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Bios Setup Utility Issue
My 6 year old Gateway keeps booting to the BIOS Setup Utility screen.
When I save and exit I keep getting: "Jumper must be returned to normal posistion for settings ro take effect. It is safe to turn the system off now." I turn off the computer and then start it up again with the same result. I have researched the problem and have downloaded the BIOS from Gateway and copied to a floppy. I have removed the jumper so the machine loads from the diskette. I have waited and then replaced the jumper. I keep getting the same result, i.e., the BIOS Utility setup. Any ideas? |
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Bios Setup Utility Issue
Carl,
Replace the C2032 3v CMOS battery, especially if you have never done so before. If that does the trick, you're home free. Check and double-check that jumper setting. Older P2 and P3 Intel boards have three jumper settings for the BIOS: Configure mode - to configure processor speed BIOS recovery mode - to recover from a damaged or corrupted BIOS Normal mode - the way the computer BIOS normally operates The jumper needs to be set in normal mode for almost everything you would do, including updating (flashing) the BIOS... Ben Myers On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:42:04 -0500, Carl Lucas wrote: My 6 year old Gateway keeps booting to the BIOS Setup Utility screen. When I save and exit I keep getting: "Jumper must be returned to normal posistion for settings ro take effect. It is safe to turn the system off now." I turn off the computer and then start it up again with the same result. I have researched the problem and have downloaded the BIOS from Gateway and copied to a floppy. I have removed the jumper so the machine loads from the diskette. I have waited and then replaced the jumper. I keep getting the same result, i.e., the BIOS Utility setup. Any ideas? |
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Bios Setup Utility Issue
I replaced the3 battery with a brand new one. I did check & double
check. I tried the jumper settings all ways. Still no luck! It just goes to the BIOS Setup Utility. I suppose it's possible that the motherboard has had it. Ben Myers wrote: Carl, Replace the C2032 3v CMOS battery, especially if you have never done so before. If that does the trick, you're home free. Check and double-check that jumper setting. Older P2 and P3 Intel boards have three jumper settings for the BIOS: Configure mode - to configure processor speed BIOS recovery mode - to recover from a damaged or corrupted BIOS Normal mode - the way the computer BIOS normally operates The jumper needs to be set in normal mode for almost everything you would do, including updating (flashing) the BIOS... Ben Myers On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:42:04 -0500, Carl Lucas wrote: My 6 year old Gateway keeps booting to the BIOS Setup Utility screen. When I save and exit I keep getting: "Jumper must be returned to normal posistion for settings ro take effect. It is safe to turn the system off now." I turn off the computer and then start it up again with the same result. I have researched the problem and have downloaded the BIOS from Gateway and copied to a floppy. I have removed the jumper so the machine loads from the diskette. I have waited and then replaced the jumper. I keep getting the same result, i.e., the BIOS Utility setup. Any ideas? |
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