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    HELP ME !!!! clearing cmos

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sadface, Aug 17, 2006.

  1. sadface

    sadface Notebook Enthusiast

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    Where do i start,

    I only got my zepto znote 6615wd 5 days ago and today i've been reading up on getting the latest drivers for my graphics card because i guessed the 84 drivers where old, and they were struggling to handle F.E.A.R, so... I downloaded the 91.13 drivers from the zepto ftp, install them and it all went fine... untill

    everytime i booted my lappy up i got an annoying popup saying

    "SLi Multi-GPU rendering has been disabled because one of my cards has been removed."

    I'm am not the only one suffering as others have reported it..

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=1471413&highlight=sli#post1471413

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=1471639&highlight=sli#post1471639

    So i decided to take action ( obviously the wrong action ) and tried to cure this popup, so some how i ended up going into the bios by pressing f2 while the machine boots up, after looking through i found a setting called PCI EXPRESS GRAPHICS, I thought.. what damaged can come if i turn this off and maybe it might fix my popup problem because it sounds along the lines of the dual graphics jargon....

    Anyway i disabled the PCI EXPRESS GRAPHICS and guess what..

    MY LAPTOP SCREEN DOESNT WORK AT ALL NOW :confused: I spoke to zepto uk and explained the symptoms but they said i have to clear my CMOS, now im quite computer literate with me being a web deisnger but pulling out pins on the motherboard is another world to me....

    Does anyone know how to do this/ if it will work?/will it viod my warrenty if i do, do it????????????

    Any replys would be greatly appreciated and I'm sorry if its in the wrong forum section I couldn't find help
     
    sadface, Aug 17, 2006
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  2. the1

    the1 Notebook Consultant

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    seeing as the graphics are disabled i wonder if connecting an external monitor would work?
     
    the1, Aug 17, 2006
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    chris2pher71 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm pretty sure another screen would not work. Disabling that is like pulling out your graphics card. As for pulling it open to clear you CMOS.....that will most likely void your warranty as they probably have warranty stickers all over the place that deep down. However, I'm not sure of that. Good luck....
     
    chris2pher71, Aug 17, 2006
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  4. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    you have to find the CMOS battery (looks like a watch battery), take it out and then put it back in.

    should restore your BIOS settings to default

    EDIT:

    i should add that the CMOS battery is somewhere on your motherboard meaning you have to open up your computer (i.e., it's not conveniently placed behind a door like your ram probably is).

    contact your manufacturer or their website for instructions on how to open up your machine (unless you got a manual showing you how to do it)
     
    drumfu, Aug 17, 2006
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