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"DEJ57" wrote in message ... But doesn't removing the battery, only reset the bios-settings? Remember that the bios is totally dead - and need to be replaced. A BIOS reset will cure some of the strangest problems. While a long shot in this case, it might work, and would be a simply fix compared to getting a new BIOS chip or systemboard. Its worth a least a try. Cool, but is it easy to remove the battery? -(i have no special equipment). Martin |
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You may not need to remove the battery to clear CMOS. Look inside the case
for a label. It might show the location of and directions for using a CMOS clearing jumper switch. Most Compaqs have this switch to clear CMOS. HH "M" wrote in message ... "DEJ57" wrote in message ... But doesn't removing the battery, only reset the bios-settings? Remember that the bios is totally dead - and need to be replaced. A BIOS reset will cure some of the strangest problems. While a long shot in this case, it might work, and would be a simply fix compared to getting a new BIOS chip or systemboard. Its worth a least a try. Cool, but is it easy to remove the battery? -(i have no special equipment). Martin |
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Two words for you....E BAY. I bet you could replace that MB for 10 or 15
bucks if you are careful with the details. "M" wrote in message ... "DEJ57" wrote in message ... I have a compaq Presario 5700T - and my bios accidently got wiped out Out of curiousity, how did that happen? A bios upgrade floppy-disk were used to boot - and it asked if i really wanted to update my bios or something like that, and then during the upgrade it wen't black - and now when i start it up, its all black. So i'm quite sure the bios got "wiped" :-). Do you know for a fact that the BIOS chip is in a socket, not soldered on the systemboard? What do you mean with that? Does it mean that it will be impossible to change one self? - or will it maker very hard to change or something? I do wish you luck in getting another chip, but my impression has been that these are as hard to find as hens teeth for Compaq PCs... Thanks :-) - but with that remark, i guess i might as well give up... Maybe i should just upgrade to a new computer - ...hey...lemme see... is it possible to change only the motherboard? - to another one that supports the current cpu (i think its a p3 550mhz if i remember correctly). That way i could also avoid changing the entire case and PSU. And i also like that the current "slow" cpu have no heat-issues like many newer one have..... In other words: maybe i should just find a motherboard that is in such way - that i ONLY need to change that, and JUST that! - will that be possible? (i know the recovery cd won't work anymore then, but i guess its possible to find the drivers manually on the net :-)). Any recommendations on other motherboards then? (to cut it out - if i decided to buy a very new board, i would have to change cpu too right? - and also i would maybe have to change RAM ... and probably a few other things i haven't thought of - oh - and the beforementioned case too probably ). Thanks again! Dale Martin |
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