topic Re: Cannot access BIOS in Netservers

Cannot access BIOS

Michael Cellini — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:50:41 GMT

We have an HP Netserver LX Pro that we just upgraded to Windows 2000 Server. We cannot access the BIOS, which is an AMI 1.00.11. Does anyone know what key or key combination should give us access? We have tried every key combination we can think of. Thanks for your assistance.

Re: Cannot access BIOS

Martin Breidenbach — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:11:37 GMT

This is a EISA/PCI system and EISA setup is disk based and stored on a special system partition. This system partition is created from the Navigator CD.

If the system partition is installed then I think F12 should be the correct key (there should be a short message during/after POST)

Re: Cannot access BIOS

Michael Cellini — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:23:01 GMT

Thanks Martin. We tried F12 numerous times. We never receive any kind of prompt after the POST. I have a feeling that we will need to re-build the server with the Navigator CD to get the special system partition back. I really appreciate your help.

Re: Cannot access BIOS

Martin Breidenbach — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:27:17 GMT

I'm not 100% sure but I believe that if the system partition isn't there then you don't get the F12 prompt message.

Actually I don't know where this message is generated - system BIOS, MBR (partition table) or boot sector.

Re: Cannot access BIOS

Michael Cellini — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:41:00 GMT

We re-built the server with the Navigator CD and made sure that the utility partition was created. We are still unable to access the BIOS and never see any kind of prompt either. Any idea what could be preventing us from getting to the BIOS?