I can't help with the Compaq problem.
But I can comment on mixing new drives with old computers - it almost never works.
There were several updates to hard drive controllers (S.M.A.R.T, DMA, UDMA, etc.) and
the old 2G and under controllers won't handle them. Promise Tech makes a special
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
I can't help with the Compaq problem.
But I can comment on mixing new drives with old computers - it almost never
works. There were several updates to hard drive controllers (S.M.A.R.T, DMA,
UDMA, etc.) and the old 2G and under controllers won't handle them. Promise
Tech makes a special
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
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