[Gllug] Compaq Compatability

[Walid Shaari]

On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 00:14, Chris Bell wrote:

>    Three similar Dell Optiplex Gs (P166) computers all sit with a blank
> screen for about 2 minutes after switch on, then throw up an error message
> about faulty HD controller and faulty HDD, press F1 to continue, F2 to enter
> the BIOS. Pressing F1 or F2 at any time after switch on will cause the
> computer to do whichever was selected once the error message has appeared,
> and continue as normal. It does not seem to be an OS problem, one of them
> still has 98. I have not had the same problem with other Dell computers.

I had a similar problem, reset the CMOS by removing the battery out
solved it!!!  the strange thing that even when I had the problem
pressing F1 boots the OS and i thought it was just a Bios bug it was
revision A02


Walid





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