Thanks for the help, everyone; particularly for the pointers
I didn't find in Google.
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"Rich C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>> I don't even know WHAT O'Brien's Law is.
O'Brien's Law states that Murphy Was An Optimist...
:-)
Cheers,
Bayard
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"Rich C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
> after all HOW MUCH DAMAGE can you do to a machine even before the BIOS is
> fully loaded and the hard drives are accessed?
That belongs in the file with "640 KB should be enough for anybody" and
"Why would anyone want a computer on their desk?". :-)
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- Original Message -
From: "Bayard Coolidge USG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: BIOS entry for Quantex CPU?
> IOW, beware of Murphy's Law, as well as O'Brien's law!
>
Anyone wh
"Rich C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
>>> after all HOW MUCH DAMAGE can you do to a machine
>>> even before the BIOS is fully loaded
>>> and the hard drives are accessed?
I'm going to "respond" simply by quoting my famous 5th cousin:
"No comment and don't quote me on that..."
IOW, beware of Murph
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- Original Message -
From: "Rodent of Unusual Size" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Greater New Hampshire
Linux Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 6:42
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, at 6:42am, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> One of my relatives has a friend (yeay, yeah, you've heard this before..
> :-) who has a Quantex CPU. She now needs to get into the BIOS to change a
> setting ...
Try these (in no particular order):
[Del]
[Ins]
[Esc]
[F1]
[F2]
[F1
Most of the BIOS's either use the del or one of the F keys (such as F10).
I suggest she first try pressing del. If that does not work, reboot and try
f10.
Then possibly the esc key.
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> One of my relatives has a friend (yeay, yeah, you've heard this
> before.. :-) who
One of my relatives has a friend (yeay, yeah, you've heard this
before.. :-) who has a Quantex CPU. She now needs to get into
the BIOS to change a setting, but a) the manual doesn't indicate
the BIOS entry key sequence, b) Quantex is gone, and c) the
[very quick] black startup screen doesn't seem
