Ixthusdan Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Tell you what: can you give me an exact model number for the box? I'm going to research a replacement bios chip, for $25 bucks. Interested? http://www.biosman.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titous09 Posted June 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 it was an HP pavilion 7935 all i've got as far as mobo is: A7V-VM the bios chip (if i'm looking at the right one) has a little sticker on it with this: A7VH2 3.04 LCG1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 GO HERE (Toward the bttom of the page) Follow the instructions for changing your boot device. It's there! Install Mandrake from the cdrom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titous09 Posted June 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 (edited) i think i'm going to have a demolition derbi with this HP. according to the site i have to press F10 repeatidly until a recovery meny appears....well nothing appears! yey super. ugh i'm getting frustrated. edit: i think i may have found it! F1 goes into BIOS and i messed with the boot orders and what not and finally got it to boot off CD first. installing mandrake now.... Edited June 16, 2004 by titous09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titous09 Posted June 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 agh i'm getting frustrated. so i finally got mandrake installed on this HP comp. well now when i boot it does something it hasn't done on my other installations on another comp. instead of having the nice login where you click the name and enter the password, i get this black screen where i have to manually type the login and then the password. then i have a command prompt, what do i do now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Hey hey! Progress. Count your blessings! :lol: Now, log in and type "startx". Tell us what the output errors are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titous09 Posted June 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 wow guys, thank you so much for your help. i just reinstallled mandrake and chose a generic setup for my on-board video and it works now. thank you all though very much for your efforts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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