Help! (I need somebody)

[blurcbc]

Okay, instead of being lazy I did a little research this time.

My problem is after installing my video card, my computer starts going crazy after a few days. I get the messege "cmos battery has failed" and "display switch is set incorrectly".

This quote is taken from another forum:

It may be that your CMOS has PCI selected as the primary display adapter
when it should be set to AGP. Check it out because it's
common that when the CMOS battery fails, the default value
for the primary display reverts to PCI

How do I change my "CMOS" to a setting that recognizes I have an AGP card, not PCI card? (note: I can't ask the guy who I took that quote from, I got it from googling, and the thread is a year old)

 

[Lax]

QUESTIONS 101

"cmos battery has failed"

CMOS battery sounds dead, try replacing it and see what happens (3v looks like a nickle, usually 2-3$ at a hardware store).

"display switch is set incorrectly"

Make sure it's set to AGP like said above. (which should be default when you reset the BIOS on most newer boards).

 

[blurcbc]

the computer has been repaired, but the computer is starting to act funny again after a new mother board has been put in.

Can't I just open a program of some kind and switch the setting from PCI to AGP(if that is even the problem), instead of resetting the BIOS?

As I said, its a new motherboard (different model), so I doubt both had a default PCI setting if its rare...so maybe thats not the problem at all . I just don't know what the heck is wrong with this computer

edit: btw, I havn't gotten "display switch is set incorrectly" or cmos battery failed" yet, its just starting to act like crap again, which is what happened when it broke before.

 

[blurcbc]

On the motherboard there is some kind of jumper or switch (or so google claims!), to toggle between monochrome and color. I don't see this, can someone tell me what it might look like?

This is what causes the "display switch is set incorrectly error".