bypass compaq splash screen - how???

can anybody tell me how to bypass the compaq splash at post??
i have a machine here for service that some bright spark built up
using a compaq mobo [supplied the customer with no drivers]...i have
no idea what compaq model it is from...there are no options to disable
onboard sound or video in bios...and no indication whatsoever of what
model/make the video or sound controllers are..the only clue i have is
at the top of the award bios setup screen:
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS [2A69kF0E]
i was hoping if i could see the full text of the video init and post i
could get some numbers to begin searching for drivers...the board runs
with a p111 550 mhz slot 1....cant see any id srtrings on the board
anywhere...
thanks in advance for any help

the compaq setup used to be on a small partition on the hard drive.
I have downloaded these before to rebuild a compaq machine. without it, you
cant setup the PC as they dont seem to use a BIOS. If someone has deleted
all the partitions on the HDD or replace the HDD, then this may be missing.
If you can get a part number off the mobo, you may be able to identify the
PC on the compaq website. They have a lotof stuff archived for the older
pcs if you dig deep.
However, there may not be a way of getting rid of this splash screen.
rob.

"coffee man" wrote in message
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can anybody tell me how to bypass the compaq splash at post??
i have a machine here for service that some bright spark built up
using a compaq mobo [supplied the customer with no drivers]...i have
no idea what compaq model it is from...there are no options to disable
onboard sound or video in bios...and no indication whatsoever of what
model/make the video or sound controllers are..the only clue i have is
at the top of the award bios setup screen:
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS [2A69kF0E]
i was hoping if i could see the full text of the video init and post i
could get some numbers to begin searching for drivers...the board runs
with a p111 550 mhz slot 1....cant see any id srtrings on the board
anywhere...
thanks in advance for any help

Unsure how helpful this is, but Award identifies this board
as made by FIC.
http://www.phoenix.com/en/customer+s...otherboard.htm
FIC is found here;
http://www.fic.com.tw/support/

"coffee man" wrote in message
news:3f0c4547.12064407@news-server...
can anybody tell me how to bypass the compaq splash at post??
i have a machine here for service that some bright spark built up
using a compaq mobo [supplied the customer with no drivers]...i have
no idea what compaq model it is from...there are no options to
disable
onboard sound or video in bios...and no indication whatsoever of
what
model/make the video or sound controllers are..the only clue i have
is
at the top of the award bios setup screen:
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS [2A69kF0E]
i was hoping if i could see the full text of the video init and post
i
could get some numbers to begin searching for drivers...the board
runs
with a p111 550 mhz slot 1....cant see any id srtrings on the board
anywhere...
thanks in advance for any help