Comments on: Computer Will Not Boot

By: david clement

david clement — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:03:31 +0000

hello i have a dell xps 400, its running with windows 7 ultimate and it was running fine, then the morning after i looked at it and it said press f1 to boot, everytime i would press it, it would beep, so i restarted it, it got to the login and let me log in after waiting 5 minutes compared to normal 30 seconds, afer i logged in it showed and empty desktop then restarted again, any ideas???

By: mary

mary — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:58:46 +0000

I HAVE ASPIRE ONE 532H-2527 TURN IT ON IT COMES TO A SCREEN PRESS F2 TO BOOT IT COMES TO THE UTILITY SETUP.I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO PRESS TO GET BACK INTO WINDOWS.

By: Evan Jones

Evan Jones — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:11:32 +0000

Hi my computer an Acer M1640 is about two and a half years old, my problem is as follows.
When I switch on tower and screen the screen displays the Acer logo and then NO SIGNAL and then goes blank. The tower light stays on and the CD tray operates and the fans work on the computer. It is as though the computer goes into sleep mode before it shows the BIOS and I can’t wake it up because it cuts power to the key board and mouse. Have checked the mouse and keyboard do work on my other computer so can not be faulty. Regards Evan

By: David Purcell

David Purcell — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:09:15 +0000

Not sure, maybe a dead battery. If it’s more than a couple years old, it may need to be replaced.

By: A. Hilford

A. Hilford — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:44:15 +0000

i have been given a laptop which is a compaq. When the start button is pushed the blue light glows for about 10 seconds then goes out,nothing else happens.
Any idea what could be the problem ? thanks

By: R.Skinner

R.Skinner — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:03:05 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:38:27 +0000

If you have two HDDs, make sure the are both set to cable select of to master and slave. Also, make sure the BIOS is set to Auto Detect. If you continue to have problems, please join our forums so everyone can help.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:12:59 +0000

I have a “Power Spec 4984″ computer that wont boot up anymore. The only change I made was to disconnect and reconnect the cd drive and since then it is stuck on a screen that displays the name and Intell logos.Upon closer inspection I found that 1 of the 2 HDD’s was jumpered as a single master drive…not sure how comp worked with it set to that. I have tried replacing both drives with a new (good) one and still have same problem. I have also tried disconnecting both HDD’s and starting it up only to get a screen saying HDD failure and to enter a system disk but the cd drive refuses to open (it worked fine before this problem). I have talked to a couple of techs and they claim it is a hardware problem. I have run out of ideas. Can anyone help me PLEASE?