Please! Help me with my BIOS!!!

[Superaphi]

Hi!
I have a problem with my Bios!
"101-I/0 Rom Error
101 Rom Error"
What does it means? What can I do?
Please help me!

[Susan]

Code 101 means Interrupt failure

Have you changed anything in your system lately?

[philipg]

Heh,
I thought I was the only one getting that error. I have a cure for you.

I upgraded my HD from a seagate 3.2GB to a WD 6.4GB. here's what I did:

The drive was previusly installed in another computer and worked, so I tried fdisk no go, used partition magic deleted all data and partitions. Next, I fdisk successfully. Now to before I go further WD ez-bios was removed prior to any of the above. When I formated the drive and put an o/s on it I got your error on boot-up. I grabbed my other drive still bootable and went on the net for EZ-bios. Installed the EZ-bios on the WD and it let me boot and mirror all files from the smaller drive. I will go home tonight and see if I can remove it and if it gives me the same ROM ERROR. It's not your Cmos/Bios but the drive. According to Western Digital alot of bios' don't support large capacity drives.
Good luck and let me know what happened.

[Superaphi]

Hi!
Thanks you very much to Susan and Philipg for your answers.
To answer to the question of Susan, I didn't change anything in my system.
The problem is that I really can't boot, and it happens before that the BIOS starts... It does biiiiiiiip bip bip and then display the error message! Moreover it is not a desktop but a notebook, and i can't test it with other components like a HarDisk...
I call the Compaq's Hotline (because it is a compaq - http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif) and they said me that I must change the motherboard! But I trust the guy, He seemed not to be a really specialist (maybe a student...). And then i must send it back, but has no warranty anymore, and it will cost the price of a new one!!!
It is a Compaq Contura AERO 4/25.
If anyone knows anything about this, please help!
Thanks