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by ohaya
Thu Dec 16, 2010 3:21 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Compaq Presario 2190US slow boot + garbled BIOS setup info
Replies: 6
Views: 4584

Re: Compaq Presario 2190US slow boot + garbled BIOS setup in

edwin,

Sorry. I wasn't clear. I didn't get to disassemble the laptop. The battery that I removed was not the CMOS battery, but the *main laptop* battery :).

The laptop booted ok after that.

Jim
by ohaya
Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:13 am
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Compaq Presario 2190US slow boot + garbled BIOS setup info
Replies: 6
Views: 4584

Re: Compaq Presario 2190US slow boot + garbled BIOS setup in

Hi, Something strange, but wonderful :)!! Ok, so I started to disassemble the laptop. First thing was to remove the battery, right? So I did that. When I pulled the battery, I noticed that it smelt "burnt" (you know what I mean), so I then try to power up the machine, with just the adapter, but no b...
by ohaya
Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:49 am
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Compaq Presario 2190US slow boot + garbled BIOS setup info
Replies: 6
Views: 4584

Compaq Presario 2190US slow boot + garbled BIOS setup info

Hi, My son brought his Compaq Presario 2190US over, and it has multiple problems ... I think that there's a problem with the power connector. I have to jiggle it until I can get it to power on. I'll fix that eventually, but that's not the reason for this post... The problem is that when I do get it ...
by ohaya
Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:24 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Modify TC1100 BIOS whitelist or...?
Replies: 11
Views: 17683

Hi,

I'm just trying to search through the printable text in the WPH file, and found this:

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by ohaya
Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:21 pm
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Modify TC1100 BIOS whitelist or...?
Replies: 11
Views: 17683

Hi, No one has responded, but I hope that someone will, eventually :)... I have the bios.WPH from the F.0F BIOS. Here's the first part, from a hex editor: Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 00000000 24 43 4F 4D 50 49 42 4D 01 FF EE FF 00 0F 12 0F $COMPIBM.ÿîÿ.... 00000010 24 0...
by ohaya
Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:36 am
Forum: Notebook BIOS and other problems
Topic: Modify TC1100 BIOS whitelist or...?
Replies: 11
Views: 17683

Modify TC1100 BIOS whitelist or...?

Hi, I have two HP/Compaq TC1100 Tablet PCs, and I'd like to upgrade them to 802.11n by replacing the current mini-PCI card with a TP-Link TL-WN861N card. I believe that this card uses an Atheros AR5416-AC1A chipset. The problem is when I install the TP-Link card into the TC1100, I get a "104-Unsuppo...