How to reset a BIOS?
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From: Happy Oyster on 19 Apr 2010 11:17 Hi, how can the parameters in an Asus L2400D setup can be reset? It has a wierd keyboard setting. Thanks .. -- Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Anna�lle http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm
From: Barry Watzman on 19 Apr 2010 15:52 Are you SURE it's the BIOS and not Windows? Normally, BIOS' have a reset function in them. Or, on a DESKTOP, remove the CMOS battery with the machine unplugged and off (this does not work on most laptops, however). Happy Oyster wrote: > Hi, > > how can the parameters in an Asus L2400D setup can be reset? It has a wierd > keyboard setting. > > Thanks > > > .
From: Happy Oyster on 19 Apr 2010 16:13 On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:52:03 -0400, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: >Are you SURE it's the BIOS and not Windows? Absolutely sure. I installed DOS. DOS boots, but suddenly I find the characters are messed up. Instead of "a" it is "A". That means that the character set is "shifted up". That would make sense if shift lock were set. But it isn't. Next: the characters on the cipher button line appear as "!", etc, but somehow mixed up. It took some twisted typing on the keybord with shift, shift lock, etc. until normal case is back again. The problem persist with each boot and power line disconnected. With Linux (SuSE 11.2) dring boot 3 times an error message show up, the first one complaining about "low memory...". It is NOT the keyboard. An external keyboard show just the same. I have never before seen such a thing. .. -- Die volle H�rte: http://www.kindersprechstunde.at *************************************************************** Die Medienmafia � Die Regividerm-Verschw�rung http://www.transgallaxys.com/~kanzlerzwo/showtopic.php?threadid=5710
From: BillW50 on 19 Apr 2010 18:13 In news:2vdps5t5mkdgavkbcsad06tl43ou3vssjk(a)4ax.com, Happy Oyster typed on Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:13:00 +0300: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:52:03 -0400, Barry Watzman > <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: > >> Are you SURE it's the BIOS and not Windows? > > Absolutely sure. I installed DOS. DOS boots, but suddenly I find the > characters are messed up. > > Instead of "a" it is "A". That means that the character set is > "shifted up". That would make sense if shift lock were set. But it > isn't. > > Next: the characters on the cipher button line appear as "!", etc, > but somehow mixed up. > > It took some twisted typing on the keybord with shift, shift lock, > etc. until normal case is back again. > > The problem persist with each boot and power line disconnected. > > With Linux (SuSE 11.2) dring boot 3 times an error message show up, > the first one complaining about "low memory...". > > > It is NOT the keyboard. An external keyboard show just the same. > > > I have never before seen such a thing. I have, on Asus laptops and netbooks. Don't mess with the BIOS or the CMOS battery. Disconnect the AC, remove the main battery, and press and hold the power button down for 10 seconds or longer. Replace the battery (and the AC if you want). Now it should be just fine. It that doesn't work, there should be a tiny hole that has a reset button (make sure it isn't a mic hole if you have a built in mic). If so, do the same except pressing the power button, press the reset button instead (with a straighten paperclip). And you should be just fine. -- Bill Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Windows XP SP2 (quit Windows updates back in May 2009)
From: Happy Oyster on 19 Apr 2010 19:51 On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:13:01 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >In news:2vdps5t5mkdgavkbcsad06tl43ou3vssjk(a)4ax.com, >Happy Oyster typed on Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:13:00 +0300: >> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:52:03 -0400, Barry Watzman >> <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: >> >>> Are you SURE it's the BIOS and not Windows? >> >> Absolutely sure. I installed DOS. DOS boots, but suddenly I find the >> characters are messed up. >> >> Instead of "a" it is "A". That means that the character set is >> "shifted up". That would make sense if shift lock were set. But it >> isn't. >> >> Next: the characters on the cipher button line appear as "!", etc, >> but somehow mixed up. >> >> It took some twisted typing on the keybord with shift, shift lock, >> etc. until normal case is back again. >> >> The problem persist with each boot and power line disconnected. >> >> With Linux (SuSE 11.2) dring boot 3 times an error message show up, >> the first one complaining about "low memory...". >> >> >> It is NOT the keyboard. An external keyboard show just the same. >> >> >> I have never before seen such a thing. > >I have, on Asus laptops and netbooks. Don't mess with the BIOS or the >CMOS battery. Disconnect the AC, remove the main battery, and press and >hold the power button down for 10 seconds or longer. Replace the battery >(and the AC if you want). Now it should be just fine. > >It that doesn't work, there should be a tiny hole that has a reset >button (make sure it isn't a mic hole if you have a built in mic). If >so, do the same except pressing the power button, press the reset button >instead (with a straighten paperclip). And you should be just fine. I found no reset button. The power supply battery is taken out. The power comes from the external supply. The plug I pulled out. Does not change a thing. There was a PCMCIA card with 2 USB connectors. When I had that in the notebook, I installed IBM PC-DOS 7. That is back from 1994... It asked me if I wanted to install PCMCIA support ("permanent"). As that perhaps would help me to use the cards with DOS (so I hoped), I clicked "yes". Deinstalling the stuff did not change a thing. I do not know WHERE it did WHAT. There is no description AND it referenced to some IBM stuff I never had heard of before. My first guess was that it had written some nonsense to the HDD (MBR or somewhere else), so I reinstalled DOS and Linux from scratch. Did not help... .. -- Die volle H�rte: http://www.kindersprechstunde.at *************************************************************** Die Medienmafia � Die Regividerm-Verschw�rung http://www.transgallaxys.com/~kanzlerzwo/showtopic.php?threadid=5710
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