Hi there,
Yeah I have two sata drives with a raid setup. I will look for something in
the Bios like you suggest. So try swapping IDE mode for AHCI?
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
Quote:
> Hi,
>
> If you're running sata drives, you might have set it to the wrong mode when
> you reset defaults. Check and see ahci/ide mode and try swappng them.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
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>
> "Caz2005" <Caz2005@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:23D362DA-06E0-4550-A3C5-0249DBA28A4D@xxxxxx Quote:
> >I made some silly mistakes in the Bios settings and cleared the CMOS to get
> > things back to normal. The Bios settings have returned to default but now
> > Vista doesn't boot up.
> >
> > I get as far as the screen that lists CPU type and Ram etc with press del
> > for setup and F8 for boot menu. That lasts for about half a second and
> > then
> > all I get is a blank screen with a white flashing cursor in the top left
> > hand
> > corner.
> >
> > Hope someone can help me or I'm totally shafted. Thanks
>
>