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THINKPAD 765D BIOS ENTER
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:52 pm
by lancasters3
THE 765D THAT I HAVE I AM TRYING TO GET INTO THE BIOS.WHEN IT BOOTS IT GOES TO THE SCREEN WITH THE FLOPPY PICTURE AND FLASHES THE F1.WHEN I PUSH IT IT GOES TO ANOTHER SCREEN THAT PUTS A NUMBER UP WITH THE FLASHING CURSER UNDER IT. 19990305.IS THAT AN ERROR.I HAVE NO FLOPPY BUT DO HAVE THE CD.TANKS
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:48 pm
by jeeva
is your shift button stuck down?
however, press f1 hold it and turn the laptop on, hold the button untill you see the thinkpad patterned background, then release it. go to start sequence the icon with the 123 and the disk harddisk and so and select the cd first.
click ok or press enter and exit the setup. insert the cd and then it should boot from cd.
greetz
jeeva
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:18 pm
by lancasters3
ok i did that and now i show a lock with the curser beside it.i unpluged both batteries and it is the same
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:59 pm
by AlphaKilo470
The cursor with a lock next to it is a password prompt, you'll need to enter the correct password. If you don't know the password, then you'll have to search the internet for this, but I believe there are two pins somewhere in the laptop that if short circuited, will reset the BIOS password.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:51 pm
by lancasters3
WELL I GOT PAST THE PASSWORD LOCK AND INTO BIOS.IT DOESENT HAVE A SELECTION FOR MY CD ON BOOT UP.I DONT THINK MY CD IS WORKING.SOMETIMES IT WILL OPEN WHEN I TURN THE LAPTOP ONAND THE LIGHT ON IT WILL FLASH BUT IT WONT SPIN UP.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:59 pm
by jeeva
perhaps your cd isn't recognized by the drive, try another one. pressed cds are known as good working, better than burned ones.
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:19 pm
by lancasters3
OEM WINDOWS 98 IS WHAT I AM USING.I DONT THINK THE DRIVE ITSELF IS FOUND IN BIOS.
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:25 am
by jeeva
Go to "Test" in the Easy Setup and tell me, if the CD-ROM drive Icon is gray (inactive) or black, try to click it, if it beeps, it isn't detected.
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:49 am
by AlphaKilo470
lancasters3 wrote:WELL I GOT PAST THE PASSWORD LOCK AND INTO BIOS.IT DOESENT HAVE A SELECTION FOR MY CD ON BOOT UP.I DONT THINK MY CD IS WORKING.SOMETIMES IT WILL OPEN WHEN I TURN THE LAPTOP ONAND THE LIGHT ON IT WILL FLASH BUT IT WONT SPIN UP.
The 760 and 765 series laptops don't have the ability to boot from the internal cd-rom, even with the latest BIOS.