Hi All,
I'm new to computer building and administration and I'm having a problem with my computer not starting. It's sort of embarrasing (and shows how much of a novice I really am) but just before it started happening I was in my CMOS menu under the BIOS options and I changed one of the options for my CPU. I believe it was something like "CPU Acceleration" and I set it to enabled. I then hit "Save & Exit" and the system shutdown. When I tried to turn it back on it just beeps once and shuts off. I tried starting it a few tiomes and it just kept doing the same thing. From doing some online research I think resetting the CMOS would fix the problem, but I'm a beginner and have no idea what resetting the CMOS would do overall.
Here's my setup (it's old school so don't laugh too hard)
CPU: AMD Athlon (Thunderbird) 1 GHZ Processor
MOBO: ABIT KT7 (Not Raid Version)
PSU: Addtronics 300W
I think that's everything that matters. If you need any more info reply and I'll get it. Meanwhile I downloaded the Manual for the ABIT KT7 and am going to start going through it and see what I find.
Thanks for any input or help!
Mike
I'm new to computer building and administration and I'm having a problem with my computer not starting. It's sort of embarrasing (and shows how much of a novice I really am) but just before it started happening I was in my CMOS menu under the BIOS options and I changed one of the options for my CPU. I believe it was something like "CPU Acceleration" and I set it to enabled. I then hit "Save & Exit" and the system shutdown. When I tried to turn it back on it just beeps once and shuts off. I tried starting it a few tiomes and it just kept doing the same thing. From doing some online research I think resetting the CMOS would fix the problem, but I'm a beginner and have no idea what resetting the CMOS would do overall.
Here's my setup (it's old school so don't laugh too hard)
CPU: AMD Athlon (Thunderbird) 1 GHZ Processor
MOBO: ABIT KT7 (Not Raid Version)
PSU: Addtronics 300W
I think that's everything that matters. If you need any more info reply and I'll get it. Meanwhile I downloaded the Manual for the ABIT KT7 and am going to start going through it and see what I find.
Thanks for any input or help!
Mike