[GRLUG] Laptop not booting

[John Wesorick]

I agree with Richard. I think I've seen this a lot more on Gateways though.
I think it's just an easy way to wipe the BIOS without cracking the case
and pulling the BIOS battery.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Richard Nienhuis <
richardnienhuis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unplug battery and power.  Hold power button in for thirty seconds.
>  Release then plug back in and boot up.  Works all the time 80% percent of
> the time.
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Aj Hekman <ajhekman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My hp laptop isn't booting. I can't even get into The bios menu. All I
>> get is the HP logo when it first fires up, then a blinking cursor.
>>
>> Any advice from the hardware enthusiasts? Is it done for?
>>
>> - AJ
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