[Gllug] Compaq Compatability

[Chris Bell]

On Sat 05 Oct, Walid Shaari wrote:
> 
> 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

   Thanks, I will try that.

-- 
Chris Bell


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