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    1545 logo recycles

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gordonlock, Jan 14, 2012.

  1. gordonlock

    gordonlock Newbie

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    My 1545 will not boot. the Dell logo pops up and the recycles and recycles over and over and never boots Vista I have reinstalled hard drive, power cord, battery, etc. Diagnostics using Spotmau says all passed. Any ideas? Gordonlock
     
    gordonlock, Jan 14, 2012
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Can you tell if it's even beginning to access the drive? Can you get into BIOS with F2 or the boot menu with F12?
     
    Commander Wolf, Jan 15, 2012
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    I would try hitting F8 for the Advanced Boot Options and select disable automatic restart on failure to see if you are getting a BSOD (sometimes Unmountable boot volume cycles too fast to see you are getting a BSOD).
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 15, 2012
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  4. gordonlock

    gordonlock Newbie

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    got into f2 changed boot sequence. Hdd first. still recycles got into f12 changed boot sequence Hdd first. still recycles. Cannot get into F8 at all. Bios is version A05. and I think the latest is A14. But cannot get into windows Vista to update Bios. Still Recycles. any other ideas.??
     
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  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Have you tried reinstalling the OS? If you can get into BIOS and boot menu, it sounds like you have a bad drive or a corrupt install.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jan 15, 2012
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