First post, by Trozzul
Howdy folks, finally made a account as I had mostly lurked here to help solve my vintage computer issues and checkout just cool stuff in general.
Onto the topic, I apologize if this is not allowed to talk about (some old forums I saw wouldn't allow this kind of discussion)
I have a Sony Vaio PCG-R505DC (there are many R505 models, mine doesn't show up much if at all) with a locked bios, when I received it it also didn't have a HDD so starts up with "no OS detected" I can't seem to find much information on how to get past this because I don't think I can install a operating system without getting past it. any suggestions would be gladly appreciated, attaching some images of the motherboard name along with what the bios looks like not sure if it would help identify which one it has.
On the same topic, if we can fix the bios issue, does anyone have any hard drive alternative suggestions? On Amazon I see a number of 44pin SATA or compact flash alternatives, how well does windows xp last on CF?