how to get into bios on compaq computer. tried esc, then f10 but nothing happens.

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Try f2 or delete. I recommend rebooting and as soon as the machine has power, tap either of these keys continously until you get in. You may find that Compaqs boot past the spot where you can get into the bios quite fast and it may require a few attempts.


On Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 7:28 am, jameschprice wrote:
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>how to get into bios on compaq computer. tried esc, then f10 but nothing happens.
>

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I have a Presario 1247, @ the start of your boot up, try holding down your key and pressing the f8 key simultaniuosly... Hope this helps !!!


On Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 7:28 am, jameschprice wrote:
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>how to get into bios on compaq computer. tried esc, then f10 but nothing happens.
>

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On mine, I think it is Ctrl+Shift+F10.

Try each combination (including none) of Ctrl, Alt and Shift with Del, Esc, F10, 
F2 and BkSp. That covers all the systems I've worked with...

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Jamie, Some Compaq's actually have a partition on the hard drive for the BIOS. If someone used FDISK to remove the partition, then you won't be able to get into the BIOS without either re-creating the partition or by booting from a floppy with the setup utility on it. One of Compaq's disks will re-create the partition, but of course, will blow away all the data on your hard drive. I had to download two programs from Compaq: 1) PC Diagnotics 2) Setup for Portables I got them from the Drivers section of Compaq's site. This was one of the files, it is for an Armada 1750, so it probably won't work if you have a different machine, but will give you an idea of what to look for: www.compaq.com/support/files/armada/us/download/8093.html Good luck!


On Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 7:28 am, jameschprice wrote:
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>how to get into bios on compaq computer. tried esc, then f10 but nothing happens.
>

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Shut down the computer and wait 10 seconds. Turn your monitor on, then press F1 and turn on your computer, hold down F1 while the computer is powering up. Good Luck Sy


On Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 10:09 am, Debug Computers wrote:
>Try f2 or delete. I recommend rebooting and as soon as the machine has power, tap
>either of these keys continously until you get in. You may find that Compaqs boot
>past the spot where you can get into the bios quite fast and it may require a few
>attempts.

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Man, I was reading some posted mensage and I came across your answer. It just fits right on to the problem that I was having with one of my junk computers. Thanks body.


On Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 3:52 am, darrryl wrote:
>Jamie,
>Some Compaq's actually have a partition on the hard drive for the BIOS. If someone
> used FDISK to remove the partition, then you won't be able to get into the BIOS
>without either re-creating the partition or by booting from a floppy with the setup
>utility on it. One of Compaq's disks will re-create the partition, but of course,
>will blow away all the data on your hard drive.
>
>I had to download two programs from Compaq:
>1) PC Diagnotics
>2) Setup for Portables
>
>I got them from the Drivers section of Compaq's site.
>
>This was one of the files, it is for an Armada 1750, so it probably won't work if
>you have a different machine, but will give you an idea of what to look for:
> www.compaq.com/support/files/armada/us/download/8093.html
>
>Good luck!
>
>

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Try Ctrl Alt S Smaug


On Thursday, March 20, 2003 at 8:27 pm, Student wrote:
> Man, I was reading some posted mensage and I came across your answer. It just
>fits right on to the problem that I was having with one of my junk computers. Thanks
>body.
>
>

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Hello, i am having this same exact prob with a comp from work that was givin to me to mess around with. It has win xp pro loaded on it right now... I have downloaded the pc diagnostic and setup for portables. but when i put the disk in the comp and boot it, after the compaq logo flashes on screen, there is nothing, and nothing happens with the disk. am i missing a step somewhere or what.. hopefully some1 can help me, i don't do a lot of work on compaqs at all lol Thankx -Kei

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Key - or anyone else - did you ever resolved your problem. I'm having the same issue. Mathew

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I'm having the same prob. with my armada 1750 with win 2000 AS installed....It just stopped booting...all i get is the "compaq" screen and then a blank screen....cant get into bios, no start-up disks will work and the utility disk that i downloaded from the hp site won't work either the only thing that i can get to is the boot menu ( F8 ) but it won't go any further......damn!!!!


On Sunday, November 16, 2003 at 7:39 pm, Mathew wrote:
>Key - or anyone else - did you ever resolved your problem. I'm having the same issue.
>
>Mathew

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Hold down Function key and F8 then power up the computer keep these keys down and tap F11. You will then get an option to save changes F1. You should then be able to boot up from the A drive.


On Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 9:05 am, matt wrote:
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>I'm having the same prob. with my armada 1750 with win 2000 AS installed....It just
>stopped booting...all i get is the "compaq" screen and then a blank screen....cant
>get into bios, no start-up disks will work and the utility disk that i downloaded
>from the hp site won't work either the only thing that i can get to is the boot menu
>( F8 ) but it won't go any further......damn!!!!
>

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Oh my God.... I could kiss you. I tried EVERYTHING but nothing worked... until I tried your solution. Where on earth did you figure out that those key combinations did that?


On Friday, February 27, 2004 at 5:25 pm, joe wrote:
>Hold down Function key and F8 then power up the computer keep these keys down and
>tap F11. You will then get an option to save changes F1. You should then be able
>to boot up from the A drive.
>
>

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THIS IS THE SOLUTION...to that horrible problem. thank you Joe!!


On Friday, February 27, 2004 at 5:25 pm, joe wrote:
>Hold down Function key and F8 then power up the computer keep these keys down and
>tap F11. You will then get an option to save changes F1. You should then be able
>to boot up from the A drive.
>
>

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i have de same problem, can you give more details about this combinison.


On Friday, April 2, 2004 at 6:07 am, Bill wrote:
>Oh my God.... I could kiss you. I tried EVERYTHING but nothing worked... until I
>tried your solution. Where on earth did you figure out that those key combinations
>did that?
>
>
>

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would try: http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/Armada/us/download/8093.html cheers

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Function key? What is the 'function' key? Thanks for any clarifications.


On Friday, February 27, 2004 at 5:25 pm, joe wrote:
>Hold down Function key and F8 then power up the computer keep these keys down and
>tap F11. You will then get an option to save changes F1. You should then be able
>to boot up from the A drive.
>
>

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tried this, did not work. What is the function key?


On Monday, August 2, 2004 at 7:03 am, GJK wrote:
>Function key? What is the 'function' key?
>
>Thanks for any clarifications.
>
>
>

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Joe, many thanx! Had a boot problem with Win 2000. After these magic keys the issues was solved (probably a memory problem). Thanx!
>Hold down Function key and F8 then power up the computer keep these keys down and
>tap F11. You will then get an option to save changes F1.

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I cant and dont know how to get into Bios aswell. I have an Armada 1500 model, checked Compaqs site and they have a bios upgrade and in the fixes it says somthing about fixing an option within the Setup F10. so based upon that I presumed it is F10. but guess what it don't work. or i am not doing it right. I am pressing F10 as soon as the memory is displayed and keep pressing it until the laptop starts to beep when ever i press F10, then 95 starts. This is really starting to annoy me. any other suggestions would be helpfull.


On Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 7:28 am, jameschprice wrote:
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>how to get into bios on compaq computer. tried esc, then f10 but nothing happens.
>

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NOTE that WinME is NOT supported with that SoftPaq:

"SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS: IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows 3.x and MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5, Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 "

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Did you try the following that was posted by "joe" on Friday, February 27, 2004 at 5:25 pm ???.............

Hold down Function key and F8 then power up the computer keep these keys down and tap F11. You will then get an option to save changes F1. You should then be able to boot up from the A drive.

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I also had this problem on a Compaq Armada 1750 Notebook. I had just downloaded windows updates for Windows XP Professional. After the reboot the screen went blank. I thought the screen went bad on me. The holding down of the function key and F8 key and tapping the F11 on bootup worked fantastically! Thank you! I just figured that I would post to back up that guys solution. Kudos!


On Saturday, December 11, 2004 at 4:36 pm, Ogg wrote:
>NOTE that WinME is NOT supported with that SoftPaq:
>
>

"SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS: IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows 3.x and MS-DOS, Microsoft
>Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5, Microsoft
>Windows NT Workstation 4.0 "

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I hawe a notebook compaq armada 1700.I can´t get in to bios.When I press f10 nothing happend.

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Shut off the computer.  Hold down the  FN key and start the computer.  Tap on the 
 F11 key repeatedly.  Then   F1 to save CMOS.  Have fun.







On Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at 4:33 am, aljaz wrote:

>I hawe a notebook compaq armada 1700.I can´t get

>in to bios.When I press f10 nothing happend.
 

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this fixed my problem as well 100% congrats to the finder of the keystokes, please keep up the good work, my hard drive is acually responding to the format command at this very moment. I LOVE THIS SITE


On Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 6:57 pm, Tom wrote:
>Shut off the computer. Hold down the FN key and start the computer. Tap on the
> F11 key repeatedly. Then F1 to save CMOS. Have fun.
>
>
>

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This indeed does work although you do need to power down the computer fully before holding the keys, trying to do it with control/alt/delete will not work as I found out after much annoyance! Great stuff though, bless ya!


On Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 5:46 am, mike wrote:
>THIS IS THE SOLUTION...to that horrible problem.
>
>thank you Joe!!
>
>
>

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What do you do if the keyboard does not have a FN key?


On Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 6:57 pm, Tom wrote:
>Shut off the computer. Hold down the FN key and start the computer. Tap on the
> F11 key repeatedly. Then F1 to save CMOS. Have fun.
>
>
>

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Dear sir , i am having compaq Armada 1750. now i am can't go to BIOS settings ,so kindly let me the related information as soon as possible. with regards, jackson. http://www.annoyances.org/

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i tried f2 and esc and it didn't work. any other way?


On Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at 10:09 am, Spanky wrote:
>Try f2 or delete. I recommend rebooting and as soon as the machine has power, tap
>either of these keys continously until you get in. You may find that Compaqs boot
>past the spot where you can get into the bios quite fast and it may require a few
>attempts.

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Thanx for posting this. The link for the softpaq "www.compaq.com/support/files/armada/us/download/8093.html" totally solved the bios problem I had with an Armada 1750. :D




On Thursday, March 20, 2003 at 8:27 pm, Student wrote:
> Man, I was reading some posted mensage and I came across your answer. It just
>fits right on to the problem that I was having with one of my junk computers. Thanks
>body.

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outstanding - it worked like a champ. thanks!


On Friday, February 27, 2004 at 5:25 pm, joe wrote:
>Hold down Function key and F8 then power up the computer keep these keys down and
>tap F11. You will then get an option to save changes F1. You should then be able
>to boot up from the A drive.
>
>

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Hi! Just wanted to say this worked for me. Thanks! ~ Roger


On Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 6:57 pm, Tom wrote:
>Shut off the computer. Hold down the FN key and start the computer. Tap on the
> F11 key repeatedly. Then F1 to save CMOS. Have fun.
>
>
>

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I have tried this combination and my comaq armada 1700 says 162- System options not set I just want to reinstall the operating system and change my boot options so it boots off the cd first. Any help?


On Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 9:13 pm, Grant Blesma wrote:
>outstanding - it worked like a champ. thanks!
>
>
>

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>I have a armada 1592DT which is giving the same problem as above if anyone can help pls mail me or reply to this mail


On Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 9:10 am, katie wrote:
>
>I have tried this combination and my comaq armada 1700 says 162- System options not
>set
>
>I just want to reinstall the operating system and change my boot options so it boots
>off the cd first.
>
>Any help?
>

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Having the same problem, 162-System options not set, any help?


On Saturday, November 5, 2005 at 7:30 pm, gouresh wrote:
>>I have a armada 1592DT which is giving the same problem as above if anyone can help
>pls mail me or reply to this mail
>
>
>

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Hi! i've a compaq armada 1750 and I too have a problem with my bios. i tried with fn+f8 and than f11 but it doesn't work. I tried fn+f11 and with f1 i saved the cmos setting, but what it means? after this i can't enter my bios aniway. suggestions?


On Friday, September 2, 2005 at 3:05 am, Roger wrote:
>Hi!
> Just wanted to say this worked for me. Thanks!
>
>~ Roger
>
>

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Its real annoying when people answer a simple question with the answer to a DIFFERENT question. What we want to know here is how to ENTER THE BIOS not HOW TO RESET THE CMOS INFORMATION or BOOT FROM DRIVE A. Did the people responding on this even bother to look at the title of the thread? If they did they would see "CANT ENTER BIOS" not "CAN'T FLASH BIOS". ***SO DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO ENTER THE BIOS ON A COMPAQ ARMADA 1750? ***(NOT HOW TO FLASH THE BIOS OR BOOT FROM A FLOPPY, WE KNOW THAT ONE).


On Friday, November 25, 2005 at 1:40 pm, bastaadesso@katamail wrote:
>Hi! i've a compaq armada 1750 and I too have a problem with my bios. i tried with
>fn+f8 and than f11 but it doesn't work. I tried fn+f11 and with f1 i saved the cmos
>setting, but what it means? after this i can't enter my bios aniway.
>suggestions?
>
>
>

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This page may be of help if you can't enter the BIOS in the usual way:

http://home.earthlink.net/~xinilux/compaq/index.html#BIOS

The second paragraph of the "Update and Configure the BIOS" section is about this 
problem. In short, you can get a boot floppy from the HP/Compaq site which gives 
you access to the BIOS to make changes.







