BIOS Settings

Not much of the BIOS should be altered by un-qualified people but a few items need to be changed for customisation purposes. Most of the options we will be changing is in the Standard BIOS features setup. So when booting up the computer press the appropriate key to get into the BIOS, if your BIOS doesn't have a soft menu for CPU setup then the standard BIOS features should be the second option on the list.  

The first Item we will change is the Boot sequence, here you can change the order in which the computer searches for boot devices. Most people will have floppy or (A) as the first boot device and the hard disk (C) as the second then any other devices that are bootable. Because not everyone's computer is the same there will be many different ways to set this up. Some BIOS' let you set 4 boot devices in order others only 2 or 3.

Next on the list is the Quick Boot option. This basically asks whether or not you want the computer to run a full test on each boot. If you would rather have a quick boot then set this to yes, if you want a full system test then set this to no.

Now look down the list for anything that refers directly to your computer such as PS/2 support, if you have PS/2 devices make sure this is turned on, the same with USB devices. 

You may have to alter a few things in the chipset features but be careful as some things in there if set incorrectly will cause your computer to function in-correctly. You should read your motherboard documentation on what is available to be touched.  

You should now have a fully functional machine, any problems try asking for help in our forum