Printout of Bios Settings

I read that you should printout your BIOS settings incase your battery goes dead. The only info I got was to go to setting and click on print screen. Ny question----how do I get to the BIOS information? Do I find it when computer is starting up and if so what do I do to find it?

Thanks

 

Hi Pam, It all depends on what kind of MOBO you have and what the BIOS/CMOS chip is. Go here and click on the menu item on the left side of the page that is labeled "BIOS Control Keys." Yours will likely be listed there. That is the key or key combination that you must press during the early boot up in order to enter the CMOS setup area. Press it as soon as you see anything on the screen. Post back if you have further ??

Cheers.
ps. The necessity of doing this has diminished in the past few years and most systems use intelligent BIOS that will automatically reset the CMOS to a usable default level. If you have never had to change any settings, you'll likely be running on default settings. I doubt you have changed any since you don't know how to access the area.

pps, The "Print Screen" button is not functional in DOS or CMOS setup with most of the printers sold lately. In that case you will need to use pencil and paper and be sure to open all relevant subsections.

 

Pam, Here's more Info.

When You bought your machine new, (assuming you did), There was a manual included with information about your Motherboard. In this manual there's information about your CMOS Setup, as it came from the Factory. Other useful information should include things like Layout, Jumper settings, and default settings etc.

 

The most common methods of accessing the BIOS is either pressing th function key F1 or delete button as the computer is booting up. The timing is critical as the facility is only available for seconds.

If you miss getting into the BIOS the first time just re-boot and try again. Just keep pressing the key/key combinations for you computer at boot up.

Depending on your set up, you may get a message on your screen showing the method of getting into the BIOS.

 

Cmos backup program

Hi
I use a small program called Cmosbak to back up my bios settings to a floppy disk, the program is only 16K in size and if you run it from a floppy disk you can easily back up your cmos settings to the same floppy disk it also offers a restore option as well.

You can download the file by going Here it is only a 4k zipped file.