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[CrankyOldBugger]

And with a nod to the computer gods...

On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 at 10:18 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks, A friend had this happen to him so he said remove the battery
> and reinstall it and VOILA! it all works ok.I guess it must have been stuck
> in a situation where I could not get access to the BIOS, I'll leave that to
> the experts.I hope this will help someone in the same situation. Thanks for
> all your inputs.
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:05 PM, allan kelly <wrikent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> UEFI boot maybe ???
>>
>> AK
>> On Apr 26, 2016 8:24 PM, "Raymond House" <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> High CrankyOldBugger, It does not boot at all,I hear the click and the
>>> fan starting up and the LED on the start button is on and then the fan goes
>>> full speed and that,s it! I have to hold the start button down for a while
>>> to turn it off.
>>> On Apr 26, 2016 7:17 PM, "CrankyOldBugger" <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Raymond, try booting it up normal, as far as you can go, then once
>>>> you're sure it's done booting hit Ctrl-Alt-F2 all at once and see if you
>>>> get a login prompt.  If so, then we know it's driver issues on the GUI side
>>>> of things.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 at 19:03 Roscoe <iankross at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That's about the time I would go and buy another computer! See, I told
>>>>> you I was no expert. Now you have to listen to the real experts!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, 26 April 2016, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Roscoe, I have 14.04 live CD and I tried it but nothing happens no
>>>>>> booting, no display.Also tried 14.04 USB 64bit memory stick with the same
>>>>>> results.
>>>>>> On Apr 26, 2016 6:51 PM, "Roscoe" <iankross at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey Raymond:
>>>>>>> As a user of Ubuntu as a daily driver since the first version, I
>>>>>>> have noticed that over the years that some versions install with some
>>>>>>> difficulty. As I am no Comp-Sci dude, I usually just reinstalled (maybe
>>>>>>> even a couple of times) and it usually installed no prob.
>>>>>>> I am big proponent of *patience is a virtue* but I don't have any,
>>>>>>> so installs and re-installs are usually what I revert to.
>>>>>>> Give it a try!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all, I installed Ubuntu 16.04 from a live CD on my laptop and
>>>>>>>> now I can't boot up.I can hear the fan going into high speed but that,s
>>>>>>>> all, no display.I have to force it off.How can I restore the laptop? Thank
>>>>>>>> you.
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