Changed bios settings on Asus laptop and now all I get is a black screen.

rhcpepper

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So my sisters laptop was having problems finding a boot device, so I went in the bios. I changed some setting... it was something to do with the hard drive, and I changed it to IDE from whatever it was before. Now the laptop has a completely black screen when I power it on.
I was thinking probably resetting bios but I can't figure out how. Tried taking the battery out and holding the power button, holding esc on boot, everything I could find while searching for answers. I am at a loss. What should I do? Help is appreciated.
 

Freakboi_pa

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From the sounds of the "Now the laptop has a completely black screen when I power it on." it sounds like he isn't getting the option to re-enter the BIOS. It must not be completing the POST
 

rhcpepper

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So I took it apart and found the battery, took it out for a minute, reassembled the whole thing and tried again. Power came on, but nothing changed. Black screen still. Bout to tell my sister she is SOL haha.
 

Danbuscus25

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well, what you could try is take the battery out, and then try to power it up, to make sure there is absolutly no power lingering in the board, let is sit for an hour, put the battery back in, and try it again. also, make sure the monitor is plugged in.