On Friday, November 25, 2005 at 1:40 pm, bastaadesso@katamail wrote:

>Hi! i've a compaq armada 1750 and I too have a problem with my bios. i tried with 

>fn+f8 and than f11 but it doesn't work. I tried fn+f11 and with f1 i saved the cmos 

>setting, but what it means? after this i can't enter my bios aniway.

>suggestions?

>

>


HTH, blurf 

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i tried fn key and i was reading the article didn't work continue to read on again i read the same thing and finally it worked. Thank You

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Hello there, i'm having the same problems with my Armada 1700. I formatted the hard drive, and afterwards, the windows 95 cd wouldnt boot. I'm planning now to install linux on this laptop (if it still wants to boot). Linux is pretty new to me so could anybody inform me about which linux distribution i should use? (keeping in mind that this is an old computer) Thanks!

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Thanks a Ton Mr Joe it solved


On Friday, February 27, 2004 at 5:25 pm, joe wrote:
>Hold down Function key and F8 then power up the computer keep these keys down and
>tap F11. You will then get an option to save changes F1. You should then be able
>to boot up from the A drive.
>
>

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This method works! on the Compaq 1700 without issue. Give it a try Glenn
>
>


On Friday, September 2, 2005 at 3:05 am, Roger wrote:
>Hi!
> Just wanted to say this worked for me. Thanks!
>
>~ Roger

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Thanks blurf, to create a floppy was the only way to access the bios on my 1750. Moreover on the Compaq website you can choose the language; for me it was french; Regards from Nice, France ;-)


On Monday, December 19, 2005 at 3:49 am, blurf wrote:
>This page may be of help if you can't enter the BIOS in the usual way:
>
>http://home.earthlink.net/~xinilux/compaq/index.html#BIOS
>
>The second paragraph of the "Update and Configure the BIOS" section is about this
>problem. In short, you can get a boot floppy from the HP/Compaq site which gives
>you access to the BIOS to make changes.
>
>
>

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Update

The website mentioned in my post no longer exists:
http://home.earthlink.net/~xinilux

This HP page has the BIOS-configuration floppy for the Armada 1700:
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/armada/us/download/8093.html

Regards,  blurf






On Thursday, August 31, 2006 at 2:15 pm, Eric wrote:

>Thanks blurf, to create a floppy was the only way to access the bios on my 1750. 

>Moreover on the Compaq website you can choose the language; for me it was french; 

>Regards from Nice, France ;-)

>

 

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yes, yes! My armada 1750 had the same prob. compaq logo flashes and then nothing. This works! memory may need to be reset in bios. That was my problem.


On Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 9:13 pm, Grant Blesma wrote:
>outstanding - it worked like a champ. thanks!
>
>
>

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I am having the same problem. Can't get into the 1700 bios. I've followed the Fn F8 F11 combo then F1 to save. Rebooted, then tried Fn... F10... F1.. and F2, nope... still can't get into the bios. Aaaaaaarg!! Does anyone know for sure?


On Saturday, December 17, 2005 at 11:00 pm, John Smith wrote:
>Its real annoying when people answer a simple question with the answer to a DIFFERENT
>question.
>
>What we want to know here is how to ENTER THE BIOS not HOW TO RESET THE CMOS INFORMATION
>or BOOT FROM DRIVE A.
>
>Did the people responding on this even bother to look at the title of the thread?
>
>If they did they would see "CANT ENTER BIOS" not "CAN'T FLASH BIOS".
>
>***SO DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO ENTER THE BIOS ON A COMPAQ ARMADA 1750? ***(NOT HOW
>TO FLASH THE BIOS OR BOOT FROM A FLOPPY, WE KNOW THAT ONE).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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HOW ON EARTH! I had WinXP running on it, wanted to install Linux, couldn't do so because I couldn't enter the BIOS. I ended up here and I did this: *Switched off computer *Held down FN key and pressed F11 continuously on bootup. *It gave me some weird info so I pressed F2 (Do not save changes) And from then I couldn't ever boot into WinXP again. How the hell do I go about fixing this now???

