<div dir="ltr">And with a nod to the computer gods...</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 at 10:18 Raymond House <<a href="mailto:raymondh40@gmail.com">raymondh40@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">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.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:05 PM, allan kelly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wrikent@gmail.com" target="_blank">wrikent@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">UEFI boot maybe ???</p><span><font color="#888888">
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 26, 2016 8:24 PM, "Raymond House" <<a href="mailto:raymondh40@gmail.com" target="_blank">raymondh40@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 26, 2016 7:17 PM, "CrankyOldBugger" <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 at 19:03 Roscoe <<a href="mailto:iankross@gmail.com" target="_blank">iankross@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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!<span></span><br><br>On Tuesday, 26 April 2016, Raymond House <<a href="mailto:raymondh40@gmail.com" target="_blank">raymondh40@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 26, 2016 6:51 PM, "Roscoe" <<a>iankross@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hey Raymond:<div>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.</div><div>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.</div><div>Give it a try!</div><div><br></div><div>Ian </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Raymond House <span dir="ltr"><<a>raymondh40@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">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.</p>
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