Greetings Peter & list--

I believe I may have the answer to the other question re: BIOS access. Compaqs I have worked on use the F10 key for access to the BIOS, usually after the first beep when the curson appears in the upper RIGHT corner of the screen.

Good luck.

Paul A. Shippert
Library Media Specialist
Margaret Brent Middle School
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> Google search did not get me a spec for the Presario, and www.compaq.com was
> not responding. Also, what is the hot key to get into the BIOS? I managed to
> activate it by pressing all the common keys, but I have not determined which
> specific key it was (alt S, del, ins, etc).
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> Thank you for any help.
>
> Peter
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