BIOS on HP Pavillion desktop???

[Ritter 197]

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 ?

 

[Paul]

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 ?

If no one else has the same model you do, you may need to
contact HP Tech Support to get the answer. It could be that
they crippled the BIOS on purpose, and perhaps Tech Support
will admit to that for you. The BIOS on the board might not
have been supplied by Asus.

The page for the motherboard, says the key to use is "F1".
But you've already tested that.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...7531&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

Paul

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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

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killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[Ritter 197]

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.

 

[Bob I]

Umm, not according to HP, F10 is setup.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...skId=135&prodSeriesId=314651&prodTypeId=12454

 

[Ritter 197]

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.!!!

 

[Dragomir Kollaric]

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 ?

Ever tried to locate a "Manual" for this PC? Did it not come with
one? No CD-ROM with information? I ask because each and every PC I
owed, and some motherboard I bought to replace the originals came
with those type of information.



Dragomir Kollaric

 

[Ed Covney]

Hitting F1 during startup gets me to a number of things, but not the CMOS

/
BIOS.Same with F2 or DEL or ESC.

Are the function keys "enabled" during boot up?

Ed

 

[PaulMaudib]

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 ?

Yes.

Ask in a group that has something to do with your topic. This
question has nothing to do with the OS.

Ask elsewhere

 

[Bill Sharpe]

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

 

[Ed Covney]

Ask elsewhere

(psst, pssst - this IS the hardware section)

 

[Ritter 197]

Yes I have the manual and I have downloaded other info. from the HP web
site. NOTHING ever talks about BIOS.

 

[Ritter 197]

Function keys do work.

Are the function keys "enabled" during boot up?

Ed

 

[Ritter 197]

HP wants to charge for any discussion after 90 days. YES, I tried to talk to
them, but not willing to shell out money for such a bisc simple question
(even though I do not yet knw the answer for it)

 

[Ritter 197]

Silly! This is a HARDWARE group, incidentally also one with Windows XP. Did
you not read the HEADER to this newsgroup, before responding?

 

[PaulMaudib]

(psst, pssst - this IS the hardware section)

Yes, IF it involves the OS as well - but BIOS questions have NOTHING
to do with the OS and are out of place HERE.

Those questions should be ASKED ELSEWHERE

 

[PaulMaudib]

Silly! This is a HARDWARE group, incidentally also one with Windows XP. Did
you not read the HEADER to this newsgroup, before responding?

Yes, a hardware group dealing with it's interaction with the XP OS.
(perhaps you missed the WindowsXP in the title?). Your question was
about accessing BIOS, which has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the OS.

So....ASK ELSEWHERE

 

[Bruce Chambers]

NO NO NO, F10 is the RESTORE key.....

Not on any HP computer (and I've nearly 100 of them, various models, at
work) that I've ever seen.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


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

 

[Ritter 197]

I have one and read it many times. NO mention of Accessing BIOS, not does
the HP site.

 

[Ritter 197]

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.