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Re: Boot-time BIOS entry option disappeared

From cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.laptops
Subject Re: Boot-time BIOS entry option disappeared
Date 2012-01-09 10:52 -0800
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 1/9/2012 7:36 AM, Bob_Villa wrote:

> Possibly you need a CMOS battery and your BIOS boot screen has
> changed.  They sometimes can be accessed thru a bottom panel.

Oh, man, I've just fixed the heatsink in this notebook about a month ago 
when I had to temporarily remove the battery. I could have easily 
replaced it then if I had thought it was too old. But I remember that 
after I reassembled the notebook, I was able to get into the BIOS setup 
and re-enter the lost CMOS values. So at that time I did see that short 
display of "Press Esc to ..., F8 or F10 to enter BIOS setup ..." etc. 
text during bootup. But sometime after that the text stopped appearing 
and I'm not even sure how to get into BIOS in case I need to change boot 
sequence, etc. Before I go ahead and take upart this notebook to get to 
the battery, I want to do some research in case there is a simpler solution.

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Boot-time BIOS entry option disappeared cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2012-01-09 00:02 -0800
  Re: Boot-time BIOS entry option disappeared "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-01-09 04:58 -0600
    Re: Boot-time BIOS entry option disappeared cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2012-01-09 10:54 -0800
    Solved: Boot-time BIOS entry option disappeared cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2012-01-09 15:38 -0800
  Re: Boot-time BIOS entry option disappeared Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-01-09 07:36 -0800
    Re: Boot-time BIOS entry option disappeared cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2012-01-09 10:52 -0800
      Re: Boot-time BIOS entry option disappeared Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-01-09 12:15 -0800
        Re: Boot-time BIOS entry option disappeared cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2012-01-09 15:01 -0800
          Re: Boot-time BIOS entry option disappeared Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-01-09 16:21 -0800

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