bad computer problem

ok i think i really messed my computer up. i was trying to find out how to
fix a problem with my nvidia geforce 2 intergrated gpu, device manager says
it cannot start and nvidia website says to enter bios and look for the option
"Assign IRQ to VGA" well i found compaq vga controller but i accidently set
it from vga to IRQ3 and now computer turns on but nothing happens the screen
is black and nothing comes up. Is there a way to change this setting back? I
tried to enter bios again but i don't if it entered bios or not due to black
screen. I have the athlon xp 1900+ with win xp home edition. Any help i could
get is appreciated.
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KEN

Pull the battery on the motherboard (looks like a quarter, usually) This
resets the bios to defaults.

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"nithawk57" wrote in message
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ok i think i really messed my computer up. i was trying to find out how
to
fix a problem with my nvidia geforce 2 intergrated gpu, device manager
says
it cannot start and nvidia website says to enter bios and look for the
option
"Assign IRQ to VGA" well i found compaq vga controller but i accidently
set
it from vga to IRQ3 and now computer turns on but nothing happens the
screen
is black and nothing comes up. Is there a way to change this setting back?
I
tried to enter bios again but i don't if it entered bios or not due to
black
screen. I have the athlon xp 1900+ with win xp home edition. Any help i
could
get is appreciated.
--
KEN

Hi mark: thanks for the reply i will try this and repost the results here.
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KEN


"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Pull the battery on the motherboard (looks like a quarter, usually) This
resets the bios to defaults.

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"nithawk57" wrote in message
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ok i think i really messed my computer up. i was trying to find out how
to
fix a problem with my nvidia geforce 2 intergrated gpu, device manager
says
it cannot start and nvidia website says to enter bios and look for the
option
"Assign IRQ to VGA" well i found compaq vga controller but i accidently
set
it from vga to IRQ3 and now computer turns on but nothing happens the
screen
is black and nothing comes up. Is there a way to change this setting back?
I
tried to enter bios again but i don't if it entered bios or not due to
black
screen. I have the athlon xp 1900+ with win xp home edition. Any help i
could
get is appreciated.
--
KEN

ok i removed the battery like you said mark and it worked like a charm. I
appreciate the help you gave me. by the way my last name is fergeson just
spelled a little different. Again many thanks for the help. Ken
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KEN


"nithawk57" wrote:

Hi mark: thanks for the reply i will try this and repost the results here.
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KEN


"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Pull the battery on the motherboard (looks like a quarter, usually) This
resets the bios to defaults.

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"nithawk57" wrote in message
...
ok i think i really messed my computer up. i was trying to find out how
to
fix a problem with my nvidia geforce 2 intergrated gpu, device manager
says
it cannot start and nvidia website says to enter bios and look for the
option
"Assign IRQ to VGA" well i found compaq vga controller but i accidently
set
it from vga to IRQ3 and now computer turns on but nothing happens the
screen
is black and nothing comes up. Is there a way to change this setting back?
I
tried to enter bios again but i don't if it entered bios or not due to
black
screen. I have the athlon xp 1900+ with win xp home edition. Any help i
could
get is appreciated.
--
KEN