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I3800 Problems
I have a I3800. when i enter setup everything freezes. Alt+P , ESC, Ctrl+Alt+Del, Alt+F Does not work. I can hit F12 during boot up and get one time boot menu. I can turn on computer and it automatically boots to HDD and Win Xp. Everything Works Fine. I just can't seem to do anything in bios setup. I started out with A09 and it had the same problems then also. I upgraded to A17 with no problems thinking problem would dissapear, but no dice. My Service Tag is 9ATY4. But the initial setup screen where everything freezes displays no service tag or asset tag under system info.
i discovered all this when trying to enable the TV out.
Thanks,
Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis
i discovered all this when trying to enable the TV out.
Thanks,
Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis
Robot Randy
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Posted May 8th, 2006 18:00
You wouldn't happen to have a hard drive that is over 60Gb would you?The Latitude CPxJ (same guts as the i3800) does this is you go into setup with an 80Gb or larger drive, but works correctly win a 60Gb. The computer runs perfectly well with the larger drive, but freezes at the point where it looks to see what size hard drive is installed.Remove the hard drive whenever you need to change anything in BIOS, then reinstall the drive after the change has been saved.RandyRobot Randy
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Posted May 8th, 2006 18:00
Nope, no MiniPCI slot, just the 2 Cardbus slots.Randy- that was it :) and i didn't think that the i3800 had a mini pci slot. i saw a ebay seller(actually a few) claiming to have a i3800 mobo w/mini pci. is there a mobo that will fit in the i3800 and work that has a mini pci slot? my thing with mini pci is i'd like to get a 802.11a/b/g internal mini pci card instead of having this card sticking out the side of my laptop. i'm also trying to get the S-Video/TV out to work any help there would be appreciated. if you guys haven't figured it out, i love to tinker :)
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Posted May 8th, 2006 20:00
I know of no way to fit a MiniPCI motherboard in a CPx/i3800 base. I would suggest selling the laptop and buying a Latitude C610/Inspiron 4100 or newer platform to get MiniPCI compatibility. Going to a C640/i4150 will get you a Pentium4 processor.(The C600/i4000 has a MiniPCI slot, but to use a WiFi card you have to remove the Modem/Ethernet combo card and add a couple of patch wires...)Randy
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Posted May 7th, 2006 14:00
Sounds like you are using the wrong keys to navigate the cmos area.