Compaq BIOS?

[tony draper]

Anybody know how to get into the bios on Compaq machines?
Its a Compaq Deskpro 166mghz pentium, trying to tiffy it up a bit for the lady next door, this is a oldy but better than the 486 she is using now, she only uses it for word processing ect.
Tried the del key on boot up, but that don't seem to work.
Thanks in advance.

:confused:

[spycatcher]

Compaq's of that age were a nightmare if i remember right. Try this

Reboot the machine. When the company name, Compaq, displays in big red letters on the Presario's screen, a cursor should appear in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Press F10, and instead of booting normally, you should see the setup screen for the Compaq's BIOS.

[shack]

Yes F10 is correct. Go to

http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/Notebooks/us

and you can download a manual from the reference library.