Simviation Forum - Compaq bootup blues

Mar 30^th, 2009 at 4:54pm

luke Offline
Colonel
B18 Trigear Volpar
S.Bucks, UK

Gender:
Posts: 758

I bought this oldy compaq which:-

1. Had win 2000 but with uknown password.
2. it has no socket for keaboard / mouse so used my USB one.
3. went in setup & made CDrive 1st boot.
4. prceeded to install XP, formated the HD, BUT with the USB keaboard not detected,
the install process holded saying no keaboard/mouse found.
5. The only way to proceed was to shut it down.
6. BUT on restart it says "give Set Up password", which I do not know.
7. As there is no option now to enter Set Up here , I AM TRULY STUCK.

Anybody knows how to get it back & install XP without keaboard/mouse?

Home build, Asus P5K Premium WiFiiFi Intel, &&Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W 2.4GHz, &&OCZ Vendetta Cpu Cooler, 2x2GB, 240-pin DIMM, &&DDR2 800 (400mhz) PC2-6400, &&EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB GDDR3 (PCI-E), &&Excelsior sata 250gb, OCZ 600W Game XStream Psu, &&X45, XPpro sp3/Ubuntu 8.10

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #1 - Apr 1^st, 2009 at 3:32pm

waspiflab Offline
Colonel
They don't like it up
em

Posts: 634

I think your screwed Tongue

why the hell did you buy it?

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #2 - Apr 1^st, 2009 at 5:44pm

luke Offline
Colonel
B18 Trigear Volpar
S.Bucks, UK

Gender:
Posts: 758

just for the hell of it, 7 had 00.50 p to burn

Home build, Asus P5K Premium WiFiiFi Intel, &&Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W 2.4GHz, &&OCZ Vendetta Cpu Cooler, 2x2GB, 240-pin DIMM, &&DDR2 800 (400mhz) PC2-6400, &&EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB GDDR3 (PCI-E), &&Excelsior sata 250gb, OCZ 600W Game XStream Psu, &&X45, XPpro sp3/Ubuntu 8.10

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #3 - Apr 1^st, 2009 at 8:24pm

Groundbound1 Offline
Colonel
No, I don't work for Mythbusters...
Michigan, USA

Gender:
Posts: 1745

Ahhh, the Compaq IPAQ. I had one for a while (VERY SHORT while). I think there are two ways to go here. If I'm not mistaking, the problem is related to drivers. (unless the keyboaed and mouse are faulty) You might try to find the original restore disks for this model on Ebay or some such site, or you may be able to download the drivers from HP's site and make a (I forgat what it's called) slip-streamed XP install disk.

Have you tried to boot into safe mode and log in as administrator?

Specs: Asus Crosshair nForce 590 SLI,
AMD Athlon X2 6400+ w/ZeroTherm BTF90,
4GB G.Skill PI Series DDR2-800,
Sapphire HD4870 512MB,
PC P&C 750 Quad, in a CoolerMaster HAF932

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #4 - Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 5:36am

luke Offline
Colonel
B18 Trigear Volpar
S.Bucks, UK

Gender:
Posts: 758

Thanks, but the thing is a dead ringer now.

The mpment I start it up it says "p0wer-on password" & there is no way to get to the bios setup, & no way to get the cd in the drive to boot.

I think I'll bin it.

Home build, Asus P5K Premium WiFiiFi Intel, &&Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W 2.4GHz, &&OCZ Vendetta Cpu Cooler, 2x2GB, 240-pin DIMM, &&DDR2 800 (400mhz) PC2-6400, &&EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB GDDR3 (PCI-E), &&Excelsior sata 250gb, OCZ 600W Game XStream Psu, &&X45, XPpro sp3/Ubuntu 8.10

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #5 - Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 5:46am

Fozzer Offline
Colonel
An elderly FS 2004 addict!
Hereford. England. EGBS.

Posts: 24861

Buy a few more of them for 50 Pence each, Luke, and you can make a nice Crazy Paving out of them for the Garden...

..sorted... Wink

...!

Paul... Grin

...

...!

Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #6 - Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 6:18am

fabian_e Ex Member

Depends on the mainboard, but there might be a Bios Reset Jumper....

Do you have the handbooks? Pull it out, put it in and the Bios values are all set on factory defaults. And the pasw. might be gone.

Called the hotline already?

Cheers,
Fabian

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #7 - Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 10:03am

luke Offline
Colonel
B18 Trigear Volpar
S.Bucks, UK

Gender:
Posts: 758

managed to open the box, rather difficult, & recycled the battery which got rid of the password.

The XP install that was halted came back, BUT unable to get the USB keaboard to work so XP halted there again.

Thanx for trying to help, will post again.

Home build, Asus P5K Premium WiFiiFi Intel, &&Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W 2.4GHz, &&OCZ Vendetta Cpu Cooler, 2x2GB, 240-pin DIMM, &&DDR2 800 (400mhz) PC2-6400, &&EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB GDDR3 (PCI-E), &&Excelsior sata 250gb, OCZ 600W Game XStream Psu, &&X45, XPpro sp3/Ubuntu 8.10

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #8 - Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 10:44am

fabian_e Ex Member

It might be a good idea to boot a pre-installation enviroment like Bart PE first and to check, weather it recognizes your USB-Keyboard. Also you could check the Bios. On some machines there's a USB for DOS support function you'll have to enable.....

Back to top

IP Logged

Reply #9 - Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 3:09pm

luke Offline
Colonel
B18 Trigear Volpar
S.Bucks, UK

Gender:
Posts: 758

OK again, problems SOLVED so far.

managed to get the USB mouse/keaboard to work & completed the XPsp2.

Connected on the Net on its own.

Its an iPack PC 700, Intel Celeron 699mhz CPU, 512 mb RAM, 9gb Maxtor HD, 6 USB sockets & CD drive.

It should be a usefull PC at the Old Peoples Home to pass their time.

Thanx again.

Home build, Asus P5K Premium WiFiiFi Intel, &&Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W 2.4GHz, &&OCZ Vendetta Cpu Cooler, 2x2GB, 240-pin DIMM, &&DDR2 800 (400mhz) PC2-6400, &&EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX KO 512MB GDDR3 (PCI-E), &&Excelsior sata 250gb, OCZ 600W Game XStream Psu, &&X45, XPpro sp3/Ubuntu 8.10

Back to top

IP Logged

	Search the archive: