Sorry, no help on the Compaq, just an idea on how to bypass pressing the "F1". Maybe you can set your BIOS to boot ignoring all errors or whatever.
I had a similar problem on an older 486 but it had the ability to boot through selectable errors in the BIOS, like no keyboard, whatever. It didn't "fix" the problem but it would just report the error to the console and boot right up. You may be able to do something similar on the CompaQ. Tom >I've got a problem. I need to fix a error with my hard >drive. When I boot I get a 1791 error. To by pass it I >have to hit F1 after that it boots just fine. I have a >8702 Compaq Presario. I added a 20 gig hard drive and >that's when the problem started. The system doesn't seem to >be able to handle any partitions greater than 2 gig so >that's what is set at. All the partitions on the new and >old hard drive work fine it just the error occurs during >boot. What I'm trying to do is clean up some other errors >by restoring the configuration to the original settings but >can't because of the error. The restore program chokes on >the hard drive error. I've disconnected the slave 20 gig >drive but that doesn't help. I still get the error. I've >looked on a number of web sites for help but haven't found >an answer. Can anyone help? Let me know, Thanks > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
