1 Nov
2001
1 Nov
'01
6:56 a.m.
Hmmm, that reminds me:
I have an EISA Compaq 486sx at a client site from which I had to remove
an add-on internal modem; ran the diagnostic/configuration program, it
says everything's fine, but when it boots it stops waiting for F1 saying
the configuration's incorrect. Press F1 to continue & everything works,
just a nuisance 'cause it can't restart after a power failure without
someone there to press F1.
Any ideas?
Can give more details off-list if anyone can help.
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----------Original Message----------
Date: 1 Nov 2001 1:11:30 +0100
From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus(a)canit.se>
Subject: Re: VLB SCSI?
...What I dislike about either system is that it's so awfully software-based.
IMO you can't really can't call MCA or EISA plug'n'play...
1 Nov
1 Nov
3:55 p.m.
Hmmm, that reminds me:
I have an EISA Compaq 486sx at a client site from which I had to remove
an add-on internal modem; ran the diagnostic/configuration program, it
says everything's fine, but when it boots it stops waiting for F1 saying
the configuration's incorrect. Press F1 to continue & everything works,
just a nuisance 'cause it can't restart after a power failure without
someone there to press F1.
Any ideas?
Check the cmos battery.
5:45 p.m.
re-read what he said..... he isn't loosing the configuration, it justs
wants attention. I have had this happen before too. I just change
things until it stops :-) I think something gets crossed up when
changing things around too much, and it asks for F1 to be pressed. You
can start over from scratch by pulling the battery..... I have had to do
that once or twice when I really screwed things up, to the point that it
hung while the bios was loading :-)
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Mike Ford wrote:
Hmmm, that reminds me:
I have an EISA Compaq 486sx at a client site from which I had to remove
an add-on internal modem; ran the diagnostic/configuration program, it
says everything's fine, but when it boots it stops waiting for F1 saying
the configuration's incorrect. Press F1 to continue & everything works,
just a nuisance 'cause it can't restart after a power failure without
someone there to press F1.
Any ideas?
Check the cmos battery. 
2 Nov
2 Nov
5:35 p.m.
But, since it's EISA, he'll still need the config diskette even if he
wipes the settings.
Peace... Sridhar
On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote:
re-read what he said..... he isn't loosing the
configuration, it justs
wants attention. I have had this happen before too. I just change
things until it stops :-) I think something gets crossed up when
changing things around too much, and it asks for F1 to be pressed. You
can start over from scratch by pulling the battery..... I have had to do
that once or twice when I really screwed things up, to the point that it
hung while the bios was loading :-)
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Mike Ford wrote:
Hmmm, that reminds me:
I have an EISA Compaq 486sx at a client site from which I had to remove
an add-on internal modem; ran the diagnostic/configuration program, it
says everything's fine, but when it boots it stops waiting for F1 saying
the configuration's incorrect. Press F1 to continue & everything works,
just a nuisance 'cause it can't restart after a power failure without
someone there to press F1.
Any ideas?
Check the cmos battery.
5:33 p.m.
Probably not, actually. Since it's EISA, he will probably need the
configuration diskette.
Peace... Sridhar
On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
Hmmm, that
reminds me:
I have an EISA Compaq 486sx at a client site from which I had to remove
an add-on internal modem; ran the diagnostic/configuration program, it
says everything's fine, but when it boots it stops waiting for F1 saying
the configuration's incorrect. Press F1 to continue & everything works,
just a nuisance 'cause it can't restart after a power failure without
someone there to press F1.
Any ideas?
Check the cmos battery.
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