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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 3011 Registered: Apr-05 | If so, what key do I need to press to get it to boot from the CDROM on startup? Most laptops use the F12 key, but none of the F keys appear to let me boot from the CDROM on this Dell. |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 3012 Registered: Apr-05 | Err, I need to get into the BIOS more specifically, haven't had any luck yet. It's a Dell Inspiron 5100. |
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Bronze Member Username: AculousPost Number: 24 Registered: Jun-06 | um..hm can't remember. Honestly I would say either f11 or f10 but sometimes its f1. lol go old school and just start hitting f keys until it goes into bios. |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 3095 Registered: Apr-05 | Yep...haha, it took me two hours of calling Dell customer support to figure it out, too bad you weren't around sooner! It turns out the motherboard was bad, and that's why I was unable to access the BIOS with any of the F keys. |
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Bronze Member Username: Sjain80Post Number: 15 Registered: Jun-06 | lol.....well atleast you got it fixed..hopefully dell is replacing your motherboard.. |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 3407 Registered: Apr-05 | They wanted 400 for the board which obviously shows it's a cheap piece of junk and 300 labor! They were trying to convince me to get a new laptop! haha |
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Gold Member Username: EvadelparaisoPuerto Rico Post Number: 1702 Registered: May-06 | Jexx: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins5100/en/sm/index.htm |
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Gold Member Username: EvadelparaisoPuerto Rico Post Number: 1703 Registered: May-06 | Jexx: Owner Manual http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins5100/en/i5100-om.pdf#search='Dell%20Inspiron%205100%20manual' |
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Gold Member Username: EvadelparaisoPuerto Rico Post Number: 1704 Registered: May-06 | Maybe only have problems with your keyboard. |