I ve got a new pc with an AMD A63400m/6520G APU - its a small pc built with a laptop board.
Its going to replace my current HP DX5150 SFF/Athlon64x2 4200+ with a 8400GS.
I m no gamer but I m massively disappointed with the graphics - just the way it renders the desktop is nowhere near the standard of the 8400GS, even though the specs are actually very similar and the 6520G supposedly outperforms the 8400GS ( =1207&cmp[]=40]http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1207&cmp[]=40 ), but it seems a lot worse to me.
Anyway I was playing with the BIOS and enabled performance but it didnt seem to make much difference, so I turned off VGA (as I m using an HDMI connection) and I also disabled onboard graphics, thinking it had a CPU graphics processor as well as a discrete graphics card and that maybe it was only using the cpu one for rendering the desktop, only switching to the other for heavy stuff like gaming etc.
Stupid mistake - it doesnt have dual graphics and now when it boots I get the usual boot up beeps, then 5 beeps which apparently means a CPU fault. Resetting the BIOS resulted in 8 beeps (display memory/faulty video card error) on first start, then 5 beeps again. I ve tried pressing "delete" many times but I cannot get back into the BIOS to change the settings back.
I cant believe I ve done any damage just by turning off video, but I cannot find any way of getting back into the BIOS and changing the settings back and I dont understand why removing the battery does not put it back to factory settings. Can anyone help ? Thanks
Its going to replace my current HP DX5150 SFF/Athlon64x2 4200+ with a 8400GS.
I m no gamer but I m massively disappointed with the graphics - just the way it renders the desktop is nowhere near the standard of the 8400GS, even though the specs are actually very similar and the 6520G supposedly outperforms the 8400GS ( =1207&cmp[]=40]http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1207&cmp[]=40 ), but it seems a lot worse to me.
Anyway I was playing with the BIOS and enabled performance but it didnt seem to make much difference, so I turned off VGA (as I m using an HDMI connection) and I also disabled onboard graphics, thinking it had a CPU graphics processor as well as a discrete graphics card and that maybe it was only using the cpu one for rendering the desktop, only switching to the other for heavy stuff like gaming etc.
Stupid mistake - it doesnt have dual graphics and now when it boots I get the usual boot up beeps, then 5 beeps which apparently means a CPU fault. Resetting the BIOS resulted in 8 beeps (display memory/faulty video card error) on first start, then 5 beeps again. I ve tried pressing "delete" many times but I cannot get back into the BIOS to change the settings back.
I cant believe I ve done any damage just by turning off video, but I cannot find any way of getting back into the BIOS and changing the settings back and I dont understand why removing the battery does not put it back to factory settings. Can anyone help ? Thanks