BIOS on HP Pavillion desktop???

Researching you computer at HP garners the info that you have a Phoenix
BIOS and PS/2 keyboard and mouse. The info also indicates that F2 will
get you into Setup. Perhaps you are using a USB keyboard?

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...42518&lang=en&

Ritter 197 wrote:

It comes up at the very beginning on boot up. I have tried it but I
GUARANTEE YOU, IT WILL RESTORE AND WIPE YOUR DISK.!!!

"Bob I" wrote in message
...

Umm, not according to HP, F10 is setup.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...odTypeId=12454


Ritter 197 wrote:

NO NO NO, F10 is the RESTORE key and will delete everything on the
hard drive and restore thereafter all to Factory installed condition.
NOT at all recommended ever, only in extreme cases.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...

Ritter 197 wrote:

I want to get to the BIOS on my HP Pavillion Desktop a1610n with
Athlon

64X2 4200+, socket AM2, chipset GEForce 6150LE with ASUS MB
name:A8M2N-LA,
HP Motherboard name: NodusM3-GL8E.

Hitting F1 during startup gets me to a number of things, but not
the CMOS /
BIOS.Same with F2 or DEL or ESC.

I am running WindowsXP, SP2 installed. All drivers are up to date.

Any ideas ?




F10 is the standard BIOS entry key on HP/Compaq systems. (If
you watch as you boot the system, you'll see this information
displayed briefly.)


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Ritter 197 wrote:
I have tried that too. After a session was establisher, which took a
long time, a few simple questions took over 20 minutes to answer and
finally I just disconnected, because he never came back. I think, he
either consulted a thick lexicon or always had to go "upstairs" to
another tech level to get an answer.



"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
...
Ritter 197 wrote:
YES to both. HP wants a lot of money when you talk to them after 90
days. I have tried HOLDING or TAPPING the F1 key many times. You get
to some things, such as Hard disks, Startup etc etc but NOT BIOS.
Nowhere not in Advanced either.
"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
...
Ritter 197 wrote:
I want to get to the BIOS on my HP Pavillion Desktop a1610n with
Athlon

64X2 4200+, socket AM2, chipset GEForce 6150LE with ASUS MB
name:A8M2N-LA,
HP Motherboard name: NodusM3-GL8E.

Hitting F1 during startup gets me to a number of things, but not
the CMOS /
BIOS.Same with F2 or DEL or ESC.

I am running WindowsXP, SP2 installed. All drivers are up to date.

Any ideas ?


F1 works on my HP Pavilion desktop. I assume you tap the key several
times as you begin booting, not just once.

Have you tried contacting HP?

And pay no attention to Paul...

Bill

Try http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact/chat_1.html for an
online chat session with an hp technician.

Bill

Another thought. Are you using a wireless keyboard? If so, try
substituting a plug-in keyboard to see if that works.

Bill

NO, no wireless keyboard here.

"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
...
Ritter 197 wrote:
I have tried that too. After a session was establisher, which took a long
time, a few simple questions took over 20 minutes to answer and finally I
just disconnected, because he never came back. I think, he either
consulted a thick lexicon or always had to go "upstairs" to another tech
level to get an answer.



"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
...
Ritter 197 wrote:
YES to both. HP wants a lot of money when you talk to them after 90
days. I have tried HOLDING or TAPPING the F1 key many times. You get to
some things, such as Hard disks, Startup etc etc but NOT BIOS. Nowhere
not in Advanced either.
"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
...
Ritter 197 wrote:
I want to get to the BIOS on my HP Pavillion Desktop a1610n with
Athlon

64X2 4200+, socket AM2, chipset GEForce 6150LE with ASUS MB
name:A8M2N-LA,
HP Motherboard name: NodusM3-GL8E.

Hitting F1 during startup gets me to a number of things, but not the
CMOS /
BIOS.Same with F2 or DEL or ESC.

I am running WindowsXP, SP2 installed. All drivers are up to date.

Any ideas ?


F1 works on my HP Pavilion desktop. I assume you tap the key several
times as you begin booting, not just once.

Have you tried contacting HP?

And pay no attention to Paul...

Bill

Try http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact/chat_1.html for an
online chat session with an hp technician.

Bill

Another thought. Are you using a wireless keyboard? If so, try
substituting a plug-in keyboard to see if that works.

