Posted on Mar 23, 2009

Laptop A3 not booting up

When I start my laptop,it prompts me all the time to press F2 for setup and F12 for the booting up.I wonder if I press any of the two keys it should open up as it prompts me to do.When I press the F2 or F12 laptop doesnt do any thing.What should be the probable cause of this?

Anonymous May 11, 2010

Your computer will not boot to windows at all? Are you getting any error messages or notifications of any kind?

When trying to get into BIOS or the startup menu, are you pressing the keys quickly, while the instructions are still on the screen?

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Gerald Taber

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Posted on Mar 23, 2009

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Sounds like your hard drive is not booting and that your keyboard isn't responding to your pressing F2 and F12. If you can locate a USB external keyboard or if you have a round PS2 port for an external keyboard/mouse - plug into the laptop with that then press F12 while the computer is booting, press it a few times to be sure you get it in the buffer - then the boot manager should show up. If it does, choose to boot the Hard Drive if available - same with pressing F2 - Setup or Bios CMOS Settings should be displayed, here you can try to boot from the Hard Drive or Check to see if the hard drive is being recognized or not.

You may need a new keyboard if your laptop keyboard doesn't get you into either menu, and to either make sure your hard drive is responding and can be set to be the default boot device.

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