Dv9000 series - how to get into BIOS

Question

How can I get into BIOS and how can I re-dedicate graphics memory-use there? (Maybe my other's post was too special...)

Answer 1

Oh, THAT's interesting to learn that chances are high, they either changed the whole mobo, or the system wouldn't run stable with damaged graphics memory...(An ugly one: would it be worth exchanging the mobo and do all that counterfeiting data just for the value of the old mobo???) Here's what I found so far: (I used "SIW System Information for Windows"-tool to get the following data, among a lot of other)- Serial-# matches my serial-# as per the original packaging, paperwork and bottom of the machine- Model 103C_5335KV (another way to denote the model KP964EA/dv9787eg?)- NVIDIA 8600M GS with (only) 256MB DDR2 64bits- dedicated video memory 239MB (251199488)- dedicated system memory 0MB- shared system memory 1279MB (1341353984)- Mobo is a Quanta 30CB 79.2E (no serial-# found/supplied by SIW!) I will check the hardware again by "reading out" data with Fn+Esc and/or CPUZ and GPUZ and report back (as said, I think the info there said KP964EA already - just to make sure)... Just for the guessing or "narrowing the problem down":IF my system was running on 256MB before already (and hp advertised wrong data for my rig) - so no change there - what else might cause my games running roughly now and be a reason for the dropped performance-index in windows?Possible that the graphics chip is able to perform with 256MB only and I would need another version of the 8600M GS which IS able to make use of the 512? (Guess no, as the above info TELLS me that there is only 256MB - and no 512MB - available, right?)CAN that be related to some software or driver?Would/might setting up windows anew (or changing from Vista to 7 for that matter) might bring me back to speed? Anyway, let me tell you that I VERY much appreciate your help on this - I am kind of lost on my own here, and I will try whatever I can to get back my "old" great-performing machine.