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presario 5240
Hi,
I got a compaq presario 5240 and i want to make a clean installation of Xp on it. Anybody who can tell me how the enter the Bios, so i can set the dvd player as first boot device, and format the whole hd ? Thanks in advance! heian |
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presario 5240
"heian" schreef in bericht . .. Hi, I got a compaq presario 5240 and i want to make a clean installation of Xp on it. Anybody who can tell me how the enter the Bios, so i can set the dvd player as first boot device, and format the whole hd ? Thanks in advance! heian booting with PF 10 gives me a computer setup; system --- communicatons ---storage ---inputdevices --- multimedia --- exit but no bootsequence ! |
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presario 5240
I have a presario that is in the same series
Mine came set from the factory to boot from the restore CD If you are not able to boot from the CD I can send you a floppy that will allow you to boot right to the CD "heian" wrote in message . .. "heian" schreef in bericht . .. Hi, I got a compaq presario 5240 and i want to make a clean installation of Xp on it. Anybody who can tell me how the enter the Bios, so i can set the dvd player as first boot device, and format the whole hd ? Thanks in advance! heian booting with PF 10 gives me a computer setup; system --- communicatons ---storage ---inputdevices --- multimedia --- exit but no bootsequence ! |
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presario 5240
This is from the compaq site
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...name=c00007689 "metronid" wrote in message . .. I have a presario that is in the same series Mine came set from the factory to boot from the restore CD If you are not able to boot from the CD I can send you a floppy that will allow you to boot right to the CD "heian" wrote in message . .. "heian" schreef in bericht . .. Hi, I got a compaq presario 5240 and i want to make a clean installation of Xp on it. Anybody who can tell me how the enter the Bios, so i can set the dvd player as first boot device, and format the whole hd ? Thanks in advance! heian booting with PF 10 gives me a computer setup; system --- communicatons ---storage ---inputdevices --- multimedia --- exit but no bootsequence ! |
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presario 5240
Hi Metronid,
I have read so much about this computer on the internet, specially about the Bios. The bios is located on a small partition on the harddrive, and after a format with Fdisk, (i made it one big partition) the whole bios is gone. I downloaded a diagnostic- and setup disk from the compaq site, but the setup disk is not bootable, and the diagnostic program comes with an error. With a window98 bootdisk, i could boot, setup windowsXp. But after every reboot it hangs. As far as i read in forums, no one got it working after replacing or formatting the HD. So i think i better look for another motherboard, than get headache with it. Many thanks for your offer and effort to help me ! ( I should have study the forums first, before posting in the ng) heian "metronid" schreef in bericht ... This is from the compaq site http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...name=c00007689 "metronid" wrote in message . .. I have a presario that is in the same series Mine came set from the factory to boot from the restore CD If you are not able to boot from the CD I can send you a floppy that will allow you to boot right to the CD "heian" wrote in message . .. "heian" schreef in bericht . .. Hi, I got a compaq presario 5240 and i want to make a clean installation of Xp on it. Anybody who can tell me how the enter the Bios, so i can set the dvd player as first boot device, and format the whole hd ? Thanks in advance! heian booting with PF 10 gives me a computer setup; system --- communicatons ---storage ---inputdevices --- multimedia --- exit but no bootsequence ! |
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presario 5240
First off BIOS is not located on any hardrive
The true bios is only on the CMOS Associated setup information for the bios may or may not be located on the HD but the true bios (basic input output system ) is independent of the HD The hanging problem of course is another concern altogether I have been hung many times Luckily never did it end in my death Although some say that I am hung well I need more info on the hanging When windows Xp setup proceeds It loads a bunch of drivers first It may reboot at once or ask you if you would like to format the allowed space How far do you actually get You do remove the floppy befor the reboot It has loaded all the Windows files What i like to do is Format the HD with the a windows 98 disk that copies the needed system files for proper booting A HD can be fomatted that does not boot that is why I say the proper system files Copy the CD to the HD In a folder called XP CD And install from there I have never met a system that would not take XP it if meets XP's minimum requirements And of course you are using a good XP CD And install from the CD "heian" wrote in message . .. Hi Metronid, I have read so much about this computer on the internet, specially about the Bios. The bios is located on a small partition on the harddrive, and after a format with Fdisk, (i made it one big partition) the whole bios is gone. I downloaded a diagnostic- and setup disk from the compaq site, but the setup disk is not bootable, and the diagnostic program comes with an error. With a window98 bootdisk, i could boot, setup windowsXp. But after every reboot it hangs. As far as i read in forums, no one got it working after replacing or formatting the HD. So i think i better look for another motherboard, than get headache with it. Many thanks for your offer and effort to help me ! ( I should have study the forums first, before posting in the ng) heian "metronid" schreef in bericht ... This is from the compaq site http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...name=c00007689 "metronid" wrote in message . .. I have a presario that is in the same series Mine came set from the factory to boot from the restore CD If you are not able to boot from the CD I can send you a floppy that will allow you to boot right to the CD "heian" wrote in message . .. "heian" schreef in bericht . .. Hi, I got a compaq presario 5240 and i want to make a clean installation of Xp on it. Anybody who can tell me how the enter the Bios, so i can set the dvd player as first boot device, and format the whole hd ? Thanks in advance! heian booting with PF 10 gives me a computer setup; system --- communicatons ---storage ---inputdevices --- multimedia --- exit but no bootsequence ! |
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presario 5240
Hi,
I have never heard before as well that a bios is located on a harddisk. (exept IBM microchannel) but this might be an interesting discussion: http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=118525 and www.compaqsucks.com has also someone telling that the idea of bios on the Hd is really weird. (not that i have something against compaq!!!) Love to see this system finally working ;-)) So it means i have no bios on it, and i booted with a win98 bootdisk, cd-rom drivers loaded, installed winXP, took out bootdiskette and windows cd rom, reboot........ then it stops, black screen only. it boot only with a bootdisk, but not from harddisk or cd rom. Tonight i will take out the systemboard, and try to get more information about the board itselfs. maybe it is just a jumper which disables the motherboards own bios. I agree with you that there must be something on the motherboard like a bios, but maybe it is a bit different in this compaq line. (see the discussions) heian "metronid" schreef in bericht . .. First off BIOS is not located on any hardrive The true bios is only on the CMOS Associated setup information for the bios may or may not be located on the HD but the true bios (basic input output system ) is independent of the HD The hanging problem of course is another concern altogether I have been hung many times Luckily never did it end in my death Although some say that I am hung well I need more info on the hanging When windows Xp setup proceeds It loads a bunch of drivers first It may reboot at once or ask you if you would like to format the allowed space How far do you actually get You do remove the floppy befor the reboot It has loaded all the Windows files What i like to do is Format the HD with the a windows 98 disk that copies the needed system files for proper booting A HD can be fomatted that does not boot that is why I say the proper system files Copy the CD to the HD In a folder called XP CD And install from there I have never met a system that would not take XP it if meets XP's minimum requirements And of course you are using a good XP CD And install from the CD "heian" wrote in message . .. Hi Metronid, I have read so much about this computer on the internet, specially about the Bios. The bios is located on a small partition on the harddrive, and after a format with Fdisk, (i made it one big partition) the whole bios is gone. I downloaded a diagnostic- and setup disk from the compaq site, but the setup disk is not bootable, and the diagnostic program comes with an error. With a window98 bootdisk, i could boot, setup windowsXp. But after every reboot it hangs. As far as i read in forums, no one got it working after replacing or formatting the HD. So i think i better look for another motherboard, than get headache with it. Many thanks for your offer and effort to help me ! ( I should have study the forums first, before posting in the ng) heian "metronid" schreef in bericht ... This is from the compaq site http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...name=c00007689 "metronid" wrote in message . .. I have a presario that is in the same series Mine came set from the factory to boot from the restore CD If you are not able to boot from the CD I can send you a floppy that will allow you to boot right to the CD "heian" wrote in message . .. "heian" schreef in bericht . .. Hi, I got a compaq presario 5240 and i want to make a clean installation of Xp on it. Anybody who can tell me how the enter the Bios, so i can set the dvd player as first boot device, and format the whole hd ? Thanks in advance! heian booting with PF 10 gives me a computer setup; system --- communicatons ---storage ---inputdevices --- multimedia --- exit but no bootsequence ! |
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presario 5240
I have worked on and repaired Compaq Presarios from 1999 or so. Maybe not the
