Please help me , Ive really messed up

[Nymphetamine]

I was told that making a change in the bios would cure a particular error i kept getting

Anyway i went into my bios and changed the Ram CAS Latency to 2 (i think it was set to 3 origionally)

then i saved and exited , but now my system wont work at all , it just beeps constantly


Can anyone tell me what i need to do to get back intomy bios and change it back (i wish id neve gone into the bios in the first place now )

please help me as im feeling rather sick about this , ive only had it 2 days


anywayhere is my specs..........

Pentium4 3.0ghz prescott
512 mb ddr400 (pc3200)
geforce 4 6600gt
120 gig hd
windows xp pro

this is my motherboard...........
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/motherboards/Foxconn_865PE_1.html

 

[tbrunt3]

Remove your BIOS battery for about 5 minutes or so than replace it ..But Turn off your computer first... Than repost the type of ram you are using and we will go from there...

 

[Nymphetamine]

thanks very much for your reply

Im not currently at home (as i needed to use my sisters computer to try and fine help)

I will do as you say tomorrow


right so i remove my motherboard battery for a while, will that reset it all to the way it was ?


My ram is 512 MB of pc3200 ddr400 (i dont know the make as it was already in the computer)........... link below

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-P430FCB

 

[tbrunt3]

Yes this will set to your defult settings ... Dont go to 2.0 lantency if anything set it to 2.5 but to be truthful with you u basically have cheap ram i dont think you can set it to different lantency..

 

[Nymphetamine]

ok ill try that tomorrow

sorry to be a pain , but where exactly is the battery to be found on the motherboard , (im pretty new at this) and is it easy to remove ?


Thanks for your help again


dont suppose u know anything about my error i keep getting (before screwing up my bios)

basically i keep getting a BSOD with the error message DRIVER-IRQL-NOT-LESS-OR-EQUAL

It usually pops up in the middle of certain games , especialy Colin mcrae rally 2005.................yeti can play other games for hours , like UT2004 eg

any ide what could be causing this ?

 

[vnf4ultra]

I did the same thing on my mobo, I set the ram to cas 2 instead of 2.5 and then when I tried to boot nothing happened. My mobo has a bios reset jumper, so I "jumped" it and then it cleared the bios.