On 19 Jan 06  17:51:08, MIKE ROSS got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: WYSE WY2108-01 SETUP Utility

 MR> "Dan Ceppa" bravely wrote to "Chris Green" (19
Jan 06  15:02:52)

 DC> There has to be a key/key sequence to enter setup.

 MR> I recall some old bios used something like Ctrl-Ins or Alt-Ins. From
 MR> your message you have tried those. However you don't seem to have
 MR> tried other Alt-  key combinations using the other keypad like Plus,
 MR> Minus, *, etc. I know Plus and Minus were used in Toshiba laptops.

Actaually, it was Chris Green trying those!   


 MR> One not so obvious way to get into setup is to write a bad byte into
 MR> the cmos and then let the system detect the checksum error when it is
 MR> rebooted. Typically it then goes to the setup menu but not always.
 MR> Just remembered, I have a 5-1/4" setup disk for old 286's, somewhere.
 MR> Ah, found! It is labelled AT SETUP -PHOENIX-.

It's been a while since I played with a 286.  



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