exact 5240 model, but the Compaq motherboard DOES have a BIOS. The BIOS is NOT on the hard drive. Ever since 286 computers, IBM-compatible computers have ALWAYS had a BIOS on the motherboard. So, power on the system, and hold down the F10 key until the system starts beeping at you. Then go into the BIOS setup and navigate around. The BOOT ORDER is in there somewhere. Do not take the time to remove the motherboard from the case. I doubt if you'll learn anything new from doing so... Ben Myers On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:03:36 +0100, "heian" wrote: Hi, I have never heard before as well that a bios is located on a harddisk. (exept IBM microchannel) but this might be an interesting discussion: http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=118525 and www.compaqsucks.com has also someone telling that the idea of bios on the Hd is really weird. (not that i have something against compaq!!!) Love to see this system finally working ;-)) So it means i have no bios on it, and i booted with a win98 bootdisk, cd-rom drivers loaded, installed winXP, took out bootdiskette and windows cd rom, reboot........ then it stops, black screen only. it boot only with a bootdisk, but not from harddisk or cd rom. Tonight i will take out the systemboard, and try to get more information about the board itselfs. maybe it is just a jumper which disables the motherboards own bios. I agree with you that there must be something on the motherboard like a bios, but maybe it is a bit different in this compaq line. (see the discussions) heian SNIP |
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presario 5240
Hi,
When i enter the "bios" with F10, i got the following: (first of all a lot of languages to choose out) Computer Setup 686A1 01/21/99 System Communications Storage Input Devices Multimedia Exit System: pci bus master enabled system post fast power on password setup password alternative memory reporting disabled system inactivity timeout 30 minutes communications: parallel port mode: bidirectional Storage: diskette drive A : 1.44 Mb diskette drive B : not installed select operating sytem type enhanced ide transfers enabled primary ide controller enabled secondary ide controller enabled input devices: usb legacy keybord support disabled multimedia: pci bga snoop disabled compaq multimedia monitor auto-detection onboard monochrome video mode support enabed exit save changes and reboot ignore changes and exit set defaults and reboot I tried all of above menu options, but could not find anything of a bootsequence in it. Booting with other options like F1 till F12, esc, del, and so on doesn't work. Then appears a keybord error. Hope anbody have an idea, how to go on........ heian "Ben Myers" ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net schreef in bericht news I have worked on and repaired Compaq Presarios from 1999 or so. Maybe not the exact 5240 model, but the Compaq motherboard DOES have a BIOS. The BIOS is NOT on the hard drive. Ever since 286 computers, IBM-compatible computers have ALWAYS had a BIOS on the motherboard. So, power on the system, and hold down the F10 key until the system starts beeping at you. Then go into the BIOS setup and navigate around. The BOOT ORDER is in there somewhere. Do not take the time to remove the motherboard from the case. I doubt if you'll learn anything new from doing so... Ben Myers On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:03:36 +0100, "heian" wrote: |
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presario 5240
From your description, it appears as though the motherboard's BIOS does not have
a selection to change the boot order. What can you do? If the system will boot from a floppy diskette, begin any software install by booting from floppy. If the system still boots from the hard drive, rather than floppy, remove the hard drive, put it in another computer, and use the DOS FDISK to remove all partitions from the hard drive. Then reinstall the drive in the Presario and try again. You can download boot disk images for all versions of Windows (except maybe XP) from www.bootdisk.com . You use the boot disk images to prepare the actual floppy diskettes used for booting. I recommend that you do not install XP on such an old computer. It may run Windows 2000 just fine, though... Ben Myers On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:08:41 +0100, "heian" wrote: Hi, When i enter the "bios" with F10, i got the following: (first of all a lot of languages to choose out) Computer Setup 686A1 01/21/99 System Communications Storage Input Devices Multimedia Exit System: pci bus master enabled system post fast power on password setup password alternative memory reporting disabled system inactivity timeout 30 minutes communications: parallel port mode: bidirectional Storage: diskette drive A : 1.44 Mb diskette drive B : not installed select operating sytem type enhanced ide transfers enabled primary ide controller enabled secondary ide controller enabled input devices: usb legacy keybord support disabled multimedia: pci bga snoop disabled compaq multimedia monitor auto-detection onboard monochrome video mode support enabed exit save changes and reboot ignore changes and exit set defaults and reboot I tried all of above menu options, but could not find anything of a bootsequence in it. Booting with other options like F1 till F12, esc, del, and so on doesn't work. Then appears a keybord error. Hope anbody have an idea, how to go on........ heian "Ben Myers" ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net schreef in bericht news I have worked on and repaired Compaq Presarios from 1999 or so. Maybe not the exact 5240 model, but the Compaq motherboard DOES have a BIOS. The BIOS is NOT on the hard drive. Ever since 286 computers, IBM-compatible computers have ALWAYS had a BIOS on the motherboard. So, power on the system, and hold down the F10 key until the system starts beeping at you. Then go into the BIOS setup and navigate around. The BOOT ORDER is in there somewhere. Do not take the time to remove the motherboard from the case. I doubt if you'll learn anything new from doing so... Ben Myers On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:03:36 +0100, "heian" wrote: |
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