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idjut

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From: Oslo

Registered: 2006-05-15

Posts: 177

BIOS keeps reverting settings

Or one setting in particular, the one about the graphical memory. In order to run x in any reasonable resolution I need to set it to 8 mb, but after I restart a few times it goes back to 1 mb. Someone told me that putting VideoRam 8192 in xorg.conf would help it, but the same applies now.

If I start x with the 1mb setting, the display turns black and nothing besides reboot can fix it.

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Skee

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From: Bucuresti, Romania

Registered: 2004-10-29

Posts: 23

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Re: BIOS keeps reverting settings

Maybe the battery that powers your CMOS is depleted. That would mean reverting to BIOS defaults on every reboot (or almost every reboot if it's got some life left in it still, but not enough).

pelle.k

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From: Åre, Sweden (EU)

Registered: 2006-04-30

Posts: 667

Re: BIOS keeps reverting settings

Setting videoram in xorg.conf is just a "tip" to xorg. This is not something that overrides the bios settings.
You can even skip that "tip" in most cases.

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idjut

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From: Oslo

Registered: 2006-05-15

Posts: 177

Re: BIOS keeps reverting settings

Hm, thanks. Setting videoram to 4096 instead of 8192 does "override" the bios setting strangely enough. It starts x, but in a little lower resolution than usual.

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,933

Re: BIOS keeps reverting settings

This sounds like your bios is buggy.
check if there's a newer/more stable version of the bios for your MoBo.

(most people don't realize this, but is often takes 6 months or more after a new Mobo is released before the bios is stable.)

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