HP Brio BA210, User Manual

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Clearing Your PC’s CMOS (BIOS) Settings
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Clearing Your PC’s CMOS (BIOS) Settings
CMOS is a chip that keeps a record of installed components when your PC
is turned off. Clearing CMOS settings may help you resolve some common
problems. For example:
•
when you need to clear passwords to have full access to your PC’s BIOS
Setup
•
when your PC cannot detect an expansion card or other device
•
when you are having problems booting the PC.
You can clear CMOS settings:
•
by using your PC’s BIOS Setup program
•
by opening your PC and clearing CMOS manually.
Clearing CMOS Using the Setup Program
If you are able to gain access to your PC’s Setup program, use the
following simple method to clear CMOS settings:
1 Restart your PC and press
F2
when the message Press F2 to enter Setup
appears on screen. Refer to page 66.
2 From within the Setup program, press
F9
to load Setup defaults.
3
Press
F10
to exit
Setup
saving changes.