Re: Mitac 386SX Setup

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From: John Bennett
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 00:00

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In article <829076679snx@hwcces.demon.co.uk>, Phil Randal
<philr@hwcces.demon.co.uk> writes
>A friend of mine has a Mitac 386SX16 (sad, but true) with a Phoenix
>BIOS and has lost the manuals.  I've tried all the obvious key presses
>to get into the CMOS setup to no avail (F2, Esc, Del, Ctrl-Alt-S).
>Does anyone know the magic combination?
>
In the absence of the "correct" method or someone offering you "the
disk", just physically disconnect the floppy drive (with the power off),
switch on and the computer should tell you it's not set up properly and
offer you the BIOS options.  No promises but it often works and can do
no harm.

John
-- 
John Bennett
Cheddar      **To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive** 
Somerset UK                 (Robert Louis Stevenson)

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