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| Thread ID: 110902 | 2010-07-06 12:02:00 | Please help me access the BIOS on my HP | ratty (15873) | Press F1 |
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| 1116602 | 2010-07-07 21:22:00 | Well, the first thing is you still have to figure out how to get into the BIOS. Since you removed the battery its probably reset the BIOS settings. And the 7b and that message in the pic you posted (by the looks of it), have something to do with the AHCI setting in the BIOS. So, until you can tell us what the model of this thing is (or you can figure out how to get into the BIOS), you're not going to get far |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1116603 | 2010-07-07 23:44:00 | According to HP, the F10 is for launching the Recovery partition and F1 is to enter the BIOS. So, Turn the PC on and immediately start hitting F1 key and F1 key only. If it does not go into BIOS setup, maybe your F1 key is broken? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1116604 | 2010-07-08 00:21:00 | Hewlett-Parkard (HP Pavilion, TouchSmart, Vectra, OmniBook, Tablet): Press [F1] Upon Startup or Bootup Hewlett-Parkard (HP Alternative): Press [F2] or [Esc] Hewlett-Parkard (HP) Tablet PC: Press [F10] or [F12] |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1116605 | 2010-07-08 11:12:00 | Sorry I didn't post the model before, I forgot to add that. It is HP Pavilion 8120. I guess there is a remote possibility the one key which is needed to enter the BIOS is broken (f1 for example), I will try to find another ps2 keyboard somewhere, my main keyboard on new pc is wireless so I imagine it would be unsuitable for this task (Esp. since it has not been installed on this old pc). Still had no luck getting anywhere so far. |
ratty (15873) | ||
| 1116606 | 2010-07-09 03:49:00 | Isn't it hard case that the key that is used to get into the BIOS may be faulty! That's murphy's law for you! :groan: | GR8Metal (14133) | ||
| 1116607 | 2010-07-09 04:01:00 | Sorry I didn't post the model before, I forgot to add that. It is HP Pavilion 8120. I guess there is a remote possibility the one key which is needed to enter the BIOS is broken (f1 for example), I will try to find another ps2 keyboard somewhere, my main keyboard on new pc is wireless so I imagine it would be unsuitable for this task (Esp. since it has not been installed on this old pc). Still had no luck getting anywhere so far. Installation of the keyboard in Windows won't matter at the POST\BIOS because the BIOS handles control of it, there are no drivers involved. You can get into BIOS with a keyboard without Windows installed, without a hard drive even. So if the F1 key doesn't work I suspect the keyboard, or something is very very weird with the motherboard. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1116608 | 2010-07-09 06:14:00 | Just looked on two different Compaq/HP computers, both use F10 as the BIOS setup. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1116609 | 2010-07-09 07:10:00 | Are they HP Pavilion though? That is what I read on HP's websire - that HP Pavilion uses F1 key for BIOS. This was not a model specific instruction though, it may be different for the HP Pavilion 8120. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1116610 | 2010-07-09 08:49:00 | One is a Pavilion -- On The HP site, Model Number 8120 Under updating the BIOS Restart the computer and enter the BIOS screen by pressing the F1 or F10 key at the first screen. Screen Shot of site (www.imagef1.net.nz) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1116611 | 2010-07-10 02:24:00 | try to keep pressing f9... | sahilcc7 (15483) | ||
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