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Just installed a Benq CD REWRITER into a compaq deskpro pc, pentium 3,
500mhz. 128 ram. Running XP Pro. Now it hangs for ages during boot up, then
starts. Any ideas please? Also the bios doesnt seem to be saving any changes
I make. I press F10, as it says to save changes, but next time I go into it,
they revert back to original settings. Thanks for any help.

"John" <> wrote in
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> Just installed a Benq CD REWRITER into a compaq deskpro pc, pentium 3,
> 500mhz. 128 ram. Running XP Pro. Now it hangs for ages during boot up,
> then starts. Any ideas please?

Maybe the system tries to boot from CD first. Try to put in your XP CD. If
it boots from CD, you could try to disable it.


> Also the bios doesnt seem to be saving
> any changes I make. I press F10, as it says to save changes, but next
> time I go into it, they revert back to original settings. Thanks for
> any help.
>
>

Maybe your CMOS battery needs to be replaced.

On 3 Dec 2004 12:25:17 GMT, Ingeborg wrote:

<snip>
> Maybe your CMOS battery needs to be replaced.

BTW, what's with "Failed" earlier in this group ?
news:Xns95B362E3A4118abinvalid@130.133.1.4

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 11:50:19 GMT, John wrote:

> Just installed a Benq CD REWRITER into a compaq deskpro pc, pentium 3,
> 500mhz. 128 ram. Running XP Pro.

Correct the BIOS problem first as per Ingeborg's post. Don't forget to
check for BIOS updates as you are probably installing a 'modern' CD RW
into an old machine.

Also, I'd try to find at least 128 MB extra RAM - much better for XP
Pro.

Rob K <> wrote in news:y9ugz3kf4b8s.so7c9ynm845p.dlg@
40tude.net:

> On 3 Dec 2004 12:25:17 GMT, Ingeborg wrote:
>
> <snip>
>> Maybe your CMOS battery needs to be replaced.
>
> BTW, what's with "Failed" earlier in this group ?
> news:Xns95B362E3A4118abinvalid@130.133.1.4
>

It's a reply on an empty message with subject 'Testing'.