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April 26th, 2005, 10:35 PM
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| how to replace compaq BIOS?
on a compaq Armada 1750...I formatted the hard drive and reinstalled windows and now I cant get into the bios with f10
I did run the bios update utility and it said I already had the latest bios.....but I went ahead and reflashed anyway...so it seems the bios is there somehow...but how to do I get into it?
do I need to make some partition for it or is there a compaq utility for that??
here is the compaq page with downloads for it http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/fi...te/4_1084.html
any ideas how to put the bios back to normal?
(I already ran the "system ROMpaq")
Thanks, JP
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April 26th, 2005, 10:44 PM
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April 26th, 2005, 10:45 PM
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Cleared CMOS?
The POST screen comes up and indicates F10 to enter BIOS still?
Bill
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April 26th, 2005, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill in SD, CA Cleared CMOS?
The POST screen comes up and indicates F10 to enter BIOS still?
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My question exactly, I also assume the machine boots, correct? | |
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April 26th, 2005, 11:06 PM
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I had an old dell that stopped letting me into the BIOS. The way I got around it was to remove a stick of memory and boot up. That computer would default into the BIOS with a memory change. I now it dosn't solve the problem, but it might get you in. | |
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April 26th, 2005, 11:23 PM
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oh yeah it boots no problem....I have installed W98se etc
I just wanted to change the boot order
there never was any "press f10" that showed up on this laptop...but F10 still got you into this bios....hehe, but not now | |
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April 26th, 2005, 11:26 PM
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so now if I do the fn/f11 trick to reset the bios it coems up and gives the 162 error "options not set" etc..then it asks me do I want to save the changes etc....but f10 still does nothing
there should be a method...the same as if you had to replace a hard drive.
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April 26th, 2005, 11:29 PM
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April 26th, 2005, 11:55 PM
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