Re: Where's CMOS?

[Walker West <wwest@dalcon.com>]

COMPAQ used to use the F10 key to enter CMOS during bootup (hit it when the
square cursor blinks in the upper left or upper right corner of the screen).

--Walker

goesbatu wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I intend to install a new hard drive to put Linux on.  The instructions
> refer to some CMOS settings.  I have accessed CMOS on other computers, but
> it doesn't seem to be on this one.  (A Compaq Presario 5284 less than a
> year old running Windows 98.)  I boot it and press escape, space bar, and
> enter and it just keeps on going.  There's no mention of CMOS in the user's
> manual.  There's no indication of CMOS in the boot screen.  Is CMOS a thing
> of the past?  Or is there a trick to get to it that I'm not aware of?
>
> --Chester Langin
>
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