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Thread ID: 107407 2010-02-14 23:08:00 wont boot NZHawk (4093) Press F1
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858566 2010-02-15 02:06:00 Are there any lights showing?
Can you hear the hard drive wind up?
Driftwood (5551)
858567 2010-02-15 02:11:00 Power light, on off button, wifi

the hdd lite blinks on then off and then I can hear the dvd drive trying to be accessed.
NZHawk (4093)
858568 2010-02-15 04:11:00 Got given a Presario couple of years back, can't remember the model.
Had been condemed by a repairer somewhere. Was doing something similar to what you describe. I dismantled it completely, cleaned all the dust out & re-seated everything. Re-assembled it & what do you know, it went perfectly. I did notice the heatsink wasn't sealed to the CPU, but that was all I found.
Driftwood (5551)
858569 2010-02-15 08:16:00 Can it access the recovey partition, Try pressing F11 during boot, after first turning computer on. (Caution, using the recovey image will wipe your hard drive)

Otherwise you could try a boot CD, or Vista Recovery CD .

Failing that is it still under warranty?
radium (8645)
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