How to make booting not to push F1 - HP Compaq dc5100 Small Form Factor PC Desktop

select the first boot option and press enter

vista and xp have different filing systems

Hi.

This sounds like there is a problem with the battery.
Remove the AC mains power and take out the battery from the laptop. Plug AC power back in and try booting the laptop up.
If it boots up let it boot into Windows/linux and then shut the computer down as normal. Remove AC power and re-insert the battery. Plug AC back in and power it up, see if it does the same thing. If it does the same thing the battery is faulty. If it boots up with the battery in then there was a glitch.




Regards.

What is the message that you are presented when you see the "push f1 or F2 buttons" ? A lot of times it is just a dead Bios battery that retains the configuration information on your motherboard. Do you have to set the time on your clock all the time by chance?

you will want to enter the bios at the pre boot screen and than simply go to boot order and rearrange it should tell you to push f1 or another function button to enter bios

hope this helps
Robb

As soon as you turn on the computer start tapping (not fast, but steady) the F1 key, you could try F2, DEL, and other various keys that work on other boards.

Usually the screen will show you what to press in the corner or somewhere on the screen.

F12 for boot / F2 for BIOS / etc
Or it might say Press F1 or F2 or something to enter Set-up.

You have to catch it before the computer starts to boot into your operating system.

At this point you can push the power button for half a second and the computer should turn off instantly as you have not started booting up the computer.
Then you can try another key to enter the BIOS.

After locating the manual and skimming through it, I see that it states you need to press the DEL key to enter setup (BIOS).

Hopefully that helps.

First open cpu cabinet and reconnect all connection to harddisk .
Also refix RAM memory.
Then when you power up the computer press F1 or F2 or "del" key to enter in bios then check your harddisk is detected proeprly.
aslo go to boot option and set first boot device as your harddisk.
Some times because of bed SATA or IDE cable is detected in bios but it not boot up.
So change sata or IDE cable .

Let me know if you need more assistanse.
Thanks.

well, the most common BIOS entry keys are F1, F2, F10, and Delete.
push one while the computer is booting, before windows starts booting.

hello. That is because your computer measures the voltage from your power adapter. if the power is incorrect, then it will make you press f1 to adjust the computer to accept the power adapter. You need to get the correct adapter for the problem to go away. good luck !

What have you recently plugged in as new hardware ? this F1 response indicates that a piece of hardware is not properly configured to run , and F1 is the offered option to go to CMOS to complete the installation.A most likely item will be a USB powered piece of hardware.