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Compaq Presario 1230 Laptop Accessing BIOS Setup
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It was too good to be true. The next time I turned it on, I have the same problem. I decided to put it with my other "dead" laptops for parts. I paid $25.00 for it in 2009, and I got my money's worth. Once again, thanks to everyone, John PS, I will not check here for more responses. On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:06:12 -0500, in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion you wrote: Hi, Laptop is "Working"! I have system information regarding all my old computers so I decided to look for one that has a Phoenix BIOS made around the same time as this 1230. I found one in my Fujitsu laptop. I have the OM for the Fujitsu, so I looked for information regarding BIOS setup. On that page I saw, if I press Esc key during boot up (Fujitsu), I will be presented with an option to boot from a different drive. I decided to try that on the 1230, but I was not presented with this option (pick a drive). Instead, I saw a message that stated "configuration was restored" (not exact words). Not only that, my floppy drive is "working"! I don't know if pressing Esc key restored parameters, but I made a note of that should this event happen again. That's not all. Now I can press F10 during power up and get into BIOS settings without a pass word! Note: I searched the SM (.PDF) for "Esc" (whole word), but no information was found. Of course I changed the boot sequence to CD drive first. Again, Thanks to everyone, John On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:43:39 -0500, in sci.electronics.repair you wrote: Hi, I service TVs, etc. Once in a while, I service my own computers, one of which is a Compaq Presario 1230 laptop with Windows 98se I bought second hand a few years ago. You may consider this obsolete, but to me, it is very useful. Recently, during power up, I saw "Error, O2BO: Diskette drive A error". I removed the floppy drive, but I got the same error, which could be it's controller? I inserted a bootable CD rom hoping that the boot sequence might start at the CD rom, but it didn't. It must be A: drive first. Note: The HDD is fine because I removed it and checked it on anther PC. If I can change the boot sequence, I can do without the floppy drive, but to get into the settings by pressing F10, I have to enter a password. I don't have the phone number of the person I bought it from who lives out of town. I removed the RTC/CMOS battery (soldered in) and waited 24 hours hoping that it may "clear" the password requirement, but it did not. Maybe I should wait longer? Pressing F10 presents a screen that says, "Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility" followed by a prompt for a password. I tried some by guessing, but it didn't work. I hope the password isn't stored in the BIOS. Do you know a technique to bypass the password requirement so I can change the boot sequence? Thank You in Advance, John PS, Remove "ine" from my email address |
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