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D8B won't boot after losing bios settings

Postby drbebob1 » Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:15 pm

My D8B had been working well until the video became quirky. I bought a used video card online and replaced the old one. At the same time I replaced the board battery but unfortunately did not remove the insulating sticker on the bottom of the battery. By the time I got around to figuring that out I had lost my bios settings.
I purchased a new PCI ATI 7000 video card online as recommended here and still my board won't boot. I am unable to check or reset my bios because I have no video. What to do??
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Re: D8B won't boot after losing bios settings

Postby Crash » Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:02 pm

What happens when you put the older video card in? I don't see you getting th BIOS right without video.
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Re: D8B won't boot after losing bios settings

Postby drbebob1 » Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:43 pm

The old video card doesn't work either. Feels like "the rock vs. the hard place"
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Re: D8B won't boot after losing bios settings

Postby Crash » Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:01 pm

Maybe something here might help... not sure. Maybe getting a hold of Mike Rivers might help as well. He is wicked smart with the HDR and this the same in terms of BIOS stuff.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id- ... nitor.html
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Re: D8B won't boot after losing bios settings

Postby drbebob1 » Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:51 pm

Thanks Crash, I'll give it a try. I have Mike's manual for the HDR 24/96 and have looked for clues as to how to recover a bios without video.
Do you happen to have any contact info for Mike?
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Re: D8B won't boot after losing bios settings

Postby Crash » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:05 pm

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Re: D8B won't boot after losing bios settings

Postby the boss » Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:28 pm

Hi

Try to rebot without video card... Then install video card and rebot.

2 check so you don't have exchanged the mouse and keyboard jacks... One time one of my consoles did like yours and that solve the problem.

3 disconnect the dsub 25 pin re bot reconnect and rebot.

4 try without all cards and rebot... Reinstall and rebot again.


Good luck and let me know
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Re: D8B won't boot after losing bios settings

Postby the boss » Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:34 pm

.... Ctrl + alt + del

Then check your bios tweaks for your motherboard
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Re: D8B won't boot after losing bios settings

Postby the boss » Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:36 pm

I do NOT think it's your video card that's broken.
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Re: D8B won't boot after losing bios settings

Postby Crash » Wed Aug 05, 2015 3:42 pm

the boss wrote:I do NOT think it's your video card that's broken.


That is sort of what I am thinking too.
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