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Changing my CPU
Ok well when i turned on the computer it told me to press DEL to change CPU settings or press F1 to continue.
This started happening this year so I just press DEL, change the date and time to the correct time, press F10 to save everything, and the computer will restart and then on with the normal things.
Today i changed it and it still told me that CPU has been changed and kept telling me to change it. I only change the time and date since I'm not exactly the ocmputer expert.
Am I supposed to change something else?
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don't worry Pc IS NOT an easily damaged computer (unlike MAC) you can do whatever you like with it! here are some possibilities about your pc abnormality;
1. The CMOS battery is weak (how old is your PC???) PC with more than 2-3 years old has a greater possibilities! replace it with the new one! the battery is look likes a t-shirt buttons with 3 volt!
2. The bios settings was damaged! please reset the settings to the default values!
3. Reset CMOS memory! (hardware) (beware the electric shock!) if you wasn't sure how to do it just don't try it! plug out the battery for 1 minutes then pluging it again! (the battery located near the PCI expansion slot on the motherboard)
but if you still wanna try it please find the complete step in how to reset cmos memory on the web! it won't damaged your PC as long as you are not sweating!
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Master_Betty, I'm pretty sure she's referring to something other than the standard POST screen.
Press F1 at that message. If that works, you're done.
If the computer reboots and it appears again, press DEL. Somewhere in the screen it will say something like "load fail-safe defaults", or "load factory configuration", or "load defaults". Choose this and (if it doesn't do it automatically), press F10 to save and exit. If that works, you're done.
If that doesn't work, follow this guide on resetting CMOS:
[Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
(I know that page says it's for passwords, but it works for most CMOS-related problems).
If that doesn't fix it, your CMOS battery is probably dead. Bring your computer to geaksquad(or similar) and say "I would like you to replace the see-mas[pronounce CMOS like that] battery in my computer. Please don't change anything else.". Especially if you have an old computer, this could take them a while. That will probably fix it.
If that doesn't work, I would try these additional steps, which I'm not going to explain, since the above steps will probably fix it:
-upgrade(flash) BIOS
-replace the BIOS chip
-if your motherboard+CPU is listed here:
[Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
you can use linuxBIOS. This might work.
-replace motherboard
-replace other hardware
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This is a default message that will automatically show every time you start your computer.
If you can leave the computer alone and it starts by itself then you're fine.
You're playing with the BIOS settings which you should only do if you REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING as you can cause considerable damage by changing the values contained in the BIOS menu.
There should be no reason for you to touch those settings at all, and if it doesnt boot automatically you should take it for a service.
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