I was an idiot and reset bios

antparker · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:10

As the title says, whilst playing around and making sure everything ran on my new computer smoothly I accidentally reset the bios and now the computer is.. well, reset. I know with my Gigabyte motherboard you press del on the POST screen to access bios but the problem is my computer boots so fast even when I spam delete I cannot get into the bios. Help?

foster grant · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:14

accidentally reset the bios ?...can you be a bit more specific ?.....can you not just do a CMOS reset ?

antparker · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:20

Sorry just spammed that in. Basically I downloaded a BIOs tool and updated from a server (which reset from the overclocked settings) but just simply didn't realise it was going to override all the old settings so I didn't write them down. Does that make more sense? The PC I bought is the "Echelon Blacklist Gamer" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Limited Edition Splinter Cell: Blacklist LAN Gaming PC. And I haven't tried a CMOS reset yet, may do that now

foster grant · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:23

why did you need to update the BIOS if its a new system ?

Drangueos · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:26

you will need to overclock it again... probably 4.2ghz it is doable just setting the multiplier to 42x and leaving the default voltage.
if not you will need to increase the voltage.

antparker · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:27

What I was trying to do was access my BIOS so I could set an SSD as start up and a HDD as storage,k I didn't realise that it was going to update my BIOS via a reset

foster grant · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:27

antparker said:
Sorry just spammed that in. Basically I downloaded a BIOs tool and updated from a server (which reset from the overclocked settings) but just simply didn't realise it was going to override all the old settings so I didn't write them down. Does that make more sense? The PC I bought is the "Echelon Blacklist Gamer" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Limited Edition Splinter Cell: Blacklist LAN Gaming PC. And I haven't tried a CMOS reset yet, may do that now

Obviously the CMOS wont give you your OC settings back.....but if you're knowledgeable with OC'ing then you should be able to just setup the OC again yourself ?

antparker · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:33

Yeah I've just downloaded Easytune from Gigabyte and I'm doing it that way since even when spamming del I can't get into the bios

foster grant · 18 Sep 2013 at 13:37

I would do the CMOS before anything else see how that goes

and from what I gather doing an OC via the BIOS is the better way to go and not through software

Gripen90 · 18 Sep 2013 at 14:01

antparker said:
Yeah I've just downloaded Easytune from Gigabyte and I'm doing it that way since even when spamming del I can't get into the bios

You are using a USB keyboard ?

Try a PS/2 keyboard if possible and your motherboard has a PS/2 port.

antparker · 18 Sep 2013 at 16:35

Many thanks guys

Hoodleader · 18 Sep 2013 at 17:02

Good luck!

Hopefully you can reset it back, I have done something similar in the past.

CSA · 29 Sep 2013 at 11:19

If you aint got a ps2 keyboard then youll either have to pull the cmos battery or see if theres a reset jumper anywhere on the board,i had this same issue with a gigabyte board the other day,its "fast boot" that causes the problem