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Old 02-07-2007, 21:15   #13
blazey
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Re: lap top not starting up!!!!

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp View Post
I remember someone saying about doing the same with remotes which don't work.

Pardon me for being dim but I didn't know desktops had batteries. Where are they and what do they do?
Small watch battery type thing thats held in place in two clips. You pull it out with a knife or a flat headed screw driver carefully and it resets the BIOS, so it resets your time and everything so to speak.
You shouldn't do it on a regular basis but it helps normally for bad shutdowns like the one the threads about.

I'm not just making it up, I was all prepared to send the laptop back and it just came to me. My laptop does the same thing if i shut it down badly after a crash, ie turn it off with the power button.

My boyfriend works with computers so he fixes mine all the time. Computer fixers dont tend to suggest nice easy things over the phone as they tend to charge £60 an hour typically!
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