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    Notebook Meltdown

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by qsimpson, Aug 17, 2006.

  1. qsimpson

    qsimpson Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok so i followed the directions for the reinstall of the dv8000t since it seemed easy, disable SATA, install windows, then install chipset drivers which i did then i tried to update the drivers for HDD but it said they were already up to date so i reboot then enable SATA and now my notebook is ****ed i cant even go into setup it just starts, flashs blue screen real quick then tries to ask me how i would like to load into windows cuz the attempt was unsucessful and i dont think i can load from the windows cd to do a reboot what can i do? :eek:
     
    qsimpson, Aug 17, 2006
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  2. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    Reformat and start over?
     
    Lysander, Aug 17, 2006
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  3. vassil_98

    vassil_98 Notebook Deity

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    Press fast F10 when you switch on the laptop. Disable SATA support, boot Windows and search for the real SATA drivers.
    Can you enter BIOS?
     
    vassil_98, Aug 18, 2006
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