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Hi fellow TP junkies...
Got my hands on a 600E today, and besides having a hammered (literally...as in back side of an axe) HDD, it seems OK and works well after fitting a 2GB drive I had laying around and installing W2K, I find I can do almost anything except enter BIOS setup. F1, F2, <esc>, nothing works.

Any ideas on how to edit my BIOS?

Also, after the great success restuffing my T21 battery, I want to restuff the one for my 600. Any idea how the darn case opens up?
The T21 snaps together, but this one seems glued.

TIA.
Joe

Gotta hold down the F1 key, power up, and keep holding the F1 key until the memory check is finished (about 6-7 seconds). The 600 battery case is welded or glued together. There's at least one post here that mentions something about sliding a knife around the seam and prying the case apart.

Thanks Ray.

I'll try that as soon as W2K finishes updating....

You wouldn't know where I might get a copy of the recovery CD for this thing, would you?

BTW: I'm using wireless on it right now, and all seems to be functional!

The 600E shipped with Win98 or NT4 or no hard drive at all. If you really want a recovery CD for one of those, good luck to you.