My compaq f700 will cycle on and off before it goes to bios.I can not get windows to load. What could the cause of the problem and what can I do to fix it.

Hi,
You could open the bios set up to check the hardisk and memory card, see if it is being read by the board.
Try to set your boot sequence to "default option" and save the changes. reboot again afterwards.
If there is a rebooting, but still can not read the hardisk, it means, that is a hardware breakdown, mainly the hardisk itself. Try to replace the HD( hardisk) if you have any spare ones, just to check the system.

Your local computer shop can assess it and tell you what causes the problem. we are just advising you if you could repair it by yourself and my pointers to what you are going to repair in your laptop.
Hope that helps you out.
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Changing the bios chips on that particular logic board requires soldering. It's a black chip with white writing on it, it's flat, and it has about 20 prongs on it.

Sounds like it could be a couple of things, but what I would suggest you do first is when you power on your device, insert the Windows CD that came with your Laptop and boot from the CD as opposed to the HDD.

Once the drivers are loaded, it will give you several option on how to restore, fix or if necessary, reinstall the operating system from scratch.

It sounds like you BIOS info could have been corrupted and that could be why it goes through this start up cycle constantly. By bypassing the HDD, which could also be corrupt and booting from the Installation CD I mentioned above, this will allow you to gain access at least and have the options listed above in order to get you laptop up and running again.

If you require further assistance, please contact me.

run scan disk from bios, sounds like you have alot of disk errors

The reason it shows the compaq logo is because that is the motherboard you have installed. HP is just your case if I am reading your question properly. Did you custom build this? Which processor is in it? Probably the wireless card isn't being recognized because of your 64 bit operating system. Windows 7 has a lot of hardware driver problems right now.

If your using a card take it out until you have XP installed.
Go into your bios and disable all your audio settings until you have XP installed.
Check and see if your audio is even compatible with XP.
Disconnect the any external devices that are connected to the audio input until XP is installed.

Hello there
Hints:
1) You got a driver or device problem,
2) use the drivers that cam with your f700 particulary these ones, 1) video card 2) sound card (sometimes if driver is bad, it can cause these problems)
3) RAM problems, to isolate the problem, if you have the expertise take ount one ram module at a time and turn on the computer. see if these helps!

You have to download XP drivers from the manufacturer's website. This normally happens because your harware was designed for the new OS(Vista).

Just go to hp.com and search for the model of your Laptop.