Re: Re: [Nolug] Can't disable BIOS Guardian

From: Joey Kelly <joey_at_joeykelly.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 16:40:36 +0000
Message-Id: <200306022135.h52LZan13524@vkh.joeykelly.net>

Where do you live? If you're on the southshore, I'm willing to go out and fix
it, since I'm the guy that told you to do that.

Arrgh, I didn't mean to break it, honest!

--Joey

Thou spake:
>No, in 19 years of working with PCs I have never had to reset a BIOS before.
> I had gotten as far as loking for a jumper to short but hadn't thought of
> the battery yet. Sounded like a good idea, but now the monitor says "No
> signal input" and the computer keeps repeating one long beep, which leads
> me to think the mobo is shot. Do you have any other ideas? Thanks both to
> Joey and Andy Johnson.
> ============================================================
>From: Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net>
>Date: 2003/06/02 Mon AM 08:00:56 EDT
>To: nolug@joeykelly.net
>Subject: Re: [Nolug] Can't disable BIOS Guardian
>
>Dunno if you've done thisi before or not, so forgive if I sound like I'm
>talking down to you...
>
>Unplug the computer and remove the case (or a panel on the side, I don't
> know what kind of case you've got). On the motherboard, look for a battery,
> like the kind in watches or cameras, only perhaps a little bigger. Pop it
> out, wait a couple of minutes, then put it back in, plug the PC back in,
> and turn it on. Go into the BIOS settings and you should find that
> everything is set to defaults. Make your changes, then save them. If you've
> gotten this far, you should be ok. You might have to tweak the settings a
> bit more, but that's about all.
>
>--Joey
>
>Thou spake:
>>On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 10:58, jdtiede@bellsouth.net wrote:
>>> When I brought my friend's PC back from Pass Christian to get
>>> the e-mail access working after upgrading to RH9, as soon as I
>>> tried to boot it here I got a message about having to disable
>>> BIOS Guardian before making any BIOS config changes. But I never
>>> enabled BIOS Guardian! It was booting fine in MS, but now when
>>> it gets to that message it freezes and the only way to start it
>>> again is to reboot. But it still won't go beyond that point. HD
>>> books in another computer. Could the motherboard have been damaged
>>> riding in the car? I had it in the front passenger seat with the
>>> seat belt around it. It's an FIC AD-11 and not more than a year
>>> old. Is there a fix for this or will I have to replace the mobo?
>>
>>So there's no way to bet into the BIOS setup program? What about
>>resetting the BIOS?

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Computer Networking Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
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