i went in my bois and messed around with it. now the compter will not boot. what do i need to do to get my comp running again?

sueee, March 2008

As Phil just pointed out, you need to reset your bios. The easiest (and least technical!) way is to remove the power cable and the silver battery (about the size of a 2p piece) and leave it out for about ten seconds before replacing the battery then the power lead. Alternatively you should look in your motherboard manual for CMOS CLEAR. This will involve moving a jumper (a birghtly coloured piece of plastic) to cover two pins on the motherboard which is known as closed position and then moving it back to an open position.

This is also fairly simple although can be a little fiddly and once you've done it, its very easy to do.

Ben, March 2008

Try resetting the BIOS by either removing the power lead and the internal motherboard battery, or shorting out the bios reset jumper if you can find it on the motherboard (its is usually located near to the battery) this will reset all settings back to default

Phil, March 2008