Default Bios Loaded by mistake

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I have a AMD K6 2/350 w/Award Bios on a Avado system. This machine had major virus and hard drive problems. Lots of bad clusters. End of drive was damaged. A reformat recovered half the drive but the Bios got changed and now the modem or com ports other than #1 are not recognized. The video card is also obviously not loaded because I can not, no matter what driver I try, get the thing to show more than 16 colors. Do you have any step by step advise on how to change the BIOS back to something that works? Help Please!

[soupy]

Your manual should detail the necesary BIOS settings. If not, we have a quick primer available through our main page (Settings). You can also download generic manuals from the Award website. (phoenix.com)

Of course you have tried to reset the cmos (clear it) and set the cmos to the defaults.