You're not sunk yet. There is a small (maybe small, maybe bigger) lithium battery that holds the memory of the BIOS. Some are held with clips and can be carefully taken out for awhile and replaced and then the BIOS automatically goes to default settings. Others are soldered into the mainboard and have a jumper to clear the BIOS. You move the jumper from one set of pins to the other and then back and that will send you back to the defaults. Most modern mainboards have a software function for this, but who knows with some of the package systems? On Saturday 27 September 2003 12:26 pm, you 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