this system that i found its booting not past the boot screen ,i cant get in to the bios
now i read on other forums that it needs some kind of special boot cd or floppy to get in to the bios
i cant find any info about it maybe some one has this system too
Mash F10 at bootup; if that doesn't work... use another machine with a floppy drive to make diskettes from this utility.
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
thanks wil try with one do i use ?
sp4711.exe
2.10 MB - 6 mirrors
ftp3.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp4501-5000/
sp4711.exe
2.10 MB - 6 mirrors
ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp4501-5000/
sp4711.exe
2.10 MB - 6 mirrors
ftp.ufanet.ru/pub/drivers/Compaq/
sp4711.exe
2.10 MB - 6 mirrors
g4u0180.houston.hp.com/ftp1/pub/softpaq/sp4501-5000/
sp4711.exe
2.10 MB - 6 mirrors
15.201.57.23/ftp2/pub/softpaq/sp4501-5000/
sp4711.exe
2.10 MB - 6 mirrors
15.201.49.22/ftp1/pub/softpaq/sp4501-5000/
Those are all exactly the same file, just hosted on different sites
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
To clarify, Compaq machines from this era didn't contain the BIOS setup utility on the motherboard itself. It was a Windows 3.1-based partition on the hard drive or on a floppy diskette.
Compaq was so wacky.
All hail the Great Capacitor Brand Finder
so i need to use this one sp4711.exe << because the links have more files difrent numbers etc
🤣 the file s 2mb the diskette i have is 1.35 mb 😜
If you ran the exe it'd tell you it will make 2 floppies.
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
oh i thought i need to put the exe file on the floppy ? so i need to run the exe on my pc ?
It MAKES floppies to boot your compaq off of
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
