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I have a question. It may sound stupid, but I must know right now. How the hell do I run BIOS on my PC? Thanxxxxxxxxxxx

I've also got another problem. My current graphics card (I'm still waiting for my new PC) is plugged into an AGP port, but the system information is saying that it is in a PCI slot. Please help!

asda

Well i said this in another post that the bios needs to be set up right to get the best performance.but allso i stated that one should have a manual that came with there computer or motherboard to help in this task of setting up the bios.as the manual will tell you if you change some items it may cause damage to the motherboard.so if you dont have a manual.most motherboards you can visit there home page and get one by mail or download one for your system and print it out.and the manual will tell you how to enter the bios setup screen.if your not shure you can handel this task with a manual then take it to an expert and they will set it up for you for a small fee.hope this helps answer your question.

asda,
the most common way to get into your BIOS is during startup of your computer.

Tell us what you want to do in the BIOS and someone will be able to tell you how to do it.

Also, if you go into your BIOS setup to explore and learn about it, just remember that after you hit escape to exit the BIOS.
choose

'EXIT WITHOUT SAVING CHANGES'

then you will be safe no matter what you did until you know what you are doing.

I've also got another problem. My current graphics card (I'm still waiting for my new PC) is plugged into an AGP port, but the system information is saying that it is in a PCI slot. Please help!

Are you positive it is in the AGP slot?

Do you have a motherboard with onboard video?

You may have the AGP slot disabled in the BIOS

Michael H.

When I boot my PC a message says 'Hit del to run setup'
Hit del and up comes the BIOS.
Dan  ;)

Maybe the Bios is set for PCI as the primary display instead of AGP.

I just tried a couple Radeon video cards, the driver info (catalyst 4.2) said the cards were running on a PCI device. This simply wasn't true, as every other configuration showed it wasn't. I don't know why it said that.

The cards were functioning very well, so I can only assume I lack some knowledge or it was an error in the driver's configuration screen.

Guys, thanks a lot for your replies. Yes, I am absolutely positive that my card is in the AGP slot. I wan to change the BIOS settings so that it recognises the card as AGP, so please help!

Thanx a lot,

Asda

Asda,
I'm assuming you are looking at the Win98 or Win Me system info.

Often PCI/AGP devices will be lumped together.

Go to your "Device Manager" and right click your Display Adapter then Properties.

See if your video card is listed there as the current adapter.
Check to see if it is listed as operating properly.

If so, you are probably have nothing to worry about.