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| Thread ID: 65519 | 2006-01-21 01:53:00 | All Greek to Me! | meg_h_nz (6960) | Press F1 |
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| 423296 | 2006-01-21 20:32:00 | Hi Greg I have tried that but when I use the start up disk it comes up it this "greek" and I am unable to enter the correct commands. |
meg_h_nz (6960) | ||
| 423297 | 2006-01-21 20:41:00 | Turn the computer off, then open the case . Take the CMOS battery off the mobo and leave it out for about a minute, then put it back in . See if it changes the language back to English in the BIOS . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 423298 | 2006-01-21 20:48:00 | Hi Speedy I was going to do that yesterday but I did a search about battery removal and there were a few negative posts about mother boards cracking...... That freaked my out a little! I will give it a try when I get home after lunch. Thanks |
meg_h_nz (6960) | ||
| 423299 | 2006-01-21 20:58:00 | Remember to turn power off at the wall. Just be gentle and you won't have any problem. | Greg (193) | ||
| 423300 | 2006-01-21 21:00:00 | I’ve heard of this before and I think it was computers that have been brought into the country by people immigrating . I think the first thing to do, if Speedy’s suggestion doesn’t work, is to identify the language . This may require you to carefully write it down, scan it, and post it as a picture somewhere . Then we can all have a guess as to what it says, if indeed it is a language . Not a lot of help I know, but I’m reasonably confident that you can get over it . The other thing is what is written on the bios chip? |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 423301 | 2006-01-21 21:01:00 | Its pretty safe, just use a little screwdriver, and push the lever thing on the side of the battery holder outwards, or just push the metal lever thing on the side outwards (thats if the battery holder has this) . And voila the battery will come out . lol, can't say I've heard of people cracking a motherboard to get a battery out . They must have used a bit of force to remove it . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 423302 | 2006-01-22 00:00:00 | The disk will not have any jumpers installed to limit it to 2GB . It HAD 40 GB in use . Removing the motherboard button cell will probably reset it to English (after all, the "World" is the USA, and it speaks English ;)) . Just don't force the clip . They do break if they are forced . :( First look for a jumper on the motherboard marked something like "Reset BIOS" . That might do the job without any risk . The BIOS might be giving you a choice of languages in the split screen you get . (THe "F8" entry is the way to the setup routines . ) If you are a bit scared of the other way, try using that screen "blind" . I suspect the up-down movable cursor will not be at the top left postion when you get that page on the screen . Try moving it to that position (which mighht be English) , then finding a way to "exit with save" . Try the "Esc" key, first . If you are very lucky it will ask if you want to save the settings, in English . :D Otherwise try the two buttons at the bottom, in turn . Why haven't you challenged the kids with this? Kids play complicated games without even glancing at the instructions . They just hit all the buttons and that sets up all the eye-finger connections without going through the normal brain functions . :cool: |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 423303 | 2006-01-22 01:17:00 | [QUOTE=B.M.]I’ve heard of this before and I think it was computers that have been brought into the country by people immigrating. This computer was NZ new and at first the BIOS was english. |
meg_h_nz (6960) | ||
| 423304 | 2006-01-22 01:28:00 | [QUOTE=B.M.]I’ve heard of this before and I think it was computers that have been brought into the country by people immigrating. This computer was NZ new and at first the BIOS was english. Excellent, have you tried removing the battery and replacing it yet. Might pay to leave it out for half an hour just to be sure. I've heard of them holding their existing settings for 20 minutes. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 423305 | 2006-01-22 01:34:00 | Hi There I did try taking the battery out (but only for a few minutes) It did give me part of an English strat up screen but the BIOS language was still gooble-d-gook. I will try leaving it out longer. Let you know after 3:00pm what happens.... Thanks Meg |
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