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neeksgeek

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3. Restoring the BIOS to default state

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 09:51 AM

Dec 2016

If there's no menu option to do this, the simplest thing to do (on a desktop PC) is remove the little lithium button-cell battery for about a minute. This supplies powers to the BIOS memory, so it can store your settings. If you remove the battery, wait about a minute, then put it back, the BIOS will be forced to reset. This will mean resetting the date and time, too, unfortunately.

Here [Tom's Hardware] is an article on BIOS settings that may assist you.

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OS won't load automatically on startup [View all] pinboy3niner Dec 2016 OP

Hmmm neeksgeek Dec 2016 #1

Thanks for your reply pinboy3niner Dec 2016 #2

Restoring the BIOS to default state neeksgeek Dec 2016 #3

Hmm Egnever Dec 2016 #4