Restoring Bios To default

Hello all I haven't had this problem with any other computer other than the Dell 4550 I tried to remove the CMOS batt. no luck the machine boots to the splash screen and the the monitor the monitor stays on with this comp I also get a keyboard faluar when I try to get into setup with f2 or f12 but then it tells to hit either one then it lets me in is there any way to reset the bios to factory setting it's my daughters computer and she will need it for school any help would be greatly appreciated
Thank You
Phil

 

Hello Phil, let's review your objectives and resources.

What pc are you trying to fix - is it the Dell 4550.

What do you mean 'monitor won't stay on? Please give details.

Do you have the Dell recovery disks?
Do you still have the original hard drive?

Do you realise the difference between the bios and the operating system?

What do you mean? Did you or did you not remove the battery? I'm pretty sure there is a cmos reset jumper on this Dell.

 

Thank You for responding ...Yes it's a dell 4550 I have the original HDD as well as the restore disk I went into the bios to change the boot order to load the OS on the 2nd drive the first is infected with virus's so I had a 60 gig laying around out of another Dell 4550 the problem is that right after it starts to boot into the OS the screen goes blank as if no power is going to it so the Dell splash screen looks good than as its going into the OS nothing happens I looked near the CMOS battery but didn't see any jumper I know I have done that on my other machine to reset it as for the computer its in the original setup I haven't add anything or change anything as far as drives CD ect. on my other comp i have the option to set the bios to default, best, previous these aren't options in these bios
Phil
The other thing is that I changed the first HDD because after I reinstalled the OS it was only reading 2 gig's its a 100 gig HDD

 

Looked at the Engineers service disk for the 4550. Couldn't see any jumper indicated but the battery is in a normal socket and easy to remove. You might check the voltage on the battery when you remove it, it should exceed 3 volts. The 4550 must be old enough for the battery to have aged.

The reinstallation procedure is clearly (for Dell) set out in your user manual.
Post again if you have any difficulty with it.
You will also require the drivers cd and the drivers cd for your AGP card. Install these in the following order

Graphics
motherboard interface chips
lan
audio
modem

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