Laptop will not boot?

tidyboy21 · 12-06-2006, 11:05 PM

Hi all, just had a phone call from a mate, he said that his laptop just wont boot, as soon as he turns it on it just stays on the black screen, displays intel logo and "press F2 to enter setup". When F2 is pressed nothing happens, its just stuck. There are no error messages either. He has no XP disk to attempt to boot from. The laptop is an Advent 7035. Any help on this would be great.

cybereclipse · 12-07-2006, 01:44 AM

i have never even heard of that company.........
is it one of those cheap chinese computers??

tidyboy21 · 12-07-2006, 10:04 AM

No, its not one of those cheap chinese computers.

lovely? · 12-07-2006, 10:27 AM

advent computers

i'd say that they are mid range at best, but there is nothing about them in that page that screams 'I dont work!!!', so you'll have to give us some more info

tidyboy21 · 12-07-2006, 04:22 PM

There is no more info to give, all is stated above, that’s the only info that I was given. I had an Advent a while back and it lasted for ages, so I don’t really think that it’s an issue with the make at all. If you restart any PC it should in theory boot up again, but nothing is happening at all.

12-06-2006, 11:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
tidyboy21 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 282	Laptop will not boot? Hi all, just had a phone call from a mate, he said that his laptop just wont boot, as soon as he turns it on it just stays on the black screen, displays intel logo and "press F2 to enter setup". When F2 is pressed nothing happens, its just stuck. There are no error messages either. He has no XP disk to attempt to boot from. The laptop is an Advent 7035. Any help on this would be great. __________________ ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA X48 (0407) C2D E8500 @ 4.12GHz Zalman CNPS9700-LED (Lapped) 3GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 @ 966MHz, 4-4-4-12 2 x HD3870's DDR4 Crossfire (875/1250) Thermaltake Toughpower W0132 1000w 4 x Western Digital 250GB HDs 2 x LG Flatron 24" Monitors Thermaltake Armor with 25cm Side Fan 3D Mark06 19125 (Vista) Last edited by tidyboy21; 12-07-2006 at 01:08 AM.

12-07-2006, 01:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
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12-07-2006, 10:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
tidyboy21 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 282	No, its not one of those cheap chinese computers. __________________ ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA X48 (0407) C2D E8500 @ 4.12GHz Zalman CNPS9700-LED (Lapped) 3GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 @ 966MHz, 4-4-4-12 2 x HD3870's DDR4 Crossfire (875/1250) Thermaltake Toughpower W0132 1000w 4 x Western Digital 250GB HDs 2 x LG Flatron 24" Monitors Thermaltake Armor with 25cm Side Fan 3D Mark06 19125 (Vista)

12-07-2006, 10:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,819	advent computers i'd say that they are mid range at best, but there is nothing about them in that page that screams 'I dont work!!!', so you'll have to give us some more info __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth". Last edited by lovely?; 12-07-2006 at 10:29 AM.

12-07-2006, 04:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
tidyboy21 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 282	There is no more info to give, all is stated above, that’s the only info that I was given. I had an Advent a while back and it lasted for ages, so I don’t really think that it’s an issue with the make at all. If you restart any PC it should in theory boot up again, but nothing is happening at all. __________________ ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA X48 (0407) C2D E8500 @ 4.12GHz Zalman CNPS9700-LED (Lapped) 3GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 @ 966MHz, 4-4-4-12 2 x HD3870's DDR4 Crossfire (875/1250) Thermaltake Toughpower W0132 1000w 4 x Western Digital 250GB HDs 2 x LG Flatron 24" Monitors Thermaltake Armor with 25cm Side Fan 3D Mark06 19125 (Vista)

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