Comments on: Intro to the BIOS Setup Utility

By: wazalac18

wazalac18 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:06:22 +0000

my friend gave me an old laptop (Panasonic CF-27) with hard disk not found problem, and it has bios password that she cant remember. since i don’t have a floppy dive on my desktop i tried to disconnect the cmos battery for about 3 hours, the bios settings was reset but the password remains still, and got “CMOS Time and Date Not Set”

prior to that i tried an empty and brand new floppy disk and got a message that somewhat saying “insert system boot disk and press any key when ready.

after resetting (1st paragraph)it seems that it wont boot on the floppy drive now coz i didnt get the same message when i tried the floppy disk again.

what should i do?
help would be very much appreciated.

thanks.

By: Prbath

Prbath — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:22:51 +0000

once i restart the machine after failed attempt to install XP it says “setup is being restored” after windows loading window aper and get black window with cursor, and stop booting there

By: TS

TS — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:26:36 +0000

Hello . I’m stuck in the bios utility setup screens ,and cannot get back to the windows xp pro screen , any way of fixing this…is there a set of keys ( order ) in whick to type in ? I have an IBM thinkpad T-30 and when I got into bios I errored and hit the password and some random keys ,!! I was locked out foe weeks and managed to hack thru the password ( IBM ) it does not matter if you disconnect the battery ,still keeps password,it is the only laptop that does !!Now I just want to get back to the main windows screen and can’t find a disk ….ended up buying new computer but still want to get this one working again….thanks ….TS

By: ANDRE

ANDRE — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:11:32 +0000

did you get in your system

By: Hugh Walsh

Hugh Walsh — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:41:43 +0000

Bios setup utility does anyone have the advanced settings please my notebook says Warning: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction

By: LeandroABS

LeandroABS — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:36:59 +0000

To those who are having password problem:

As mentioned above “The memory is maintained by a small current generated by a battery which also resides on your motherboard. Newer board use a NiCad battery which recharges whenever the PC is on, but the older ones use a standard battery, which when it runs out of juice, must be replaced. In a similar fashion, if you wish, for some reason, to clear your CMOS and start fresh, simply disconnect the battery. Of course, on newer boards, there is a CMOS-clear jumper, usually located near the battery, which performs the same function.”

That’s how you clear CMOS and start fresh WITH NO PASSWORD.

By: Kevinnguyen

Kevinnguyen — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:32:31 +0000

My Laptop is HP.and it just turned off on me.so i went to the phoenixbios setup utility.and i couldn’t find the load fail-safe thing.how can i find it?

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:46:35 +0000

Restore your computer to the date before you did the update.

By: teddy

teddy — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:40:36 +0000

my daughter sat on the laptop keyboard and when i put it off and back on i got tthis problem to enter password .now i have done ctrl alt del to get back to phoenixbios setup utility screen but dont know which password to use my laptop is accer travelmate 230xc

By: Brad Russell

Brad Russell — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:03:42 +0000

How do I set my Bios to boot the cd rom drive I can not get it to boot the cd drive so I can fix some files that were updated poorly with missing files I can not seem to get the right Bios configuration to make it work. Thanks