Compaq's site may have utilities to rebuild that hidden partition and/or get to the BIOS.
John Hebert --- Mat Branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hmm, i could try that... but its a compaq, and the > hidden partition with the > bios setup program isnt installed... but i can get > to it some jank way with > good ole dos > > -mat > www.redrival.com/mat - nothing to do wiht compaq > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cleve Allison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:22 PM > Subject: Re: [brluglist] the god of computer > problems > > > > Did you go into the CMOS and turn off the > selection for a "plug and play" > > motherboard? > > Once I had done that with Mandrake 8.1 the sound > card was detected. > > Hope this helps. > > Cleve > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mat Branyon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:44 AM > > Subject: [brluglist] the god of computer problems > > > > > > > i finally got a computer up and running... in a > manner... > > > i dont know how to get sound working in mandrake > (8.1.. i have onboard > ess > > > sound)... cant get X (4.1) working in freebsd > (have hercules prophet 2 > mx > > > (nvidia geforce 2 chipset). and i get a disk > i/o error when i try to > boot > > > win2k... :-/ i use win2k for internet, since it > doesnt have a modem that > > > will work in linux or freebsd... > > > > > > -mat > > > www.redrival.com/mat -feel free to ignore it > > > ================================================ > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > your subscription information. > > > ================================================ > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
