[thelist] [OT] Compaq Armada 1700/7800 CMOS settings

John Handelaar genghis at members.evolt.org
Sat Jun 8 17:01:01 CDT 2002


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> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Chris Marsh
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> Subject: [thelist] [OT] Compaq Armada 1700/7800 CMOS settings
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> Dear all
>
> Apologies for the off-topic post. I have temporarily acquired a Compaq
> Armada 1700 and 7800. Before deciding whether to aquire these machines
> permanently, I am looking them over. However, I can't seem to get into
> the CMOS settings. I have tried all of the Fx keys, the Escape key, the
> delete key to no avail.

Compaq laptops use F2 or F9, iirc... but if they've
had their hard disks swapped out at any point you're
out of luck, since the CMOS application is held on
a hidden partition.

Still, it's never done me any harm (using a 1750 to
write this, and it's been through several reformats
and a Linux install over the years).

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