EISA - was VLB SCSI?

From: One Without Reason <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Sat Nov 3 01:35:53 2001

But, since it's EISA, he'll still need the config diskette even if he
wipes the settings.

Peace... Sridhar

On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote:

> re-read what he said..... he isn't loosing the configuration, it justs
> wants attention. I have had this happen before too. I just change
> things until it stops :-) I think something gets crossed up when
> changing things around too much, and it asks for F1 to be pressed. You
> can start over from scratch by pulling the battery..... I have had to do
> that once or twice when I really screwed things up, to the point that it
> hung while the bios was loading :-)
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
> Mike Ford wrote:
> >
> > >Hmmm, that reminds me:
> > >
> > >I have an EISA Compaq 486sx at a client site from which I had to remove
> > >an add-on internal modem; ran the diagnostic/configuration program, it
> > >says everything's fine, but when it boots it stops waiting for F1 saying
> > >the configuration's incorrect. Press F1 to continue & everything works,
> > > just a nuisance 'cause it can't restart after a power failure without
> > >someone there to press F1.
> > >Any ideas?
> >
> > Check the cmos battery.
>
Received on Sat Nov 03 2001 - 01:35:53 GMT