thinkpad - various models ?
My problem too is with a thinkpad but the 765. Mine won't recognize the cd drive and I couldn't get into the BIOS (probably just as well). I did search and have searched for months and this is what I found. I didn't write this but will type it out for you: Easy Setup "Hidden" Commands Thinkpad Easy-setup hidden keys. Thanks to Cesare Mancini (cmancininil@yahoo.com) you can do more in Thinkpad setup than IBM has told you about
On Thinkpads equipped with "easy setup", accessed by holding F1 while you power on, the following known keystrokes are available throughout setup:
When you are in TEST mode, accessed by clicking the "test" icon on the main manue, the following extra keystrokes are available:
Ctrl-A: Verbose test mode and required for some of the following as well.
Ctrl-E: Error list from most recent test(s)
Ctrl-F: fru connections
Ctrl-K: Interactive keyboard test
Ctrl-L: Low level format hard drive (DANGEROUS be careful)
Ctrl-V: View results from last test(s)
When you are in CONFIG mode assessed by clicking the config icon on the main manue, the following extra keystrokes may be available:
Ctrl-N: Serial # change (removed from later models)
Ctrl-G: UUID # change (also rflm)
Ctrl-D: XMOS utility, look at interrupts and devices installed, modify
The original writer ends by saying, "Hope that helps"
I don't know what fru, UUID or XMOS even is but if anyone has the config.sys or autoexec.bat for Thinkpad 765L with cd please forward it to me. I have a boot disk but this thing is asking me for boot disk #2 and I only have #1 or one. I also don't know how to bypass this prompt to get back to the dos drive or A: or C: or any prompt again.