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On Monday, March 7, 2007 at 19:10 pm, Sy_Ba_Rite wrote:
>Shut down the computer and wait 10 seconds. Turn your monitor on, then press F1 and
>turn on your computer, hold down F1 while the computer is powering up. Good Luck
>Sy
>
>

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I have a 1750 that boots to the Compaq logo and then goes blank. My keyboard has a function key in the lower left corner. I have downloaded the floppy disks, 3 that is, from HP/Compaq. I don't get any messages from F8 or F11 or any other 'fing key. No matter what I press or when I press it, it goes to the logo and goes blank. This unit is getting parted out! THAT is the answer! AD

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For comprehensive instructions on how to enter the BIOS screen (in order to adjust 
the CMOS settings) go to:

http://www.bootdisk.com/readme.htm#bios

Ed







On Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 3:45 pm, Alennx wrote:

>I have a 1750 that boots to the Compaq logo and then goes blank. My keyboard has 

>a function key in the lower left corner.

>

>I have downloaded the floppy disks, 3 that is, from HP/Compaq.

>

>I don't get any messages from F8 or F11 or any other 'fing key. No matter what I 

>press or when I press it, it goes to the logo and goes blank.

>

>This unit is getting parted out! THAT is the answer!

>

>AD 

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It works. I'm not sure what causes this because it does read parts of the hard drive. If you click F8 for advanced options it gives you that screen for XP or 2000, so some setting in the bios is causing it to not load. Never seen this problem before. I would like to not only thank Joe, but I would like to think the person that posted this question first, it saved me alot of time. Thanks alot! -Matt

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HEY HEY LISTEN... IF YOU DONT HAVE AN FN KEY YOU HOLD THE KEY TO THE LEFT OF ALT WHICH LOOKS LIKE A FLYING WINDOW TO THE RIGHT OF CONTROL AND HIT F11. Ive been trying for so long reading through all this garbage and the FN probably works on laptops because they actually have the key so i said hey ill try holding the key that is in the same spot lol and it works DAMN NICE. i already had windows installed on my HD but i had to put it in this old compaq bc my computer crashed and as you know you cant run a hd with windows installed on other computers because of windows protection but now i can actually install windows on it with the DiSC DRIVE instead of the gay FLOPPY DRIVE. Thanks for the man who came up with the FN key. AWESOME


On Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 9:47 am, Ulrich Holtzhausen wrote:
>HOW ON EARTH! I had WinXP running on it, wanted to install Linux, couldn't do so
>because I couldn't enter the BIOS. I ended up here and I did this:
>
>*Switched off computer
>*Held down FN key and pressed F11 continuously on bootup.
>*It gave me some weird info so I pressed F2 (Do not save changes)
>
>And from then I couldn't ever boot into WinXP again. How the hell do I go about fixing
>this now???

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Is there a combination to directly boot the CD Drive?


On Friday, February 27, 2004 at 5:25 pm, joe wrote:
>Hold down Function key and F8 then power up the computer keep these keys down and
>tap F11. You will then get an option to save changes F1. You should then be able
>to boot up from the A drive.
>
>

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No. The boot order is controlled by the BIOS: you must enter the BIOS screen and set the boot sequence order there.

Ed




On Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 3:51 pm, Sully wrote:
>Is there a combination to directly boot the CD Drive?
>
>
>

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This worked for me but no A drive...bummer ! Then I rebooted and held down f10 with OS disk in drive and it booted from cd rom...thanx


On Monday, December 27, 2004 at 2:41 pm, Billy wrote:
>I also had this problem on a Compaq Armada 1750 Notebook. I had just downloaded windows
>updates for Windows XP Professional. After the reboot the screen went blank. I thought
>the screen went bad on me. The holding down of the function key and F8 key and tapping
>the F11 on bootup worked fantastically! Thank you! I just figured that I would post
>to back up that guys solution. Kudos!
>>
>

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I have an Armada 1750, tried all the key combinations listed here, downloaded the program to make the boot disk from the Compaq site, Armada started to boot from the floppy, gave me a message in French that it was reading the floppy, then gave me an error message - in French again - that there was a problem and I should press enter, which took me back to the Compaq logo, so no joy. Tried this with two floppies in case the first was corrupted, but the same result. Anyone out there got any ideas?


On Thursday, August 31, 2006 at 2:15 pm, Eric wrote:
>Thanks blurf, to create a floppy was the only way to access the bios on my 1750.
>Moreover on the Compaq website you can choose the language; for me it was french;
>Regards from Nice, France ;-)
>
>
>

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Hey, hey, I've got a compaq armada 1500 but i don't remember my power-on password. Is there any way to crack the password? I've tried almost everything.... any help?!

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