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Article #8Re: Laptop troubles - Help!
From: mike Mike Dickson
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:00
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In article <378DDA64.BFCEC87A@pp.hw.ac.uk> cstlkcm@pp.hw.ac.uk wrote... > 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..) There's also a technique called the Vulcan Death Grip; hold down a book on all the keys, power off and then power it on. It will almost certainly report a keyboard setup error and allow you to enter the BIOS settings. Mike Dickson, Black Cat Software Factory, Edinburgh, Scotland fax 0131-271-1551 - Columnated Ruins Domino - Mellotron M400 #996
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb1fd,d84960885d2d23c4 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1fd,public X-Google-Thread: 109765,d84960885d2d23c4 X-Google-Attributes: gid109765,public X-Google-Thread: 11164d,d84960885d2d23c4 X-Google-Attributes: gid11164d,public X-Google-Thread: f8c09,d84960885d2d23c4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8c09,public From: mike@blackcat..demon..co..uk (Mike Dickson) Subject: Re: Laptop troubles - Help! Date: 1999/07/15 Message-ID: <CheetahPRO_v1.121n9_11430@blackcat.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 501460731 References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9907151151540.27256-100000@tardis.tardis.ed.ac.uk> <378DDA64.BFCEC87A@pp.hw.ac.uk> X-NoArchive: YES X-Dummy-address: Warning - dummy e-mail address used! X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!blackcat.demon.co.uk X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 932070581 mail2news:9244 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk Organization: Black Cat Software Factory Reply-To: mike@blackcat..demon..co..uk Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.portable,ed.general,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables,comp.sys.laptops