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Article #7Re: Laptop troubles - Help!
From: cstlkcm
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:00
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Steve Hill wrote:
>
> I am trying to fix a 486 Laptop, which is a fairly anonymous and chunky
> thing... It is reporting a HDD error (NOT a controller error) and it
> cannot see its floppy drive.
>
> I am unable to enter the BIOS setup to change anything - pressing DEL at
> the appropriate time does nothing...
>
> On power up - the following BIOS messages are received...
>
> CL-GD6440 VGA BIOS Version 1.10d
> Copyright 1994 Cirrus Logic Inc. All Rights Reserved
> Copyright 1997-1990 Quadtech Corp. All Rights Reserved
>
> 6440 - 08/29/94
> 950517WT
>
> AMIBIOS (c) 1992
>
> / waffle /
>
> C: Drive Error
>
> / waffle /
>
> (c) AMI
> 41-3to1-051700-00101111-060692-Ver1.04-wt
>
> It then asks to press f1 to resume, and hangs on "missing operating
> system"
>
> I have checked the AMI site, with no luck... Please advise.
on some machines, I have found that to enter BIOS, try forcing a
keyboard scanning error (i.e. hold down a key and power on). The
machine may give you access to the bios then..)
Apart from that, and if the standard del, ESC, CTRLESC, CTRALTESC or
INS{which bypasses some of the BIOS settings} then you're prtty much
screwed..
Lman
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