Help cannot boot computer.

CoreyLowe said:

its time to put the battery in what should i do when i hook it all back up?

Man, I know you were told to do this, but this screw things up even further.

Now we have to help you getting your bios in order, because now everything is on default.

Especially since in most bios's, by default acpi is off, pnp OS is set no,
smartfan is off, etc.

We need to know what mainboard you have. Brand and model.
It's written somewhere in the middle of the board.

.. Let me go open the case up again...

DocBrown said:

He said he has an Acer t180

Acer Aspire T180 - At A Glance - Reviews by PC Magazine

hmm, probably an ECS board. I know that board, and hate it.

Worst unstable sh*t ever produced.


I think I have the manual somewhere. brb

This is what i saw.
HT2000
Mcp61sm-am Rev:01.oa
15-vo1-011011

I know how or at least have a good idea on how to get to the spot to change those settings.. I just need to know what to change and what not to.

CoreyLowe said:

I know how or at least have a good idea on how to get to the spot to change those settings.. I just need to know what to change and what not to.

Well, I had the manual in PDF, but apparently I must have thrown it away.

Important settings

You need to set the right time and date

acpi needs to be enabled

pnp OS? needs to be set to yes.

USB legacy, better set it to yes

That should do it for now.

okay ill be right back, let me know what to do after that

Where do i turn acpi on and where do i find pnp OS and where is USB legacy??

CoreyLowe said:

okay ill be right back, let me know what to do after that

Well, the next part is the hard part.

You need a Windows install DVD.

Can't do anything without it.