Can't get to CMOS....grrrarrrgh!

[leem]

I have a Hp Pavillion, and it came had Windows ME--yuck! I formatted the drive and installed Windows 2000 from an orginal OEM disk. Everything works great, but I want to change some settings in CMOS (for my video card).

I have tried to get into CMOS by pressing each of the F-keys, delete, esc--everything! It is acting as if there is no CMOS. When I pause during post, it doesn't say anything about what key to press to get into CMOS. Are there any ideas?

I want to assign more memory to my onboard video card so a monitoring program I am using for a class works better.

 

[Nodsu]

Start up the system with no keyboard attached - it should complain and tell you what to press to get into the BIOS setup. Another option is to clear the CMOS memory - this should result in a similar error message.

I know some Compaq computers do not have an embedded BIOS setup program at all - you have to run a special program from a floppy or a hard drive instead.

Maybe see the HP support website about your system and Read The Friendly Manual?

 

[leem]

Start up the system with no keyboard attached - it should complain and tell you what to press to get into the BIOS setup. Another option is to clear the CMOS memory - this should result in a similar error message.

The computer started just fine without a keyboard or mouse. I should add that the comptuer is hooked up to an NT network and is on a domain.

I am not sure how to clear CMOS memory. Are you talking about flashing the drive?

Is the Friendly Book you are talking about the motherboard book? I am still elarning terminology. Thank you for your response.