Reloading bios from scratch

[xs1100]

Hi I have replaced the watch type battery in my IBM R31 think pad and now have lost the bios settings the pc just runs a check asks me to start windows in the last known good setting moves as if windows is about to boot then a quick flash of the blue screen of death and back to a bios count down.is there a program I can use to reload this. regards Gaz

[maynardvdm]

Hi

 

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Reboot your computer in Safe Mode.

• If the computer is running, shut down Windows, and then turn off the power.
  
• Wait 30 seconds, and then turn the computer on.
  
• Start tapping the F8 key. The Windows Advanced Options Menu appears. If you begin tapping the F8 key too soon, some computers display a "keyboard error" message. To resolve this, restart the computer and try again. If F8 doesn't work try F5.
  
• Ensure that the Safe Mode option is selected.
  
• Press Enter. The computer then begins to start in Safe mode.
  
• Log on with an account that has administrator priviledges, usually your own account (NOT the account named Administrator).
  

Does this work or does the same thing happen?

[xs1100]

same thing happerns,

[Dalo Harkin]

Go into the BIOS and check that the HDD is the first boot device.

and set the settings in the BIOS to LOAD OPTIMISED DEFAULTS

[Dalo Harkin]

The battery just holds the settings of the BIOS not the actual BIOS itself,

when you remove the battery any and all of the settings in the BIOS return to their default settings and you need to turn them back to what they are when the PC is working - most BIOS's have an option to save multiple set ups.

And then if you do remove the battery you select whatever settings you had when working.

 

Not very useful now in your circumstances but when you get it working again useful to know incase the same happens and you need to remember all the settings.