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Thread ID: 81761	2007-08-06 07:30:00	CPU INTERNAL FREQUENCY?	denisegun (9804)	Press F1

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577068	2007-08-06 07:30:00	Hi there If I try and start my comp. too soon after closing down the lights go on for an instant then it shuts itself down. (Nothing comes on screen). If I wait a few minutes then reboot I get the AwardBios setup utility stuff which shows the following: Current CPU internal frequency is 366MHz next line CPU internal frequency 733MHz. On the right it says Make sure your CPU internal frequency conforms to specs of CPU. (The specs are 733MhZ) This suggests to me that I need to change the 366MHz to 733 but it won't let me. Is this related to it shutting down? Does it matter? Should I just not restart so soon after shutting down? Is this serious (please not) Thank you for your help	denisegun (9804)
577069	2007-08-06 07:43:00	Set it to its default settings and reconfigure the BIOS.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
577070	2007-08-06 08:01:00	Set it to its default settings and reconfigure the BIOS. Ummm? Don't really know what I'm doing. How do I reconfigure the BIOS? Is that what the links you gave me are for? Thanks	denisegun (9804)
577071	2007-08-06 08:07:00	No the links are for the programs that are named in the links Has the BIOS on that PC ever been configured since you've had it?? Do you know what the brand and model of the motherboard is?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
577072	2007-08-06 08:07:00	No No, the links in his sig are things such as spyware protection programs etc for everyone to get and use. You could get them I guess once you get your comp back up and running:thumbs:	beeswax34 (63)
577073	2007-08-06 08:50:00	No No, the links in his sig are things such as spyware protection programs etc for everyone to get and use. You could get them I guess once you get your comp back up and running:thumbs: OOps wrong person	denisegun (9804)
577074	2007-08-06 08:54:00	No the links are for the programs that are named in the links Has the BIOS on that PC ever been configured since you've had it?? Do you know what the brand and model of the motherboard is? Thanks speedy. No no and no. Duuh	denisegun (9804)
577075	2007-08-06 09:49:00	Gee, you got an old computer there denisegun. The simplest way to get it happening again is to reset the BIOS, which is the basic system that the computer uses to initialise itself at boot time. The quickest way for you to do this is: Disconnect the power cable Open the box - 90% of the time this involves sliding off the left hand side cover. There's probably 2 Philips-head screws holding it in place at the rear. Now, look for the system battery. It's about the size/colour of a 20c piece. Pop it out, you might need a small screwdriver to help you wedge it out. Leave it out for 30 seconds to enable any residual power to drain out of the system. Pop the battery back in. Reconnect the power cable. When you restart, the screen will pop up saying something like "Incorrect BIOS Settings, press F1 to load defaults or F2 to enter BIOS". This is because it's lost the time/date settings, so enter the BIOS and update those two, they'll be on the first page. Don't bother with anything else in there, the usual Save key in BIOS is F10 so press that once time/date is reset, then reboot. (Your mouse won't work in BIOS, it's a keyboard-only affair.) You should now be back to the way things always was.	1024KB (12633)
577076	2007-08-06 11:00:00	So what is BIOS exactly?	denisegun (9804)
577077	2007-08-06 20:36:00	The easiest way to reset the BIOS is to enter it (usually by pressing DEL on boot) and selecting Default Settings within it. Not messing about inside if this person doesn't know what he;s doing. BIOS - Basic Input Output System computer.howstuffworks.com Basically its the first bit of the PCs workings, it contains info on what is attached, hard drive(s), optical drives, what speed the motherboard is at, the RAM and how much of it, CPU settings, all that.	pctek (84)
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