On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, johnnyfulcrum wrote: > some compaqs kept the bios on a disk partition not a ROM. You must go to > the compaq site, download a rom paq or some such beast, set up the > computer diagnostics, and install the bios - it probably got wiped when > someone wiped the HD. the bios yes, not the CMOS. the non-booting issue has nothing to do with the missing partition. compaqs can boot just fine with or without that partition. i am thinking you should look into other parts check the memory, remove the battery and try on just straight juice disassemble/reassemble it, it could be that somehow somewhere a cable got loose or something. if the PC does not post it has NOTHING to do with the BIOS partition on the HDD. I have worked with compaqs for many years. I can guarantee this. the bios partition is used only to edit the CMOS not to store it. look somewhere else for the solution to your problem. -- Munir Nassar RedConcepts.NET http://redconcepts.net/ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list