Bill

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:49:19 -0400, "JohnO"
wrote:


Yes, a hardware group dealing with it's interaction with the XP OS.

That's an opinion which *nobody* here shares.



Yep, I understand that you and many others share the "screw you we'll
do whatever we want" attitude. That doesn't make it RIGHT.


Obviously you're too obtuse to understand.


Nope. I understand your stance all too well. I deal with dips like
you all day long. YOU don't get the point. There are rules of
decorum established - and this post, by the nature of the group, did
NOT belong here as it had nothing to do with the OS. Twist and turn
the subject all you want, but even YOU can not deny that getting into
BIOS has absolutely nothing to do with the OS. Period.

By admitting THAT you admit you are wrong, and I don't believe you
would ever do that. Ever. I would, but your EGO won't allow you to
do so.

There are rules of
decorum established -

How about the rules of the group...can you provide them? No, you can't,
which means you're making it all up and just being a troll. Shove off, and
quit polluting the group with your nonsense.

JohnO wrote:

There are rules of
decorum established -


How about the rules of the group...can you provide them? No, you can't,
which means you're making it all up and just being a troll. Shove off, and
quit polluting the group with your nonsense.




http://www.microsoft.com/communities...t/default.mspx

Relevance to Topics: Please make sure that your postings in newsgroups
and chats are relevant to the subject at hand. It is normal for some
topics to drift from the stated subject. However, to ensure maximum
benefit for everyone, we encourage you to keep your postings as close to
the subject as possible.

How about the rules of the group...can you provide them? No, you can't,
which means you're making it all up and just being a troll. Shove off,
and quit polluting the group with your nonsense.




http://www.microsoft.com/communities...t/default.mspx

Relevance to Topics: Please make sure that your postings in newsgroups and
chats are relevant to the subject at hand. It is normal for some topics to
drift from the stated subject. However, to ensure maximum benefit for
everyone, we encourage you to keep your postings as close to the subject
as possible.


MS has failed to define the subject clearly, making his claims spurious--at
best. More typically, he's chasing away people who could benefit from the
shared knowledge. But you know that.

-John O

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:51:38 -0400, "JohnO"
wrote:


How about the rules of the group...can you provide them? No, you can't,
which means you're making it all up and just being a troll. Shove off,
and quit polluting the group with your nonsense.




http://www.microsoft.com/communities...t/default.mspx

Relevance to Topics: Please make sure that your postings in newsgroups and
chats are relevant to the subject at hand. It is normal for some topics to
drift from the stated subject. However, to ensure maximum benefit for
everyone, we encourage you to keep your postings as close to the subject
as possible.


MS has failed to define the subject clearly, making his claims spurious--at
best. More typically, he's chasing away people who could benefit from the
shared knowledge. But you know that.

-John O

Dipshi.....errr, John:

Look at the group title. Notice the part that says WINDOWSXP before
the word HARDWARE. Now put 2 and 2 together: Windows XP and
hardware. So posts need to deal with BOTH.

Now, again, what did the original post have to do with XP? NOTHING.
Hence, it is out of place.

However, you have show time and time again, that you don't have the
intelligence to add 2 and 2.

"Ritter 197" wrote in message
...
It comes up at the very beginning on boot up. I have tried it but I
GUARANTEE YOU, IT WILL RESTORE AND WIPE YOUR DISK.!!!



F-10 for bios is for *Compaq*

not HP


"Bob I" wrote in message
...
Umm, not according to HP, F10 is setup.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...odTypeId=12454

Ritter 197 wrote:
NO NO NO, F10 is the RESTORE key and will delete everything on the hard
drive and restore thereafter all to Factory installed condition. NOT at
all recommended ever, only in extreme cases.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...

Ritter 197 wrote:

I want to get to the BIOS on my HP Pavillion Desktop a1610n with
Athlon

64X2 4200+, socket AM2, chipset GEForce 6150LE with ASUS MB
name:A8M2N-LA,
HP Motherboard name: NodusM3-GL8E.

Hitting F1 during startup gets me to a number of things, but not the
CMOS /
BIOS.Same with F2 or DEL or ESC.

I am running WindowsXP, SP2 installed. All drivers are up to date.

Any ideas ?




F10 is the standard BIOS entry key on HP/Compaq systems. (If you
watch as you boot the system, you'll see this information displayed
briefly.)


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot