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HP Compaq dc5100 Small Form Factor PC Desktop Questions & Answers
Restore factory settings
TRY WITH.F9 .F10. OR F11. WHEN WINDOWS BOOT.
ONE TAP ON THE TANGENT EVERY SECOND.
DO RIGHT YOU GOT TO MENU TO CHOOSE FROM.
Computer plays multiple beeps
How how many beeps do you get? Often they will be in patterns similar to morse code. One pattern it might use is "1 long beep 2 short beeps" for example.
I installed a sata dvd drive in my dc5100 sff the boot order recognises it as an ide drive
i dont think it matter if your system detects it as sata or ide, both interface will work in installing OS, the important thing is you changed your boot order. originally it was supposed to boot in 1st drive whichever it is hard drive or dvd drive. go to bios then follow the instruction in how to move the order of boot sequence, mine is SHIFT key then PLUS.
Pc Restart suddenly
Might have been scheduled windows update, might have been a hardware failure (although unlikely, unless you saw BSoD)
SERIAL PORT DRIVER
Try looking here, I don't know your OS? :http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductList.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=135&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=454811
How to make booting not to push F1
Hi, do you mean, making the pc boot straight to desktop without asking you to push the F1 key at the BIOS startup stage. to that i advice you boot into the BIOS setup and press F9 to reset your settings to default and press F10 to save it. then try again it will work.
Hard drive upgrade
This model computer has two SATA connectors.You can install SATA hard drives to suit your requirements.1Tb SATA hard drives are readily available.
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