F1 + Ctrl in bios

bushmins · 6 Dec 2008 at 17:54

Ive had a bit of trouble with my computer today.
I had a fatal crash and could only get into windows in safe mode.
Ive now reinstalled XP and everything seem fine. BUT i cant seem to F1 + ctrl into BIOS, which should give me the advance options to overclock etc...

Everything seems to be 'blued' out. Its got my clock settings ok, just wont let me change anything.

Anyone ever had this before? I have changed the battery, which i did while i was operating in safe mode.

Mr-White · 6 Dec 2008 at 17:57

what mobo ?

MW

bushmins · 6 Dec 2008 at 17:59

Sorry forgot to add that.

Its a Gigabyte DS3

gt_junkie · 6 Dec 2008 at 18:12

Make sure you're pressing the buttons in the right order... i think it's CTRL and then F1 rather than F1 + CTRL.

gt

bushmins · 6 Dec 2008 at 18:14

Yeh im doing that bit right.
Im still in the process of updating xp, maybe it will sort its self out.

Duke · 6 Dec 2008 at 18:20

Windows has nothing to do with the BIOS, you could have any OS on there and it wouldn't know.

Have you tried clearing the BIOS and putting the settings in again?

bushmins · 6 Dec 2008 at 18:22

No, how would you go about clearting the BIOS? Take the battery out for a few minutes?

Duke · 6 Dec 2008 at 18:26

There is a jumper you can move across from the 1-2 to 2-3 position usually, but yeah its just as easy to pull the power plug out the back and remove the battery for 30 sec

This will put it back to factory defaults.

bushmins · 6 Dec 2008 at 20:38

Yeh, reseting BIOS worked a treat.

Im really not sure why my computer whet ***'* up in the first place.

I have my suspicsions it had something to do with the Zone Alarm update (The one that changed the whole layout of ZA)