Cannot get to bios

w00per · 11-07-2009, 05:57 PM

I decided to dig out an old dinosaur, a win98 computer. I opened it up and tried to get it to work again. After I got it to work I decided to move it somewhere else in my home to further work on it. I also put in all the screws that I had left out. Now during boot it warns me about a new CPU and I need to set it up in bios, but it doesnt seem to be recognizing my keyboard or something. It had been working earlier. What is wrong?

Additional details: The lights on the keyboard flash on when I hit power on the computer. The keyboard is a DIN connection.

Tumbleweed36 · 11-07-2009, 06:01 PM

Try clearing the CMOS and see if that helps. You can do that by either moving the jumper from pins 1 & 2 to 2 & 3 and then back to the original position. Or, you can remove the motherboard batter for a few minutes and then return it to it's original position. Then, give it a try and see what happens.

Be sure to unplug from the wall and ground yourself before trying to do that.

11-07-2009, 05:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
w00per Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1 OS: win98, xp, vista	Cannot get to bios I decided to dig out an old dinosaur, a win98 computer. I opened it up and tried to get it to work again. After I got it to work I decided to move it somewhere else in my home to further work on it. I also put in all the screws that I had left out. Now during boot it warns me about a new CPU and I need to set it up in bios, but it doesnt seem to be recognizing my keyboard or something. It had been working earlier. What is wrong? Additional details: The lights on the keyboard flash on when I hit power on the computer. The keyboard is a DIN connection.

11-07-2009, 06:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,697 OS: XP Professional	Re: Cannot get to bios Try clearing the CMOS and see if that helps. You can do that by either moving the jumper from pins 1 & 2 to 2 & 3 and then back to the original position. Or, you can remove the motherboard batter for a few minutes and then return it to it's original position. Then, give it a try and see what happens. Be sure to unplug from the wall and ground yourself before trying to do that. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.