Bootup stops at logo screen

I only see the Hp logo on bootup, it never goes beyond that. I can't get
into BIOS.

I booted up and alternately pressed F1 and Del, no effect. I booted up
with a W98 boot disk, no effect. When it's running, the power switch has no
effect, have to pull the plug.

It did work Ok. I uninstalled Avast AV, shut down normally. (BTW, shutdown
should have sufficed for reboot after uninstall of AV). The case was not
bumped, dropped, etc. Two days later, I booted up- and its been
like the above ever since.

In another thread, Ben advised check the hard drive cable. I opened the
case yesterday, the cables to the hard drive look tight.

Advice?

ms

"ms" wrote in message
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I only see the Hp logo on bootup, it never goes beyond that. I can't get
into BIOS.

What do you see before the manufacturer's logo?
Usually you see a few lines about BIOS first
(because BIOS controls whether the mfr logo
displays or not.) These lines identify the break
key to get access to BIOS menus.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Don Phillipson" wrote in news:#
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"ms" wrote in message
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I only see the Hp logo on bootup, it never goes beyond that. I can't get
into BIOS.

What do you see before the manufacturer's logo?
Usually you see a few lines about BIOS first
(because BIOS controls whether the mfr logo
displays or not.) These lines identify the break
key to get access to BIOS menus.

The first (and last) thing I see is the logo screen, no black bios screen
at all.

ms

"ms" wrote in message ...
"Don Phillipson" wrote in news:#
:

"ms" wrote in message
...

I only see the Hp logo on bootup, it never goes beyond that. I can't get
into BIOS.

What do you see before the manufacturer's logo?
Usually you see a few lines about BIOS first
(because BIOS controls whether the mfr logo
displays or not.) These lines identify the break
key to get access to BIOS menus.

The first (and last) thing I see is the logo screen, no black bios screen
at all.

A lot of big OEMs hide the BIOS post screen with the logo. It's a
"feature" of the BIOS. Some BIOSs have an option to disable the
splash. Some don't. You'll have to tap the required key while the
splash/logo is up.

Try tapping F10 repeatedly when the logo appears.

Ben

"ms" wrote in message ...
I only see the Hp logo on bootup, it never goes beyond that. I can't get
into BIOS.

I booted up and alternately pressed F1 and Del, no effect. I booted up
with a W98 boot disk, no effect. When it's running, the power switch has no
effect, have to pull the plug.

It did work Ok. I uninstalled Avast AV, shut down normally. (BTW, shutdown
should have sufficed for reboot after uninstall of AV). The case was not
bumped, dropped, etc. Two days later, I booted up- and its been
like the above ever since.

In another thread, Ben advised check the hard drive cable. I opened the
case yesterday, the cables to the hard drive look tight.

Advice?

ms

ms wrote:
| "Don Phillipson" wrote in news:#
| :
|
| "ms" wrote in message
| ...
|
| I only see the Hp logo on bootup, it never goes beyond that. I
| can't get into BIOS.
|
| What do you see before the manufacturer's logo?
| Usually you see a few lines about BIOS first
| (because BIOS controls whether the mfr logo
| displays or not.) These lines identify the break
| key to get access to BIOS menus.
|
| The first (and last) thing I see is the logo screen, no black bios
| screen at all.

You must press a key at boot to enter BIOS Setup. If you don't know the
key to press, try "Esc" at the manufacturer's logo (as glee once said).
Then, the key to
press to enter BIOS setup will show up. Quickly press it. For this
Compaq, it is F10.

In BIOS, use TAB & the arrow keys to navigate, & ENTER to select. (Well,
there may be a legend showing your keys are different.)

While in there, you'd better go through all the menus & jot down the
settings. If they are not set to defaults, and somehow, someday, they
are cleared, all these settings will have to be input again.

......Quote of Candlin about...............
......keystrokes to get to BIOS Setup....
Usually DEL, but F1, F2, F10 are also common.

Other keystrokes which might work a

AMI BIOS: Del key during the POST
DTK BIOS: Esc key during the POST
Award BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc
Misc BIOS: Ctrl-Esc
Phoenix BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc or Ctrl-Alt-S
IBM PS/2 BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Ins after Ctrl-Alt-Del

If all else fails, shut down, power off, unplug the keyboard,
and power up again, as some older systems will default
to the CMOS Setup if a keyboard is not found.
.......End of Quote............................

ms wrote in :

I only see the Hp logo on bootup, it never goes beyond that. I can't
get into BIOS.

