re-booting from harddisk or CD-rom impossible. No jumper on motherboard. Removing battery made no difference...
Have not found BIOS downgrade on the WEB yet.
However as both my computer hardware knowledge and my electronical skills are rather limited I am totally confused by the various recommendations I get in "shops"'. The PC is far beyond warranty, no replacement BIOS or motherboard available anymore [Medion]. Upgrading a 5 year old 900 Mhz with 40 GB with a new motherboard might not be a wise solution. I was also told I might be able to get another motherboard accepting the re-use of my Intel 900 Mhz and both 128 MB Sdram PC133 mm modules but could not trace on on the web yet.
However on the WEb I found various sites on which users state the "recovery"of a BIOS is not too complicated. I am willing to try but have a number of questions. I found a large number of related topics on the net but they are far too technical for me, at least for this moment
- How can I be sure the BIOS can be Re-flashed?
How can I be sure problem is in the BIOS and not in the motherboard or elsewhere?
I got an almost identical PC in the family, only 1000 Mhz in stead of 900 Mhz. Maybe I can copy the BIOS settings to my PC?
How do I copy settings to diskette?
BIOS: Award 1998 - PCI/PNP 686 [262416550]
Intel Pentium III [900/256/100/1.7V] 7045A294-0323 SL4SD
Just installed Windows XP home edition
By the way: sent E-mail to AWARD support but got no reply
Sorry for long story, hope somebody can help me!!