How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)

Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date 
and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its' 
settings)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>>> Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>>> and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>>> settings)
>>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.
> 
> There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
> doing what I want :-}
> 
> I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
> screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
> normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
> a mains powered beastie :-}
> 
> It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
> for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
> autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
> it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
> celery)

Colin,

Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Cheers,

Lee.

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>>> Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>>> and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>>> settings)
>>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.
> 
> There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
> doing what I want :-}
> 
> I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
> screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
> normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
> a mains powered beastie :-}
> 
> It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
> for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
> autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
> it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
> celery)

Colin,

Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Cheers,

Lee.

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>>> Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>>> and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>>> settings)
>>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.
> 
> There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
> doing what I want :-}
> 
> I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
> screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
> normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
> a mains powered beastie :-}
> 
> It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
> for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
> autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
> it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
> celery)

Colin,

Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Cheers,

Lee.

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>>> Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>>> and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>>> settings)
>>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.
> 
> There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
> doing what I want :-}
> 
> I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
> screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
> normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
> a mains powered beastie :-}
> 
> It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
> for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
> autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
> it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
> celery)

Colin,

Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Cheers,

Lee.

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Many thanks :-)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>>> Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>>> and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>>> settings)
>>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.
> 
> There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
> doing what I want :-}
> 
> I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
> screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
> normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
> a mains powered beastie :-}
> 
> It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
> for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
> autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
> it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
> celery)

Colin,

Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Cheers,

Lee.

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Many thanks :-)

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
:-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)

* I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
minutes without bothering to boot...

(I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
you very little by way of anything really useful !)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>>> Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>>> and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>>> settings)
>>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.
> 
> There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
> doing what I want :-}
> 
> I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
> screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
> normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
> a mains powered beastie :-}
> 
> It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
> for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
> autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
> it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
> celery)

Colin,

Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Cheers,

Lee.

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Many thanks :-)

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
:-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)

* I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
minutes without bothering to boot...

(I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
you very little by way of anything really useful !)

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>>> Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>>> and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>>> settings)
>>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.
> 
> There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
> doing what I want :-}
> 
> I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
> screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
> normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
> a mains powered beastie :-}
> 
> It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
> for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
> autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
> it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
> celery)

Colin,

Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Cheers,

Lee.

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Many thanks :-)

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
:-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)

* I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
minutes without bothering to boot...

(I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
you very little by way of anything really useful !)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
>> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.
> 
> Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
> restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
> if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
> :-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)
> 
> * I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
> machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
> minutes without bothering to boot...
> 
> (I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
> you very little by way of anything really useful !)

Colin,

To boot from CD turn the laptop of and turn on, as soon as the laptop 
comes on hold down the 'c' key, this will boot from the DVD/CD drive.
Alternatively press either "f10" or "f8" to select from a boot menu.

Cheers,

Lee.

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>>> Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>>> and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>>> settings)
>>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.
> 
> There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
> doing what I want :-}
> 
> I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
> screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
> normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
> a mains powered beastie :-}
> 
> It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
> for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
> autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
> it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
> celery)

Colin,

Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Cheers,

Lee.

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Many thanks :-)

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
:-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)

* I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
minutes without bothering to boot...

(I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
you very little by way of anything really useful !)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
>> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.
> 
> Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
> restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
> if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
> :-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)
> 
> * I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
> machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
> minutes without bothering to boot...
> 
> (I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
> you very little by way of anything really useful !)

Colin,

To boot from CD turn the laptop of and turn on, as soon as the laptop 
comes on hold down the 'c' key, this will boot from the DVD/CD drive.
Alternatively press either "f10" or "f8" to select from a boot menu.

Cheers,

Lee.

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>>> Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>>> and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>>> settings)
>>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.
> 
> There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
> doing what I want :-}
> 
> I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
> screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
> normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
> a mains powered beastie :-}
> 
> It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
> for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
> autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
> it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
> celery)

Colin,

Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Cheers,

Lee.

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Many thanks :-)

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
:-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)

* I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
minutes without bothering to boot...

(I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
you very little by way of anything really useful !)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
>> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.
> 
> Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
> restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
> if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
> :-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)
> 
> * I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
> machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
> minutes without bothering to boot...
> 
> (I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
> you very little by way of anything really useful !)

Colin,

To boot from CD turn the laptop of and turn on, as soon as the laptop 
comes on hold down the 'c' key, this will boot from the DVD/CD drive.
Alternatively press either "f10" or "f8" to select from a boot menu.

Cheers,

Lee.

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>>> Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>>> and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>>> settings)
>>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.
> 
> There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
> doing what I want :-}
> 
> I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
> screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
> normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
> a mains powered beastie :-}
> 
> It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
> for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
> autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
> it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
> celery)

Colin,

Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Cheers,

Lee.

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Many thanks :-)

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
:-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)

* I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
minutes without bothering to boot...

(I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
you very little by way of anything really useful !)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
>> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.
> 
> Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
> restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
> if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
> :-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)
> 
> * I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
> machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
> minutes without bothering to boot...
> 
> (I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
> you very little by way of anything really useful !)

Colin,

To boot from CD turn the laptop of and turn on, as soon as the laptop 
comes on hold down the 'c' key, this will boot from the DVD/CD drive.
Alternatively press either "f10" or "f8" to select from a boot menu.

Cheers,

Lee.

In message , Colin 
Wilson  writes
>How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>
>Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>settings)
 From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

HTH

Dave
--

> >How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
> >Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
> >and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
> >settings)
>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.

There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
doing what I want :-}

I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
a mains powered beastie :-}

It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
celery)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> How the hell do you get into the BIOS ? (it's not shown in the manual)
>>> Neither F1 or DEL work, but i'm sure I had to hit F1 to set the date
>>> and time (it hadn't been used for some time, and had lost all its'
>>> settings)
>>  From memory - on mine used to have to run TSETUP program from DOS.
> 
> There is a control panel of sorts, but i'm not entirely sure it's 
> doing what I want :-}
> 
> I set the battery usage to conservative - i.e. not a super-bright 
> screen, lower processor speed etc, and now I need to flip it back to 
> normal - i've discovered the battery is goosed anyway, so for now it's 
> a mains powered beastie :-}
> 
> It took me almost 5 feckin' hours to install all the update patches 
> for it last night (I had them all downloaded as a package from 
> autopatcher.com) and it was really starting to cheese me off - ok, 
> it's a little light on memory, but it's a 2.5Ghz processor (albeit a 
> celery)

Colin,

Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Cheers,

Lee.

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Many thanks :-)

> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.

Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
:-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)

* I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
minutes without bothering to boot...

(I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
you very little by way of anything really useful !)

Colin Wilson wrote:
>> Turn the laptop of as soon as you turn it on hold down the "Esc" key and 
>> press "F1" to enter the bios. I used to repair Tosh laptops for a living.
> 
> Can you choose the boot media by any chance - the BIOS seems a little 
> restrictive in that it doesn't let me set the CD followed by the HD* - 
> if there's an option I can get to on booting up, it'd be bloody handy 
> :-) (getting a backup c/o the Acronis boot CD etc)
> 
> * I know there's an option for CD / Net / HDD, but if I start the 
> machine with the network cable in, it goes on a DHCP hunt for several 
> minutes without bothering to boot...
> 
> (I did find the manuals and service data on this thing, but they tell 
> you very little by way of anything really useful !)

Colin,

To boot from CD turn the laptop of and turn on, as soon as the laptop