I booted up and alternately pressed F1 and Del, no effect. I booted up
with a W98 boot disk, no effect. When it's running, the power switch
has no effect, have to pull the plug.

It did work Ok. I uninstalled Avast AV, shut down normally. (BTW,
shutdown should have sufficed for reboot after uninstall of AV). The
case was not bumped, dropped, etc. Two days later, I booted up- and
its been like the above ever since.

In another thread, Ben advised check the hard drive cable. I opened
the case yesterday, the cables to the hard drive look tight.

Advice?

ms

Thanks to all, it will be a few days as I'm now working on my other
machine in another thread now. It's a lot closer to working.

ms

"PCR" wrote in news:#cKPuyrTHHA.2124
@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

ms wrote:
| "Don Phillipson" wrote in news:#
| :
|
| "ms" wrote in message
| ...
|
| I only see the Hp logo on bootup, it never goes beyond that. I
| can't get into BIOS.
|
| What do you see before the manufacturer's logo?
| Usually you see a few lines about BIOS first
| (because BIOS controls whether the mfr logo
| displays or not.) These lines identify the break
| key to get access to BIOS menus.
|
| The first (and last) thing I see is the logo screen, no black bios
| screen at all.

You must press a key at boot to enter BIOS Setup. If you don't know the
key to press, try "Esc" at the manufacturer's logo (as glee once said).
Then, the key to
press to enter BIOS setup will show up. Quickly press it. For this
Compaq, it is F10.

In BIOS, use TAB & the arrow keys to navigate, & ENTER to select.
(Well,
there may be a legend showing your keys are different.)

While in there, you'd better go through all the menus & jot down the
settings. If they are not set to defaults, and somehow, someday, they
are cleared, all these settings will have to be input again.

.....Quote of Candlin about...............
.....keystrokes to get to BIOS Setup....
Usually DEL, but F1, F2, F10 are also common.

Other keystrokes which might work a

AMI BIOS: Del key during the POST
DTK BIOS: Esc key during the POST
Award BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc
Misc BIOS: Ctrl-Esc
Phoenix BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc or Ctrl-Alt-S
IBM PS/2 BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Ins after Ctrl-Alt-Del

If all else fails, shut down, power off, unplug the keyboard,
and power up again, as some older systems will default
to the CMOS Setup if a keyboard is not found.
......End of Quote............................


Thanks, PCR for the data, I save this kind of info, there's always a next
time.

ms

ms wrote:
| "PCR" wrote in news:#cKPuyrTHHA.2124
| @TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:
|
| ms wrote:
|| "Don Phillipson" wrote in news:#
|| :
||
|| "ms" wrote in message
|| ...
||
|| I only see the Hp logo on bootup, it never goes beyond that. I
|| can't get into BIOS.
||
|| What do you see before the manufacturer's logo?
|| Usually you see a few lines about BIOS first
|| (because BIOS controls whether the mfr logo
|| displays or not.) These lines identify the break
|| key to get access to BIOS menus.
||
|| The first (and last) thing I see is the logo screen, no black bios
|| screen at all.
|
| You must press a key at boot to enter BIOS Setup. If you don't know
| the key to press, try "Esc" at the manufacturer's logo (as glee once
| said). Then, the key to
| press to enter BIOS setup will show up. Quickly press it. For this
| Compaq, it is F10.
|
| In BIOS, use TAB & the arrow keys to navigate, & ENTER to select.
| (Well, there may be a legend showing your keys are different.)
|
| While in there, you'd better go through all the menus & jot down the
| settings. If they are not set to defaults, and somehow, someday, they
| are cleared, all these settings will have to be input again.
|
| .....Quote of Candlin about...............
| .....keystrokes to get to BIOS Setup....
| Usually DEL, but F1, F2, F10 are also common.
|
| Other keystrokes which might work a
|
| AMI BIOS: Del key during the POST
| DTK BIOS: Esc key during the POST
| Award BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc
| Misc BIOS: Ctrl-Esc
| Phoenix BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Esc or Ctrl-Alt-S
| IBM PS/2 BIOS: Ctrl-Alt-Ins after Ctrl-Alt-Del
|
| If all else fails, shut down, power off, unplug the keyboard,
| and power up again, as some older systems will default
| to the CMOS Setup if a keyboard is not found.
| ......End of Quote............................
|
|
| Thanks, PCR for the data, I save this kind of info, there's always a
| next time.
|
| ms

You are welcome. I hope it proves to be useful some day. Otherwise, it's
Candlin to blame! Or glee!