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Feb 23^rd, 2004 at 7:34am

asda_price Ex Member

Whassssssssssssssssssssssup everyone.

I have a question. It may sound stupid, but I must know right now. How the hell do I run BIOS on my PC? Thanxxxxxxxxxxx

I've also got another problem. My current graphics card (I'm still waiting for my new PC) is plugged into an AGP port, but the system information is saying that it is in a PCI slot. Please help!

asda
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Reply #1 - Feb 23^rd, 2004 at 8:21am

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Well i said this in another post that the bios needs to be set up right to get the best performance.but allso i stated that one should have a manual that came with there computer or motherboard to help in this task of setting up the bios.as the manual will tell you if you change some items it may cause damage to the motherboard.so if you dont have a manual.most motherboards you can visit there home page and get one by mail or download one for your system and print it out.and the manual will tell you how to enter the bios setup screen.if your not shure you can handel this task with a manual then take it to an expert and they will set it up for you for a small fee.hope this helps answer your question.

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Reply #2 - Feb 23^rd, 2004 at 12:13pm

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asda,
the most common way to get into your BIOS is during startup of your computer. When you re-boot your computer, there will be text somewhere on your screen that tells you the key(s) to press to enter setup. All BIOS are different so it may tell you F1 or delete or esc. The point is to press that key when it tells you to.

I cannot stress this enough. The BIOS is not some simple desktop application that you "run" in order to play some games. The BIOS is an interface to your CMOS and other computer settings. Do not "tinker" with the BIOS if you don't know what you are doing. I recommend doing a google on BIOS and reading up on it before going in there. If you have a specific question, try posting it here or other hardware forums.

For your own good, don't take these warning lightly. You can screw things up to the point where you may not be able to start your computer up again. That would really suck. Grin

Good luck.

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Reply #3 - Feb 23^rd, 2004 at 1:17pm

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Tell us what you want to do in the BIOS and someone will be able to tell you how to do it.

Also, if you go into your BIOS setup to explore and learn about it, just remember that after you hit escape to exit the BIOS.
choose

'EXIT WITHOUT SAVING CHANGES'

then you will be safe no matter what you did until you know what you are doing.

I've also got another problem. My current graphics card (I'm still waiting for my new PC) is plugged into an AGP port, but the system information is saying that it is in a PCI slot. Please help!

Are you positive it is in the AGP slot?

Do you have a motherboard with onboard video?

You may have the AGP slot disabled in the BIOS

Michael H.

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Reply #4 - Feb 23^rd, 2004 at 1:52pm

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When I boot my PC a message says 'Hit del to run setup'
Hit del and up comes the BIOS.
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Reply #5 - Feb 24^th, 2004 at 1:39am

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Maybe the Bios is set for PCI as the primary display instead of AGP.

I just tried a couple Radeon video cards, the driver info (catalyst 4.2) said the cards were running on a PCI device. This simply wasn't true, as every other configuration showed it wasn't. I don't know why it said that.

The cards were functioning very well, so I can only assume I lack some knowledge or it was an error in the driver's configuration screen.

Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD

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Reply #6 - Feb 24^th, 2004 at 8:42am

asda_price Ex Member

Guys, thanks a lot for your replies. Yes, I am absolutely positive that my card is in the AGP slot. I wan to change the BIOS settings so that it recognises the card as AGP, so please help!

Thanx a lot,

Asda Wink

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Reply #7 - Feb 24^th, 2004 at 2:36pm

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Asda,
I'm assuming you are looking at the Win98 or Win Me system info.

Often PCI/AGP devices will be lumped together.

Go to your "Device Manager" and right click your Display Adapter then Properties.

See if your video card is listed there as the current adapter.
Check to see if it is listed as operating properly.

If so, you are probably have nothing to worry about.

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