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Joachim Gnauk May 4th 04 01:13 PM

Armada 1750 - service partition not installable
 
Hi,

since some weeks I own a Compaq Armada 1750 notebook. When I bought it, the
service partition of the hard disk was missing. So there is no BIOS access
for me in the moment. On the HP/Compaq website, I found a tool which
created a bootdisk to setup the service partition again but while booting
from the floppy disk, it stops with the error message
"An error occured while loading". First I assumed that the floppy drive was
defect, but trying to boot from CD with the same image caused the same
error. What else can I do? Probabely the Image is - although downloaded
from the HP/Compaq Server - broken. Does anyone have this tool (SP8975) and
could boot with it without problems?

Thank you all in advance,

Joachim


David May 4th 04 08:50 PM

Sounds like maybe a bad download? sp8975.exe should have a file size of
1441312 bytes. I've used it with no problems.

"Joachim Gnauk" wrote in message
...
Hi,

since some weeks I own a Compaq Armada 1750 notebook. When I bought it,

the
service partition of the hard disk was missing. So there is no BIOS access
for me in the moment. On the HP/Compaq website, I found a tool which
created a bootdisk to setup the service partition again but while booting
from the floppy disk, it stops with the error message
"An error occured while loading". First I assumed that the floppy drive

was
defect, but trying to boot from CD with the same image caused the same
error. What else can I do? Probabely the Image is - although downloaded
from the HP/Compaq Server - broken. Does anyone have this tool (SP8975)

and
could boot with it without problems?

Thank you all in advance,

Joachim




Joachim Gnauk May 5th 04 02:56 PM

David wrote:
Sounds like maybe a bad download? sp8975.exe should have a file size of
1441312 bytes. I've used it with no problems.


Thank you for your help. No, that's exactly the file size I've got. I hope
it's not the BIOS itself keeping me from the BIOS access. :-( BTW: the BIOS
Update (and also the restore) works fine, also the diagnosis floppy disk.

Joachim

David May 5th 04 07:51 PM

When you boot with the diskette does it load all the way to the
run/install/exit screen? If not, I would try downloading the file again even
though the one you have is the correct size. If the run option works but not
the install option I would suspect an HD issue of some kind. Using the run
option from the diskette is the same thing as using f10 when the setup
partition is installed on the HD. You could also try clearing the CMOS using
this method..

Compaq FAQ: How do I clear CMOS on my Armada 1700, 1750, and/or my ProSignia
16x, 100, 12x, or 14x? (FAQ5259)
Remove all battery packs from the battery bay and MultiBay, if applicable.
Disconnect the AC power.
Remove the real-time clock battery.
Wait five minutes.
Reconnect the AC power.
Restart the computer. During Power-On Self Test (POST), a "162 System
Options not set" message appears.
Shut down the computer, then disconnect AC power again.
Replace the real-time clock battery.
Install the battery pack(s).

"Joachim Gnauk" wrote in message
...
David wrote:
Sounds like maybe a bad download? sp8975.exe should have a file size of
1441312 bytes. I've used it with no problems.


Thank you for your help. No, that's exactly the file size I've got. I hope
it's not the BIOS itself keeping me from the BIOS access. :-( BTW: the

BIOS
Update (and also the restore) works fine, also the diagnosis floppy disk.

Joachim




Joachim Gnauk May 6th 04 12:00 PM

David ) wrote in
. net:

When you boot with the diskette does it load all the way to the
run/install/exit screen? If not, I would try downloading the file again
even though the one you have is the correct size. If the run option works
but not the install option I would suspect an HD issue of some kind. Using
the run option from the diskette is the same thing as using f10 when the
setup partition is installed on the HD. You could also try clearing the
CMOS using this method..


I downloaded the setup-tool again, but it is bit-identical with the one I
used. The setup terminates while (or directly after?) loading, so there is
no way to access the BIOS features. Perhaps clearing the CMOS could be a
way, but I am afraid, how I can restore the present state, if it won't
work?

Joachim
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Joachim Gnauk May 7th 04 11:11 AM

David ) wrote in
. net:

Sounds like maybe a bad download? sp8975.exe should have a file size of
1441312 bytes. I've used it with no problems.


I solved the problem. The file was OK, but the floppy had a physical error,
which was not detected during format. The image on CD hat of course the
same error, because it was taken from the floppy.

Thank you very much for your help,

Jo
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David May 7th 04 11:25 AM

Great! Glad you got it working..

"Joachim Gnauk" wrote in message
...
David ) wrote in
. net:

Sounds like maybe a bad download? sp8975.exe should have a file size of
1441312 bytes. I've used it with no problems.


I solved the problem. The file was OK, but the floppy had a physical

error,
which was not detected during format. The image on CD hat of course the
same error, because it was taken from the floppy.

Thank you very much for your help,

Jo
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To send Email, please use gnauk(at)mpie(dot)de





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