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Bios of a Compaq Armada 1575D
I would like to know how enter in the bios
of a Compaq Armada 1575 ?
On a PC, Press <DEL> to enter BIOS
But on a notebook ?
of a Compaq Armada 1575 ?
On a PC, Press <DEL> to enter BIOS
But on a notebook ?
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You have to press F10 at the moment that, during boot, the white block appears in the upper right hand corner.
This only works if there is a diagnostics partition on the harddisk. Mostly this is the case. You can see it if you run fdisk.
If this diag partition is not there, you will have to boot from the floppys meant for this event. These floppy's can be downloaded at www.compaq.com.
This only works if there is a diagnostics partition on the harddisk. Mostly this is the case. You can see it if you run fdisk.
If this diag partition is not there, you will have to boot from the floppys meant for this event. These floppy's can be downloaded at www.compaq.com.
Your BIOS is ok, but without the system partition or floppies to access the BIOS, you won't be able to make changes to the BIOS. Remember, if there is no system partition (shows as a Non-DOS partition in FDISK), the white block will not appear in the right corner. If it is not there, you need floppies as per joopv's recommendation.
try pressing the key right when you turn on the computer becuase compaqs are setup in a weard way. if it doesn't work let me know! sorry for the late reply tring to fix my computer cache problem right now! I will try to answer as soon as possible! thanks for you time
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Thanks joopv and 2mrchio for your comments
Barely acceptable for you acehighworld
Barely acceptable for you acehighworld
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But <F10> does not work ...
I have also tested <F1>, <F2>, <F3>, ...
Is there no Bios in my notebook ?
-> Yes, but no easy to access !