What was meant was that an indication of the sequence needed to enter the BIOS setup would not be displayed. You can still access the CMOS setup if you know the "secret" key sequence. Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Rolf To: Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [OT] CMOS setup for Grid 1720 laptop > On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Andrew T Kelley wrote: > > > > > Have your tried Alt-Ctl-Del or Alt-Ctl-Esc or the DELETE key > > > > Tried with ESC, never DEL I'll try those thanks. > > > > Usually the display SAYS what to press - this one doesn't. > > > > > > In many BIOSs there's an option to suppress that prompt, Phoenix may > > > well be one of them. > > > > > > > I have PHOENIX BIOS and it the access(and prompt) can be disable... > > Then how do you get it to change/fix things? > > There has to be a way should the CMOS get corrupted so you can't boot to a > utility but still retain the lockout. > > Robert > --Robert.Rolf@UAlberta.ca > "If 'debugging' is the process of removing errors, then 'programming' must > be the process of putting them in".