When you first start your computer, how do you get the screen to stop so you can read what it says.?

Question

I am not talking about getting to the bios.

The reason I am asking this is my computer cannot see my cdrom drive. One of the answers somewhere was to look when the computer starts and see if it lists the cd rom drive.

The pause break works. How do I get it to resume loading after I hit pause break?

Answer 1

I put your question on my watch list.
The answer to hit the PAUSE / BREAK is 'sort of "
correct, once the first page is finished and the POST
starts, pause will usually work, but the VERY first
screen, with the BIOS revision number usually
blinks so fast that it is impossible to stop on
many computers. This BIOS revision number is
often a key to determining what revision, what
manufacturer, and what company the computer
is .... I have hundreds of computers, and there is
no "rule " to get the screen to stop.... Sometimes,
pause may work... but usually on 286's or 386's,
-- the new computers are too fast to control...

(( Since I have ... HUNDREDS .... of computers,
most come with no manual, and HUNDREDS of these
motherboards have NO MARKINGS whatsoever that
cross reference to any known motherboard by any known
manufacturer. In fact, countless mothrboards are
illegal clones, first commissioned by a large, known
corporation, and then "cloned" cheaply at the factory,
deliberately hidding all identifying markings. The only way
to track down what the board was originally, is to get the
printed BIOS version on the first screen, and go to
the BIOS manufacturer's website, and cross reference
the BIOS # with known listings. In many cases, the
sequence, even then, will list A046B1A-004124 as " other",
or, the cloning assembly line has put in a BIOS revision
number that is not listed at all... Since many of the hundreds
of motherbaords I bump into, are strange, and from around the
world, there are many instances where the Manufacturer,
the Board Name and the Revision number white printed
clearly on the board, mean nothing, with no web search, and
no technical website postings finding anything or anyone who has
heard of the company or the board... There is an exception to
every rule { all motherboards are clearly identified in white
printing }, and I get a great many of the unidentifiable boards,
simply BECAUSE, no one else knows what to do with them !
see my website, kidbots.com ))

I hope someone comes up with something I have never
seen before.... good luck.

robin

Answer 2

What are you trying to see at boot? The revision #?
If you want the revision # go to your MB manufacturers website. It will tell you where the model# is printed on your motherboard Use that to find your Rev# and down load the bios flash.

Answer 3

pause / break button

Answer 4

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