apparently not
did it properly and now have this message:
Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A07
Copyright 1985-1988 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
Copyright 1990-2006 Dell Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Dell DXP051 Series
BIOS version A07
www.dell.com
Performing automatic IDE configuration...
Drive 0: Disk Drive
Drive 4: CD-ROM Device
Floppy diskette seek failure
Time-of-day not set - please run SETUP program
Invalid configuration information - please run SETUP program
Alert! Previous fan failure.
Alert! System battery voltage is low.
Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility
the good news is I see a green light on my keyboard...
I push F2 and I'm in Setup now.
I will report back soon.