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hi all! i believe this is the correct forum for this problem of display resolution of my laptop, compaq presario 2111ap. as discussed elsewhere, i have managed to install multiboot options of DOS622 /Dos71 after windows XP was pre-loaded on this machine. while starting the machine on dos i find that...

thanks for the rply; i was not able to look into this for sometime; so didnot respond early. i had a look at the customer support site; as you have mentioned there are two updates given: OS Independent WinFlash for HP Notebook System BIOS Update - Windows-Based version date size » KE.M1.61 current 2...

hi

i used the floppy to boot the machine with cdrom support and managed the partition work;
is : KE.M1.56 suitable for this and can it be used?

regards
neelakantan

yeah that is right;

the machine was bought from hp authorised centre preloaded with win xp home; later upgraded to xp pro

the bios is still same

my bios details are:
Phoenix bios4.0 Release 6.0
Hewlett-Packard Presario 2100 Bios
Revision KE.M1.54
dated 12/17/02


regards

thanks for the rply

the dvdcdrw model is TEAC DW-224E-C;

this is as identified by XP;
bios doesnot identify.


regards

kachiwachi! did that though i didnot expect anything; i set floppy / cdrom / hdd for booting sequence; when the laptop was started it checked the floppy (green light and whirring sound); no response for cdrom (no greenlight!) and went to the preboot bios giving a message (check the cable; no operati...

i have a compaq 2111AP laptop; it originally came with a toshiba cdrom; the cdrom developed a reading trouble and i got the cdrom replaced with dvd/cdrw i checked for its reading and writing ability when i collected from compaq service center. recently i was planning to repartition the hard-disk and...

yeah; i also thot so; went to the samsung site and checked and found that the capacity is decimal ; thanks all the same to you and dennis

i just re-attempted the flash; the results are: 1) this time i didnot disable the video ram shadowing or caching; when i tried the file from kuriaki, the flash went well but the machine didnot see the video; 2) i remembered seeing the 7zxasc01.bin as a bios patched for 128 gb; so i tried to flash th...

good morning! thanks for the two messages mr k and mr d! but i went through the faq once more to do the "blind" flashing using auto exec file. first answers to ur questions: aa) i used the dos 6.22boot mgr disk (io.sys, msdos.sys and command.com only); it is a full formated system diskette with sys ...

bad luck? that is all! :o i just tried to flash the backed up bios; no use; also tried the bin file in ur ftp; still of no use! hmm! which can cmos clear jumper of any use? i dont think i can do hot flash unless i use somebody's computer; even then what bin file shud i use? can an isa video card be ...

HELP Needed urgently! mr kuriakj. ( hope this is the right forum!) (please refer to the jetway 7zxan 40 gb hdd post in the forum hard disk not recognised) i did the flashing of the bios with the patched beta version given; the flash went well and i got the message " Please remove the floppy and pres...

HELP Needed urgently! mr kuriakj. i did the flashing of the bios with the patched beta version given; the flash went well and i got the message " Please remove the floppy and press F1 to reset" accordingly i removed the floppy and pressed F1 and the MACHINE RESTARTED WITH WHIRRING SOUNDS AND BLACK S...

thanks for the zip file; while trying to flash it through a floppy, i get the message to "enter the name of the rom file"; after entering the name it gives a beep and a flash message "bios protected" and then the machine reboots; should i change the jumper settings in the mboard/ (at present it is i...

hi guys! one more question, i have also another old motherboard that ran a pentium-r (before pentium II) (intel original with award bios); actually this motherboard was removed and the jetway with pentiumII was put in the cabinet. i removed the bios rom from this and inserted into the newer board; b...