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April 14th, 2006 13:00
"Press F1 to Continue or F2 to enter Setup", but no errors?
For the past few weeks I've been getting a message when booting up that says "Press F1 to Continue or F2 to enter Setup". If I hit F1, my Dell Inspiron 600m boots up just fine. If I hit F2, everything in the BIOS looks fine and I can escape and it boots up fine. My question is, why am I getting this message? I assumed it was due to a dying CMOS System Reserve Battery, unfortunately no one in the world seems to sell them, including Dell Spare Parts Department. Am I on the right track or is it possibel something else is causing the porblem?
-JasonMK
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April 14th, 2006 14:00
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April 14th, 2006 14:00
Message Edited by JasonMK on 04-14-200610:35 AM
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April 14th, 2006 15:00
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April 14th, 2006 17:00
That's exactly what i thought too, that's why it isn't adding up and I was looking for any suggestions...
-JasonMK
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April 14th, 2006 19:00
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April 15th, 2006 05:00
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April 16th, 2006 01:00
takemusuaiki,
Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't seem to do the trick. I'm open if you have any more...
-JasonMK
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June 8th, 2006 01:00
Hi - after re-formatting the hard drive and re-installing Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron 600m I discovered that the internal wireless card was intermittent. I disabled the internal card and opted for a PCMCIA wireless card. I too was getting this message continually after I started using the PCMCIA card.
After testing different BIOS settings, I was able to get the 600m to skip this message by changing "Set Mini PCI Status" to "Disabled"
Hope this helps!