Wrong memory bus set in the bios

[ducieldupont]

Hello,
I accidentally chose 400 instead of 266 MHz in the bios and now, i only get a black screen when i turn on the laptop.Anyway to recover from that? By the way it is a gateway MT3705. Thanks

 

[o1die]

If you can access the motherboard, you may be able to remove the battery for a few seconds with the system turned off. That should reset the ram speed in the bios. Or desktop boards have a cmos jumper on the board. You move the jumper over one position keeping 2 out of 3 pins covered, then return to original position after about one minute. The cmos jumper is marked with white id lettering, if your board has it.

 

[vvhocare5]

He did mention it was a laptop and laptops do not have reset jumpers (generalization - flame alert). You have to take it apart Im afraid.

Here is a person who had about the same issue you have - and his solution. Best of luck

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2684&Itemid=21

 

[ducieldupont]

Thanks so much to all who answered my question. I will follow the recommendations and see if i get lucky. Thanks again