Compaq Presario 9536 cannot enter BIOS

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mike1
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Hi

I searched the forum but couldn't seem to find a solution to my problem. I have an old Compaq Presario 9536 and I can no longer enter its BIOS. Compaq tech support didn't help but I read on their website that the button to press is F10. I've tried all the F keys and Delete but if I press it too soon I get a keyboard error. If I don't press it too soon, it just boots into Windows every time. I've heard that the time to press it is at the Compaq logo or when there is a white blinking cursor in the top right of the screen. The machine never had a Compaq logo screen and it used to have that cursor but now it doesn't. Any ideas?

Thanks.
KachiWachi
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F10 is correct...I guess timing is everything. :roll:

Also, if the monitor is "asleep" then, you might not see what is going on.

Does the machine have the original HDD with the "diagnostic partition" intact?
Ritchie
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Sometimes in this case you just have to experiment with the keys during boot until you get in, or manage to generate a BIOS error that gives you a prompt with an option to press a key to get into BIOS setup.
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