Got My New Video Card

[clocker]

Do you know how to reset your CMOS?

Before you go any further, now is the time to learn, because the only way to tell just how far you can go is to go TOO far.
Your machine will crash and will refuse to boot until you clear the CMOS back to default and reset everything.
That means that you have to reset your BIOS back to the way you want it, too.

[TheFilePirater]

Originally posted by clocker@2 December 2003 - 03:43
We can play "My dick is bigger than yours" if you'd like...

[Duffman]

well teach, teach

[Kunal]

there will be kind of a switch near yourr cmos battery, you press that in (i think)

[clocker]

Typically the CMOS is a three pin header and a jumper connects two of the pins. With the pc turned off, you remove the jumper and connect the other pin momentarily and then put it back as it was. Like so...

You MUST know the specifics of your board, this pic is only a reference.
My arrangement is exactly the opposite of this pic, for instance.

Once you clear the CMOS, you are back to ground zero BIOS-wise.
You will have to go into BIOS and reset everything, from the system clock to your boot preferences to your FSB freq...everything. If you have never done this it can appear daunting ( and indeed, a screwup in the BIOS can be a pain to track down), but after some practise it is quite simple. I can go thru mine in under a minute now.
Before you try anything, maybe you could go into BIOS and make a note of all the settings you currently have so you can duplicate them when necessary.