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KorbelRenoKia

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April 6th, 2002 18:00

BIOS Settings-Changed?

It has been a month since reformatting my hard drive
twice. Now,three weeks later, the cd/dvd rom and
and floppy drives are still not reading.
Tech support and all you nice people on Delltalk have
been very helpful. Yesterday, a friend, also a Dell user,
said he had similar problems because his BIOS settings
were changed.

How can my BIOS settings change? I wouldn't have
a clue how to change them or change them back if they
are different. What are the standard default settings
suppose to be so I can verify my current settings?

Thank you all for your continued help!


Dimension 4100, Pentium III, 866MHz, Windows 98,
256MB SDRAM, NEC 5700 cd/dvd drive, generic floppy



  • Majestic

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    Posted April 6th, 2002 19:00

    Try clearing the NVRAM. This can be useful to resolve problems where hardware isn't being detect when the computer is booted up. The clearing of the NVRAM will refresh the stored hardware configuration that the BIOS. The link below is for a Dell Knowledge Base article on the why and how of clearing your NVRAM:

    http://support.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?DN=FA1023538



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