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Clearing Your PC's CMOS BIOS Settings

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Clearing Your PC's CMOS (BIOS) Settings Clearing Your PC's CMOS (BIOS) Settings CMOS is a chip that keeps a record of installed components when your PC is turned off. Clearing CMOS settings may help you resolve some common problems. For example: • when you need to clear passwords to have full access to your PC's BIOS Setup • when your PC cannot detect an expansion card or other device • when you are having problems booting the PC. You can clear CMOS settings: • by using your PC's BIOS Setup program • by opening your PC and clearing CMOS manually. Clearing CMOS Using the Setup Program If you are able to gain access to your PC's Setup program, use the following simple method to clear CMOS settings: 1 Restart your PC and press F2 when the message Press F2 to enter Setup appears on screen. Refer to page 22. 2 From within the Setup program, press F9 to load Setup defaults. 3 Press F10 to exit Setup saving changes. 79

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Clearing Your PC’s CMOS (BIOS) Settings
Clearing Your PC’s CMOS (BIOS) Settings
CMOS is a chip that keeps a record of installed components when your PC is turned
off. Clearing CMOS settings may help you resolve some common problems. For
example:
•
when you need to clear passwords to have full access to your PC’s BIOS
Setup
•
when your PC cannot detect an expansion card or other device
•
when you are having problems booting the PC.
You can clear CMOS settings:
•
by using your PC’s BIOS
Setup
program
•
by opening your PC and clearing CMOS manually.
Clearing CMOS Using the Setup Program
If you are able to gain access to your PC’s
Setup
program, use the following simple
method to clear CMOS settings:
1
Restart your PC and press
F2
when the message
Press F2 to enter Setup
appears on
screen. Refer to page 22.
2
From within the
Setup
program, press
F9
to load
Setup
defaults.
3
Press
F10
to exit
Setup
saving changes.