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From: pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to reset CMOS configuration that prevents booting?
Message-ID: <19450059@hpfinote.HP.COM>
Date: 27 May 90 21:13:04 GMT
References: <9005262017.AA02531@jade.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard CICD
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Assuming CMOS RAM screw up is the only problem, try this:

	"Hold the INS key down while turning on the computer"

This should reset the CMOS RAM to run at the most basic-reliable-mode.
Also slows things down to a crawl.

Should work if your AMI BIOS is March 89 or later. I think ......



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