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2.4 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data
Clear CMOS Data - Jumper JP5
If you encounter the following,
a) CMOS data becomes corrupted.
b) You forgot the supervisor or user
password.
c) You are unable to boot-up the
computer system because the
processors clock/ratio was incorrectly
set in the BIOS.
you can reconfigure the system with the
default values stored in the ROM BIOS.
To load the default values stored in the
ROM BIOS, please follow the steps below.
1. Power-off the system.
2. Set JP5 pins 2 and 3 to On. Wait for a few seconds and set JP5
back to its default setting, pins 1 and 2 On.
3. Now power-on the system.
If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect
setting of the processors clock/ratio in the BIOS, please proceed
to step 4.
4. After powering-on the system, press <Del> to enter the main
menu of the BIOS.
5. Select the CPU Frequency Control submenu and press <Enter>.
6. Set the Clock By Slight Adjust or CPU Clock Ratio field to its
default setting or an appropriate bus clock or frequency ratio.
Refer to the CPU Frequency Control section in chapter 3 for
more information.
7. Press <Esc> to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup
utility. Select Save & Exit Setup and press <Enter>.
