Bios setup in Compaq Presario

This is an old Compaq Presario 8702 P166, in a recent thread, converted
from W95 to DOS.

I want to get into BIOS setup. Compaq data says:
-----
"NOTE: On certain Compaq Presario PCs (prior to 2002) press the F10
key at the logo screen to enter setup."
-----

Pressing F10, F1, Escape, (this from other Compaq data). It continues to
boot to a DOS C prompt.

Can't get into Setup.

Advice?

ms

"ms" wrote in message ...
This is an old Compaq Presario 8702 P166, in a recent thread, converted
from W95 to DOS.

I want to get into BIOS setup. Compaq data says:
-----
"NOTE: On certain Compaq Presario PCs (prior to 2002) press the F10
key at the logo screen to enter setup."
-----

Pressing F10, F1, Escape, (this from other Compaq data). It continues to
boot to a DOS C prompt.

Can't get into Setup.

Advice?

Try other keys: F2, F11, F12, DEL, and also key combos like Ctrl+Shift+S,
Ctrl+Alt+S, and other keys and combos such as found he
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htm
and
http://www.inventio.co.uk/getbios.htm
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
AumHa VSOP: http://aumha.net
DTS-L.ORG: http://66.39.69.143/

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"ms" wrote in message
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This is an old Compaq Presario 8702 P166, in a recent thread,
converted from W95 to DOS.

I want to get into BIOS setup. Compaq data says:
-----
"NOTE: On certain Compaq Presario PCs (prior to 2002) press the F10
key at the logo screen to enter setup."
-----

Pressing F10, F1, Escape, (this from other Compaq data). It continues
to boot to a DOS C prompt.

Can't get into Setup.

Advice?

Try other keys: F2, F11, F12, DEL, and also key combos like
Ctrl+Shift+S, Ctrl+Alt+S, and other keys and combos such as found
he http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htm
and
http://www.inventio.co.uk/getbios.htm

Thanks, Glen

ms

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"glee" wrote in
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"ms" wrote in message
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This is an old Compaq Presario 8702 P166, in a recent thread,
converted from W95 to DOS.

I want to get into BIOS setup. Compaq data says:
-----
"NOTE: On certain Compaq Presario PCs (prior to 2002) press the F10
key at the logo screen to enter setup."
-----

Pressing F10, F1, Escape, (this from other Compaq data). It continues
to boot to a DOS C prompt.

Can't get into Setup.

Advice?

Try other keys: F2, F11, F12, DEL, and also key combos like
Ctrl+Shift+S, Ctrl+Alt+S, and other keys and combos such as found
he http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htm
and
http://www.inventio.co.uk/getbios.htm

Thanks, Glen

I have same problem with an early Compaq laptop (P133), e.g. can't access
BIOS using any key or key-combo I'm familiar with. Seems some Compaqs have
their BIOS setup buried on the hard disk and as this laptop has a diff hd in
it there's nothing there for the key to invoke! Can't find anything on
Compaq/HP's site that helps. I did however use included form on their pages
to point out to "CEO" that based upon that experience and that HP now uses
the "hidden partition" method for recovery disks, I'm not even considering
any of their models for new laptop purchase. I'll get one that comes with a
"full usable outside that specific machine" version of the OS also or I just
simply won't buy, period. I detest MS's various marketing stratagies,
especially the :locked to original pc" versions of Windows. Far as I'm
concerned Dell/HP/Compaq etc. should all tell MS to go f**k themselves with
that crap as it clearly deceives most users regarding what they've
purchased.


ms

"ms" wrote in message ...
"glee" wrote in
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"ms" wrote in message
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This is an old Compaq Presario 8702 P166, in a recent thread,
converted from W95 to DOS.

I want to get into BIOS setup. Compaq data says:
-----
"NOTE: On certain Compaq Presario PCs (prior to 2002) press the F10
key at the logo screen to enter setup."
-----

Pressing F10, F1, Escape, (this from other Compaq data). It continues
to boot to a DOS C prompt.

Can't get into Setup.

Advice?

