At one time before I updated the BIOS I was able to see the 1st startup screen concerning which HD's, floppy, CD's etc were loading and how much memory was installed, now it bypasses that. If I'm lucky I see a fraction of a second of the screen as it changes. Is there a way to get that screen back? Reload BIOS update and try again? It does show the next screen for the controller card but since I've no HD connected to it that info is not important to me.

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Hi Louis:

Maybe there's a setting in the BIOS SETUP that
controls how much is displayed.

How you "enter" the setup mode varies from
manufacturer to manufacturer.  This list may help
if you don't know what your setup entry key is:
http://computernotions.com/html/bios_setup.html

I'd be reluctant to "flash" the BIOS repeatedly.
Although I've never had any trouble the few times
I've done it myself, stories are rampant around
the plant about failed flashes making toast out of
a computer.

Jerry

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TFTR Jerry. I updated the BIOS to #11, PC came with BIOS #5 on it. But I wasn't sure whether it was necessary to do one update at a time or just go straight to #11 so I flashed each BIOS update, one by one. I use a backup pwr supply with a "tested full capacity battery" so the PC will be able to complete the BIOS update with a pwr interruption. I did set the BIOS to allow the screen I want to appear, not Dell's logo. But no time limit that I can find. My XP has the ability to set a length of time for the start up screen. Maybe I can remove the PCI IDE controller I added to plug the zip drive into. The BIOS displays that info properly, then I can see what happens w/o the board.


On Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 11:07 pm, Jerry wrote:
>Hi Louis:
>
>Maybe there's a setting in the BIOS SETUP that
>controls how much is displayed.
>
>How you "enter" the setup mode varies from
>manufacturer to manufacturer. This list may help
>if you don't know what your setup entry key is:
>http://computernotions.com/html/bios_setup.html
>
>I'd be reluctant to "flash" the BIOS repeatedly.
>Although I've never had any trouble the few times
>I've done it myself, stories are rampant around
>the plant about failed flashes making toast out of
>a computer.
>
>Jerry

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I've always flashed the latest BIOS version, skipping
any intermediate upgrades, although I know there are
some applications that want to be upgraded
sequentially (Microsoft's IE comes to mind).

Jerry

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When you upgrade a BIOS there is normally an option to save the old BIOS in a *.bin 
file just the same as the new BIOS is a *.bin file. That way if something goes wrong 
you can always put the old BIOS back in. You need to read the upgrade details.

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