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peahouse05

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Help please!
Had old pc working out of case on bench. All new bits ok apart from missing sound card driver. Put back in case - then.......
BIOS counts 256MB RAM ok, then two short beeps, a pause and one short beep.
BIOS says - CMOS setup wrong and CMOS display type wrong
Autodetects HDD, then size label - 32MB - goes grey.
Date shows as Friday 13th August 1999! Have checked plugs etc, but will need to tear it apart again to check fully.
Regards
peahouse05:eek:
ps Still fun!
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Enter the BIOS and set it upto date as you have changed components you have more than likely cleard the CMOS
 
Thanks both
Could have touched bottom of MB on case during re-assembly, I'll try your suggestions.
Cheers
peahouse05:thumb:
 
Hi folks
Reset date in BIOS, one beep, xp booting, thanks for the advice. End of thread?
What if the BIOS battery had failed, I assume the chip loses everything, what happens then? Also Muckshifter recently suggested a BIOS update.
Cheers
peahouse05 :D :thumb:
 
peahouse05 said:
Hi folks
Reset date in BIOS, one beep, xp booting, thanks for the advice. End of thread?
What if the BIOS battery had failed, I assume the chip loses everything, what happens then? Also Muckshifter recently suggested a BIOS update.
Cheers
peahouse05 :D :thumb:
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No, the 'chip' will NOT loose everything ... If the "battery" CMOS/BIOS had failed you would have the same problem ... but you do not loose "default" settings of when the chip was first programed.

Now, if you have a CMOS chip that has a 'sticker' on it ... and have a spare ultraviolet light handy then you can wipe the CMOS forever. (remove sticker, shine light in window = dead cmos = dead pc) :D
 
muckshifter said:
No, the 'chip' will NOT loose everything ... If the "battery" CMOS/BIOS had failed you would have the same problem ... but you do not loose "default" settings of when the chip was first programed.

Now, if you have a CMOS chip that has a 'sticker' on it ... and have a spare ultraviolet light handy then you can wipe the CMOS forever. (remove sticker, shine light in window = dead cmos = dead pc) :D
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Next question please:eek:
 
I am really interested in this!
BIOS reverted to a previous setting due to my carelessness. If for some reason I wanted to access a previously installed HDD and set the date to a suitable period, would BIOS see its boot record?.
Also, due the law of intended consequences, my new sound card ( a donated Crystal SoundFusion tm) has found a driver and works perfectly.
Thanks
peahouse05:)
 
If for some reason I wanted to access a previously installed HDD and set the date to a suitable period, would BIOS see its boot record?.
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The Date/Time had nothing to do with accessing the HD ... the BIOS reverted back to a "factory"setting and did not 'see' your new HD until you told it to.

Computers understand two things ... 0 & 1 ... ;)

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Thanks Muckshifter,
Does it get all the updated info from the HDD when the date is changed?
Reagrds
peahouse05:thumb:
 
peahouse05 said:
Thanks Muckshifter,
Does it get all the updated info from the HDD when the date is changed?
Reagrds
peahouse05:thumb:
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No ... the date has nothing to do with the HD.

;)
 
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