Try other keys: F2, F11, F12, DEL, and also key combos like
Ctrl+Shift+S, Ctrl+Alt+S, and other keys and combos such as found
he http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htm
and
http://www.inventio.co.uk/getbios.htm

Thanks, Glen

ms

From HP/Compuke support:
quote
Pressing F10 opens the BIOS of Compaq Presario desktops 2001 and earlier.
Pressing F1 opens the BIOS of the S3000 series, 6400 series, and 2002 models of
Presario desktop computers.
Immediately press the F10 or F1 key repeatedly on the keyboard when the logo screen
displays.
/quote

If you're having trouble with the timing hold any key down immediately upon boot
and it should produce a stuck key error with an option to go to setup.

You've been around here plenty enough to know that another way is to pull the CMOS
battery as another way.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

I think on my old 425 Lite I had to use the esc key
mc

"glee" wrote in
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"ms" wrote in message
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This is an old Compaq Presario 8702 P166, in a recent thread,
converted from W95 to DOS.

I want to get into BIOS setup. Compaq data says:
-----
"NOTE: On certain Compaq Presario PCs (prior to 2002) press the F10
key at the logo screen to enter setup."
-----

Pressing F10, F1, Escape, (this from other Compaq data). It continues
to boot to a DOS C prompt.

Can't get into Setup.

Advice?

Try other keys: F2, F11, F12, DEL, and also key combos like
Ctrl+Shift+S, Ctrl+Alt+S, and other keys and combos such as found
he http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htm
and
http://www.inventio.co.uk/getbios.htm

Thanks for the links, saved them. I also searched the HP site, and looked
at data I previously saved.

Tried the following:
F1, F10 these are supposed to work for Compaq.
F2
ESC
DEL
CTRL + ALT + ESC
CTRL + ALT + INS
CTRL + ALT + ENTER
CTRL + ALT + S
PAGE UP KEY
PAGE DOWN KEY

No luck, this is a stubborn one. But searching on the net and in this
thread, it seems not unknown that setup is tough to get into on some
Compaqs. On other Compaqs, I had no trouble.

If necessary, I will go on, this was only to help install DOS from the A
drive.

ms

"Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in
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"ms" wrote in message
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"glee" wrote in
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"ms" wrote in message
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This is an old Compaq Presario 8702 P166, in a recent thread,
converted from W95 to DOS.

I want to get into BIOS setup. Compaq data says:
-----
"NOTE: On certain Compaq Presario PCs (prior to 2002) press the F10
key at the logo screen to enter setup."
-----

Pressing F10, F1, Escape, (this from other Compaq data). It
continues to boot to a DOS C prompt.

Can't get into Setup.

Advice?

Try other keys: F2, F11, F12, DEL, and also key combos like
Ctrl+Shift+S, Ctrl+Alt+S, and other keys and combos such as found
he http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htm
and
http://www.inventio.co.uk/getbios.htm

Thanks, Glen

ms

From HP/Compuke support:
quote
Pressing F10 opens the BIOS of Compaq Presario desktops 2001 and
earlier. Pressing F1 opens the BIOS of the S3000 series, 6400 series,
and 2002 models of Presario desktop computers.
Immediately press the F10 or F1 key repeatedly on the keyboard when
the logo screen displays.
/quote

If you're having trouble with the timing hold any key down
immediately upon boot
and it should produce a stuck key error with an option to go to setup.

You've been around here plenty enough to know that another way is to
pull the CMOS
battery as another way.

Thanks Brian.

As earlier in thread, tried above keys.

With stuck key: 301- keyboard error, a small screen opens - F1 Boot,
that's all.

Pulling the battery is something I may have to do later on another
machine.

ms

For what its worth here is some general BIOS info for some systems....

http://www.informit.com/articles/art...02215&seqNum=4

this is the main page...

http://www.informit.com/imprint/inde...?st=61090&rl=1


hope something works..
mc

"ms" wrote in message ...
This is an old Compaq Presario 8702 P166, in a recent thread, converted
from W95 to DOS.
I want to get into BIOS setup. Compaq data says:
snip

Download ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp02001-02500/sp2141.exe

Double-click the file, page down and type "AGREE" to accept the terms
of use, then type "A", insert a blank floppy and press "Enter". This should
create a bootable floppy that can be used for BIOS setup. Please note that
if you change the boot sequence without installing the setup program
to the hard drive, you may have to reset the CMOS manually from inside
the computer to change back to a floppy boot.

Ben