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    turning on a 2530p

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by ARom, Oct 1, 2011.

  1. ARom

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    Am I doing something wrong when turning on an hp 2530p? I press the "power" (on) button and a get a grey screen, so I have to press it to turn it off, then press it again and then it goes into windows...
     
    ARom, Oct 1, 2011
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    Try setting your bios to defaults and try again. It should bootup to Windows7 on first press of the power (on) button.
     
    User Retired 2, Oct 2, 2011
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    it was windows vista business so I downgraded to xp pro sp3.
     
    ARom, Oct 4, 2011
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    Does it go to a gray screen immediately after you turn it on? If that's the case, you may have a serious hardware failure. Have you tried turning it on with an external monitor connected and the lid closed?
     
    Teraforce, Oct 12, 2011
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    Yes, it goes to a gray screen immediately after turning on. This has been happening for 8 months now and I haven't been able to fix it.
     
    ARom, May 22, 2012
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    Do you know how I can reset the bios to defaults?
     
    ARom, May 22, 2012
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    go into BIOS and there must be some option like 'Restore system defaults'
     
    Sebl, May 22, 2012
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    I went into the BIOS and restored to system defaults but this has not fixed the problem. It still goes into a grey screen on every other boot requiring me to turn it off and on again to get into windows xp.
     
    ARom, May 22, 2012
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