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The hard drive crashed a long time ago. This was my girlfriends computer. I checked it out and installed a new 160 GB hard drive. It still didn’t work and I just put it in a box. It sat for a long time and I think it has a rechargeable batt. for the CMOS which would have died eventually. I think I need to configure the CMOS but I don’t know how. When I turn it on I get the Averatech white screen which says to press DEL to enter setup. I can press del or do nothing and it goes to a black screen which has the following information (it looks like a DOS screen except the energy star ally logo is in color as is the American Megatrends logo. I get the American Megatrends screen with the release date 08/04/2004. This is my screen: AMIBIOS (C)2001 American Megatrends Inc. BIOS Version R1.04 VGABIOS 45KNO482 mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP-M (LV) 2200+ (133x12.5 CPUID:06A0) DEL:Setup F8:Boot Menu F12:Network boot CMOS/GPNV Checksum Bad Press F1 to Run SETUP Press F2 to load default values and continue (C) American Megatrends Inc., 63-2000-009999-00101111-040201-VIA_K7-E12TR104- It stops there and I cannot get it to respond to any keys. I only have a 2002 XP home edition software disk. I am uncertain if it is the one that came with this computer. I tried to boot with the disk in but it makes no difference. The drive is reading the disk but…..what do I do now?
I’d try replacing the CMOS battery. Perhaps this thread will provide assistance in doing the task, but it’s as simple as popping a coin sell out and in. http://www.fixya.com/support/t142680-cmo…
