a black screen for about a minute and about 5 seconds after that the login screen appears. so it boots fine, but it shows nothing. i called mdg tech support, and they said to press delete as many times as i could untill it went into the bios. it didn't. i tried every key combination i could possibley think of. f1 right through to f12, delete, backspace, ctrl, alt, space bar, everything (the list gets longer). any ideas???

[-0MEGA-] · 01-22-2006, 08:59 PM

Try opening up the case, and look on the motherboard for a 2-3pin jumper that says something like "CLR CMS". Best way to do this is to refer to your motherboard manual. Or you can take the battery out for a while and put it back in.

jbrown456 · 01-22-2006, 09:05 PM

ok i will try that

jbrown456 · 01-22-2006, 09:39 PM

worked perfect thanks so much!

Xycron · 01-22-2006, 09:48 PM

To think i was going to sya to find the mobo number and flash the bio's...prabally would have worked to just would have been alot more complex heh.

jbrown456 · 02-11-2006, 06:03 PM

thank you for your time replying to my question,
jbrown456

have a nice day

01-22-2006, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
jbrown456 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: My House Posts: 862	No Bios For Me I was going to format a family member's computer (yay, mdg computer!), but the computer was not set to boot from a cd. No problem, i thought, lets just go into the bios and change this. ummm, we will just say, hi, no. when the computer is started, it shows a black screen for about a minute and about 5 seconds after that the login screen appears. so it boots fine, but it shows nothing. i called mdg tech support, and they said to press delete as many times as i could untill it went into the bios. it didn't. i tried every key combination i could possibley think of. f1 right through to f12, delete, backspace, ctrl, alt, space bar, everything (the list gets longer). any ideas???

01-22-2006, 08:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,389	Try opening up the case, and look on the motherboard for a 2-3pin jumper that says something like "CLR CMS". Best way to do this is to refer to your motherboard manual. Or you can take the battery out for a while and put it back in. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 (800/1900) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 960 (6-6-6-18) 750GB SATAII w/32MB Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 22605

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01-22-2006, 09:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
jbrown456 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: My House Posts: 862	ok i will try that

01-22-2006, 09:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
jbrown456 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: My House Posts: 862	worked perfect thanks so much!

01-22-2006, 09:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	To think i was going to sya to find the mobo number and flash the bio's...prabally would have worked to just would have been alot more complex heh.

02-11-2006, 06:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
jbrown456 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: My House Posts: 862	thank you for your time replying to my question, jbrown456 have a nice day