Re: dell latitude 4100d bios access...

Did that many times, it comes up with "Key stuck" error message, but
then boots into the O/S after that...no luck...

what to do?

Gordon

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:51:15 GMT, "WSZsr" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Reboot and hold down any key till you get an error message. The follow the
instructions on screen to enter the BIOS.

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On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:10:09 -0600, Notan
<notan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ms@xxxxxx wrote:

Hi there,

How can I access the BIOS in a Dell Latitude 4100d.

I've tried all the possible combinations of keys like Del, Shift-F10,
CTRL-ALT-ESC, Shift-S, etc,etc, and I can't get into the BIOS to
change the printer ports....

How 'bout F2?

Notan

Nope that doesn't work either, darn...

Gordon


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