booting problem!! hp compaq laptop

RootsMan87

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please any one to help me with the laptop hp, when i just press the power batton, it turns on the monitor and then it reaches where it just writes

F10=ROM BASED SETUP
F12=NETWORK SERVICE BOOT

it doesnt go further than that not even blinking or any!! it turns on and off nicely but it cant go into the bios!! i have tried to press F buttons but still nothing, i have used the different external key board and changed the RAM but stil nothing.... please am sick of this compute!! if anyone can help..... i will appreciate so much
 
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Most likely you have a bad piece of hardware in your system or attached to it. Remove any attached devices and try again. I've worked on 2 laptops that did this exact same thing and it ended up being a bad cd/dvd drive. After I removed it, the machine booted up just fine.
 
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