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How do I change my port to ECP on XP?
Name: Tyrel Hansen Date: November 23, 2001 at 16:23:26 Pacific
Comment:
I got an MP3 and it says that i need to change my printer port to ecp mode, but i can't get into cmos the traditional way of pressing on the startup. How do I change it to ECP on WINXP?
Name: Big Juju Date: November 23, 2001 at 16:45:50 Pacific
Reply:
You have to set in it the BIOS, but you can try playing with the port settings in xp - right-click my computer - properties - hardware - device manager - ports. Right-click lpt1 - port settings. You can try to set 'use any interrupt assigned to the port', but this option may not be available unless the port is already configured for epp or ecp mode in the BIOS. And may not help even if you CAN change the setting. Why can't you get into the BIOS, anyway?
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Response Number 2
Name: Tyrel Hansen Date: November 23, 2001 at 16:47:37 Pacific
Reply:
I can't because i don't know how. I'm hit the DEL key like I would normally but then nothing happens and the cpu boots up normally. Is it different for XP?
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Response Number 3
Name: Big Juju Date: November 23, 2001 at 17:06:08 Pacific
Reply:
It's got nothing to do with XP - you go into the BIOS config before XP boots. Some BIOSes use a different key - f10, end... What kind of machine is it?
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Response Number 4
Name: Tyrel Date: November 23, 2001 at 17:26:49 Pacific
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It's a brand new Sony Vaio.
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Response Number 5
Name: Big Juju Date: November 23, 2001 at 17:53:49 Pacific
Reply:
Can't help you there. No messages on the screen during POST to tell you how to change BIOS settings? Read the manual...
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Response Number 6
Name: John Meade Date: November 23, 2001 at 21:16:45 Pacific
Reply:
I may be wrong, but I think my Sony VAIO laptop has an odd way to get into the BIOS. I think it is by hitting ESCape (or maybe CTRL). It definitely is not DELete, like most others.
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Response Number 7
Name: paulxdg Date: November 24, 2001 at 05:54:32 Pacific
Reply:
Try F2
Rgds
Paul
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Response Number 8
Name: John Meade Date: November 24, 2001 at 07:04:04 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, Paul is correct. It is F2. I remembered it was odd.
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Response Number 9
Name: paulxdg Date: November 24, 2001 at 07:09:27 Pacific
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