huge problem.. need help quick!

[Michael]

I saw today that my onboard video (nVidia 6100 nForce 405) has 256MB of it's own RAM, and it takes 271MB from my computer, so I went into the BIOS and reduced the amount of RAM it uses from my PC from AUTO to DISABLED, and now when I boot my PC I just get blinking lights in a pattern, 4 blinks on the DVD drive, the fourth blink has 2 rapid blinks after it and the power button blinks on the tower and all of that restarts.

I get no video now, and short of swapping it out for another computer, I'd like to try resetting the BIOS to default if possible.. and troubleshoot this issue.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[paratwa]

1. You can take out the battery and then re-install it. or 2. You can toggle the BIOS reset jumper.

Both the ways the BIOS will be reset to the factory settings.

What motherboard are you using?

 

[PC eye]

Yes onboard video uses system memory just like your AGP or PCI-E card does as well. Without a card installed you put yourself in a bind by disabling the onboard video needed for display. The system or board manual will show how to clear the cmos by pointing out the jumper on the board to move and most likely the need to remove and then replace the battery from it's holder. The next bootup following that will require re-entering time and date in the bios setup along with making any other changes in settings ohter then disabling the onboard video again.

 

[Michael]

Thanks guys.. I actually unhooked the power to the case, then pulled out the battery and unhooked the power toggle on the mobo.. left it sit for 10 mins and hooked it all back up, looks like it's working now

I have a Foxconn.. I forget the model, I listed it in another thread.. it's the Acer T180 special (Socket AM2) with nVideo 6100/nForce405 chipset.

EDIT: PC Eye, I only disabled the RAM it takes from my DIMMs, not the onboard video.. the onboard video has it's own 256MB stack, but reserves another 271MB from my DIMMs which I can disable if I'd prefer.