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More info?)
You might be able to get a restore cd from http://www.ambry.com. They
usually carry all of them.
"Kevin Childers" <kchilder@mail.win.org> wrote in message news:<10og0eggmfg3j7b@corp.supernews.com>...
> "Lars Lumberti" <anton@yahoo.de> wrote in message
> news:cm5tor$dak$02$1@news.t-online.com...
> >
> > "Kevin Childers" <kchilder@mail.win.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:10octi56tlauu52@corp.supernews.com...
> > > "Lars Lumberti" <anton@yahoo.de> wrote in message
> > > news:cm5lie$g6k$04$1@news.t-online.com...
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> my PC will not boot.
> > >>
> > >> It seemed to be that the CMOS can not be loaded, so the LED on the
> keyboard
> > >> is flashing.
> > >>
> > >> I have deleted the CMOS and have changed the battery, but nothing
> > >> changed.
> > >> Also the light of the floppy drive is not flashing, so I can not load
> an
> ROM
> > >> with an floppy..
> > >>
> > >> any idea ??
> > >>
> > >> thanks...
> > >>
> > >> Lars
> > >>
> > > Deleted or reset? The former is catastrophic, while the later is
> > > standard procedure for some problems. If you have an older Compaq with
> > > the
> > > BIOS info stored in a non-DOS partition on the hard drive, you will need
> > > to
> > > download the correct BIOS data to a floppy and boot from it to restore
> > > your
> > > PC. If you lost the partition due to a hard drive error/bad sectors,
> you
> > > may need to replace the hard drive. Please read the COMPAQ FAQ below
> for
> > > more info and links to the appropriate websites.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > thanks for the information...
> >
> > the BIOS is not on the hard disk, I have used an non-Compaq hard disk
> since
> > a long time;
> > I have reset the BIOS...
> >
> > I have an floppy with the correct BIOS, but the PC did not use the floppy,
> > the PC died before, so the problem must happend before.
> >
> > The documentation tells me there is an Fail-Safe Boot Block what will be
> > used if the ROM information are not OK, so I think there is an problem
> with
> > this information or the whole area is for some reason defect, might be the
> > CMOS memory is defect or something like this
> >
> > Any idea how to measure this, schematics avaiable for the motherboard ?
> >
> > Lars
>
> Try this link for the latest updates:
>
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/deskpro/us/locate/20_127.html
>
> If that doesn't help, check the Compaq FAQ posted here and/or see uf one
> of the other posters can give you some more indepth help.
>
> KC
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