cmos

Hi, pulling my hair out with this one. I have a PC running Windows 11 Insider preview which has been fine for ages. I came to boot up and it's now asking for a password. None has ever been set. I've been into the registry and there is no password in there. I can boot in safe mode but cannot get...

Windows 11 HP Desktop AMD 2021 Model # S01-aF0134z. The BIOS has failed. To fix that, I am using a secondary working HP Laptop to create a HP BIOS USB Recovery stick, but it is not working. I downloaded the BIOS update .exe file from HP website, using the serial number of the HP Desktop. When I...

Hello I was working on my server didnt even touch the drives and it wont boot i have windows server 2012. I ran chkdsk and it found 7 errors says it fixed them but still wont boot ? blue screen says system wont boot ? could a old cmos be the problem ? I have a ssd samsung 850pro for main drive...

A friend brought over his pc & he pulled his cmos battery out. Then he asked me to look at it. I only have usb keyboards . I tried different keyboards but when I fired it up the screen displayed " keyboard not detected press f1 to continue & f2 for setup utilty." I like challenges & I have...

Hello, I have a peculiar problem which I would like to solve with the help of software geniuses like u'll on such forums. HP dc7700 Small form factor desktop PC (about 6 yrs old) OS: Win XP Pro SP2 Bios version 02.10 C2D, 2Gigs RAM, Q045 963/965 board, E6600 processor, eSATA 80 GB Hitachi HDD...

I literally have no clue why or how did this happen. One day, I got home and boot up my laptop to finish a project for school. Then, while the Windows boot screen was loading, it suddenly flashed the BSOD and rebooted. I am quite experienced with these kind of problems. Sometimes, an error like...

So my Acer aspire 5750g-9463 is having an issue with new RAM it currently has 2 x 2GB sticks, and i wanted to upgrade, so I used CPU-ID to discover max frequency, which was 1333. Link Removed Link Removed So i bought 2 x 4GB for my acer aspire 5750g-9463 Link Removed It's in German because...

Am I allowed to post links to cmos password recovery or reset ? Thank you.

i have a dell inspiron 1521 laptop i got from a friend and it has a cmos password on it and he does not remember it..how can i erase it or reset it?

I am working on a HP Pavilion TX 1120us for a friend. He gave it to me and said that it has been acting up for a while and now won't start at all. It turns on and the fans start but there is no attempt at booting. Could this be the CMOS battery or something more dire?

Due to the fact that the motherboard failed on my HTPC, I decided to dig through the closet to see if any of my old motherboards would work. Out of many, I found one that did...at least partially. I understand when a motherboard either lights up the monitor or doesn't, but this one is...

Microsoft phone help and geek squad both didnt know what was wrong... computer goes through the initial 5 phases of installing windows and then states it will restart in 10 seconds and counts down and restarts... from here it restarts and I get a black screen with blinking cursor and once I...

I had an all-in-one liquid cpu cooler leak coolant all over my PC last week, luckily it shut down from overheating when there was no coolant left in the loop. I disassembled my PC, cleaned everything with alcohol and let it dry. Then i bought an air cooler and installed it. After installing the...

Hi All Im having BSODs recently on random occasions...i might be playing games, surfing...or not doing absolutely anything....I have reinstalled Win 7 ( different releases) few times but no change....I have changed my old hdd to SDD - Vertex 4 so im not sure if this oculd be the case...Also...

When I turn on the computer I have: CMOS Checksum Bad Press F2 to Run SETUP Press F1 to load default values and continue So when i chose: F2 there is a black screen: "Wait..." so i'm wating...(2 Hours) But nothing happens. I took out the battery for the BIOS and after 1 hour i put it...

ok my hp pavilon m9517c currently running windows 7 is freezing at the green bar loading ... i have tried these steps to try to fix the problem and nothing is working ? 1. clearing the cmos 2. replaced the cmos battery 3. repairing computer ... freezes same spot ... 4. tried booting into...

Okay so I may have buggered something up royally, but I took the CPU out of my mom's computer. Ended up dusting it out, because it was overheating. I wanted to try the phenom out in my board so I swapped them out. It is an HP pavilion a6755y se. I put an Athlon x2 in it and it wouldn't post. I...

I am trying to go from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7. The 32 bit Vista was installed by mistake. My system can handle a 64 bit OS. Now I have finally found the time to upgrade. But the 64 bit intallation DVD can't be read from my OS. Any Advice? I have tried setting up my CMOS so that I...

issue.. * I have know other people say , to remove the battery CMOS on motherboard of lenovo laptop G475 .. but i dont know where is the batter locate.. and how yea.. help me please./ this screen like ****. i lazy always need put in the password Elock of HDD Sata :'( .. has this problem on my...

A week ago i had to change my CPU cooler as it was failing & allowed my CPU to overheat which i found out after a few random reboots & touching the Heatsink on my CPU cooler to find out it was almost to hot to touch. Since then i have been getting random system lockups which i cant explain or...