On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:33:31 -0700, JR North
wrote:

Reflash the BIOS. There are good 3rd party utilities for this, like
Uniflash.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

Tom Gardner wrote:
I was given a Dell inspiron 8100...not working. It can't find the Hd or the
CD to boot and they both are not in BIOS. I'm assuming a motherboard but
I'm open to suggestions. It seems too coincidental for both drives to fail.
It will see and boot from floppy. Other than the fact that it doesn't work,
it's a nice free laptop.


http://ist.ctech.ac.za/home/desktop/...ron%208100.pdf

THE FULL SPECS
1 Ghz Mobile Intel Pentium III CPU
512 MB SDRAM (special order)
30 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive (special order)
16x CDRW/DVD combo drive with loads of software (special order)
3.5" floppy drive
15" Super XFT display
2 USB ports
32 MB NVIDIA GeForce2Go Video Card (special order)
16-bit Soundblaster-compatible sound card
56K modem/10-100 Ethernet card combo
PCI slots
All standard ports (including an Infra-Red port), jacks, cables, etc.
TV-OUT port and cable (use your television as a monitor!)
Windows XP Professional OS (special order)
Est. Battery Life: 3.0 hours
Extended 3-yr. Warranty with Mail-In service and 24x7 phone support
Weight: 10 lbs.(!)
TOTAL COST:
$2,295.00

http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?...e tup&x=0&y=0
http://support.dell.com/support/topi...en&s=gen&~ck=m
http://search.dell.com/searchcom_redirect.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&cs=&k=8100 +setup&cat=all&tdc=0&tcn=1&curcatni=1&curcatna=all &tdcp=0&lbcp=1&ubcp=0&ty=content&cd=1&sfp=res&redp =http%3a%2f%2fsupport.dell.com%2fsupport%2ftopics% 2fglobal.aspx%2fsupport%2fkb%2fen%2fdocument%3fdn% 3d1062439%26l%3den%26langid%3d1%26c%3dus%26cs%3d%2 6s%3dgen&redpe=f9e5192a-57b4-739e-ff85-e08fac4ec489

To enter the BIOS, CMOS, Setup, or the System Setup on Dimension
systems, perform the following steps:

1.

Restart your system.
2.

As the system reboots, press the Delete key.



Restoring Setup Defaults on the Inspiron 500m, 600m, 3700, 3800, 4000,
4100, 4150, 8000, 8100, 8200, or 8500

Follow the appropriate steps below for your system:

1.

Restart your computer.
2.

At the first text on the screen or immediately after the Dell
logo appears, press the F2 key every three seconds until the message
Entering Setup appears.
3.

When the System Setup screen appears, press Alt + F keys at
the same time.
4.

Press the Esc key.
5.

Press the Enter key to save changes and exit.
Your computer restarts.
"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner