Emachine eMonster 1000b unable to get bios screen

[Aanand]

I have recently purchased emachine's eMonster 1000b with the following configuration:
PIII 1,000mhz
128 MB RAM-> 256 L2 cache -> 20 GB Hard drive -> 8x CDRW
3D Intel 810e graphics AGP -> 56k Conexant modem

Whenever I try to get the BIOS configuration screen to load, the light on the monitor blinks and I get a blank screen, and I have to hold the power button in for 5 seconds to get it to shut down again.I would like to know if its at all possible to overclock this particular machine... Thanks.

[Addison_12]

To get the Bios of eMonster you need to

• Press Tab or Del while the eMachine logo displays on screen.
• Other eMachine computers may use F2 to enter BIOS.

[Warner]

The only way youd probably be able to do a processor upgrade was if you new your motherboard spec and settings. To access BIOS configuration screen, user need to press and invoke a specific hotkey or keys combination during the initial BIOS load screen (usually right after the computer is powered on). You would be better off just biulding a cheap athlon xp system. Here’s a list of the ways and access keys to press to access BIOS Setup Utility on variety of popular OEM computer systems, motherboard makers and major BIOS brands. Note that some BIOS or computer systems may have more than one method of accessing BIOS depending on when the BIOS is released.

[Swetlano]

I think you should do to get better performance in xp would be to get more system memory. It probably uses sdram which can be hard for low level ram, Most OEM PC or custom-built clone PC using third-party motherboard (MOBO) allows user to configure various settings in BIOS (CMOS setup) to enter BIOS Setup or Configuration Utility in order to enable or disable devices or ports available, and more commonly, boot device priority or sequence.