Lionel, you generally have two ways to reset the BIOS. The definite all-purpose method is to remove the CMOS battery from the motherboard. Doing so will wipe all the settings. But, you may have to keep it out for some time, as its made so you don't lose settings when replacing a battery. How long, I wouldn't know. But, have heard cases of literally a day. Worth a try to remove it for about 10-15 minutes. The second method usually involves a jumper on the motherboard. You basically have to move the jumper to a specific position. If you have the mobo's instruction manual, that should tell you. If no manual, you can always look it up assuming you know the brand/model of your mobo. ---Troth At 9/27/2003 01:26 PM, Lionel wrote: >Hi. Thanks for the info, been in there again and had a look , cannot see >anything there that I can click on to return to the Default. Will keep my >cotton picking nose out of there from now on. Lionel. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx> >To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 12:29 PM >Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Bios System. > > > > No. You have to change it in the BIOS. There should be a setting in >there to > > load the default values. Not a place to play if you're not sure what >you're > > doing. Sometimes even if you think you know it's not safe. <G> > > > > On Saturday 27 September 2003 08:18 pm, you wrote: > > > If I crash the computer and bring it back to day one , will that fix the > > > mess up I made in the Bios System ??? Lionel. To unsub or change your > > > email settings: > > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > > > > > To access our Archives: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > > > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > > > For more info: > > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > > > To access our Archives: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > For more info: > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > >To unsub or change your email settings: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > >To access our Archives: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > >For more info: >//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk