Armada 7380DMT with external cd-rom boot problem

Hello,

This is my first compaq laptop I try to repair.
The problem is, I can not go into the bios to look for de external cd-rom.
When I use a diskette, I never come to the cd-rom drive. The cd rom drive is
conected by a pcmcia-card.
But when I have the bootcd in it, it will not go to the cd-drive.
I even cannot go to the bios to make it happen.
Can anybody tell me how to get in the bios??

I already tried pushing several knobs at boot, even with the ctrl pushed in,
but nothing helps.
Anybody an answer for me???


TIA

Jan

"J. Elzinga" wrote in message
...
Hello,

This is my first compaq laptop I try to repair.
The problem is, I can not go into the bios to look for de external
cd-rom.
When I use a diskette, I never come to the cd-rom drive. The cd
rom drive is conected by a pcmcia-card.
But when I have the bootcd in it, it will not go to the cd-drive.
I even cannot go to the bios to make it happen.
Can anybody tell me how to get in the bios??

I already tried pushing several knobs at boot, even with the ctrl
pushed in, but nothing helps.
Anybody an answer for me???


TIA

Jan


If you still have the original Compaq supplied hard drive installed,
there is a diagnostic partition which has the BIOS setup
information. This is accessed by hitting the F10 key while the
cursor is flashing in the upper part of the screen. You have to
practice the timing of the key press. If the original drive has
been replaced, you have to download a floppy disk based BIOS Setup
routine from Hewlett-Packard.

No computer has native support for PC cards at the BIOS level. The
PC card services are loaded with the operating system, usually
Windows and not MS-DOS. There are Linux and MS-DOS drivers
available but the boot sequence is well advanced by the time they
are loaded. There is usually an audible tone when PC cards are
activated. The bootup options are the hard drive or a drive in the
multibay, half-height bay or a bay in a docking station. You would
have to replace the floppy drive with a CD-ROM drive to boot from
it.


--
Earl F. Parrish

"Earl F. Parrish" schreef in bericht
news:V619d.14083$Xk1.6434@trnddc02...

"J. Elzinga" wrote in message
...
Hello,

This is my first compaq laptop I try to repair.
The problem is, I can not go into the bios to look for de external
cd-rom.
When I use a diskette, I never come to the cd-rom drive. The cd rom drive
is conected by a pcmcia-card.
But when I have the bootcd in it, it will not go to the cd-drive.
I even cannot go to the bios to make it happen.
Can anybody tell me how to get in the bios??

I already tried pushing several knobs at boot, even with the ctrl pushed
in, but nothing helps.
Anybody an answer for me???


TIA

Jan


If you still have the original Compaq supplied hard drive installed, there
is a diagnostic partition which has the BIOS setup information. This is
accessed by hitting the F10 key while the cursor is flashing in the
upper part of the screen. You have to practice the timing of the key
press. If the original drive has been replaced, you have to download a
floppy disk based BIOS Setup routine from Hewlett-Packard.

No computer has native support for PC cards at the BIOS level. The PC
card services are loaded with the operating system, usually Windows and
not MS-DOS. There are Linux and MS-DOS drivers available but the boot
sequence is well advanced by the time they are loaded. There is usually
an audible tone when PC cards are activated. The bootup options are the
hard drive or a drive in the multibay, half-height bay or a bay in a
docking station. You would have to replace the floppy drive with a CD-ROM
drive to boot from it.


--
Earl F. Parrish



Thanx It worked, smile

Jan