Bios Problem I think

I went into my bios and was looking for onboard video card to disable, because I bought one with 3d capability, gforce. Did'nt find anything, but changed a couple of minor settings so I thought. also tried to overclock system. Saved changes, and reboot system, now system starts up but I get nothing on monitor, I mean screen is blank, does'nt even show start up data. I'm running windows xp home 1.6 G 256 ram 160 g hd. Please help

 

When you insert your new vidcard your mobo knows and switch automatic
to the new vidcards don't need to go to the bios and change setting...

Did you try pressing the DEL keys even if you don't see anything at boot up
if this is not working you could try re-setting your CMOS see your manual
for instruction how to do that.....

 

Not allways, you can run into ( especially on somewhat older motherboards ) motherboards that will still devote RAM and other system resources to the onboard video even when a videocard has been installed, at which point it's best to take steps to disable the onboard.

That said; first of all, it's best to slowly change settings to the BIOS unless you're thuorughly positive of what you're doing. My advice would be to do as Clark suggested as this can work; if this does not work, there is likely a way to reset all BIOS options to the default settings located directly on your motherboard.

Assuming your computer is a home brew, this is a good option. If not, opening the case almost gaurentees voiding any warentee, if altering the BIOS in the first place did not. If you did not build this computer yourself, you should find out about that prior to following these instructions:

Check the manual of your motherboard for specfic information on reseting the BIOS; and be very careful when working inside of your computer, static electricity can and will destroy the components of your system. When performing this operation, make sure and ground yourself at all times by constantly holding a metal portion of the inside of the computer case.

Overclocking is a dangerous procedure for your hardware and it is possible, though from your discription of the situation, unlikely that it is beyond recovery.

Good luck.