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    cf-29 mk2 wont boot to bios

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by jake313, Mar 19, 2010.

  1. jake313

    jake313 Newbie

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    i used the tough book daily. one day i used it till battery shutdown, now it wont boot.I dont even get to the bios, and nothing on screen.
    can anyone help??????
    jake
     
    jake313, Mar 19, 2010
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  2. TBtech29

    TBtech29 Notebook Evangelist

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    Is the laptop plugged in and does the charging/power lights come on?
     
    TBtech29, Mar 19, 2010
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  3. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    Jake,

    Welcome to the forum. The first thing I would try is to remove the battery and AC adapter... Let it discharge... Then hook everything back up and try it out.

    Keep us posted... We'll get this handled...
     
    Toughbook, Mar 19, 2010
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    Remove the extra ram(removable) it maybe faulty now. If it does faulty the unit will not boot to any from bios to OS.


    ohlip
     
    ohlip, Mar 19, 2010
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    the charging and power lights light up, i will try removing the ram, very thank full for this site and your help, will keep you posted
     
    jake313, Mar 20, 2010
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    put everything together and fired it up, could get to bios, seemed stuck on that page.pressed f2 and nothing happened, will try again later
     
    jake313, Mar 20, 2010
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  7. TBtech29

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    try removing your hard drive and accessing bios, A defective hard drive will cause LONG wait times to access bios due to the laptop trying to read the hard drive info
     
    TBtech29, Mar 20, 2010
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    Yeah, while you're at it, remove the CDD/FDD caddy as well. Who knows...
     
    ToughNut, Mar 21, 2010
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    thanks guy will try that
     
    jake313, Mar 21, 2010
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    well so far with every thing removed still stuck at panasonic page
     
    jake313, Mar 21, 2010
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    how long did you let it set?
     
    TBtech29, Mar 21, 2010
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    no luck so far
     
    jake313, Mar 23, 2010
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  13. Toughbook

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    Okay.... You said at one point that you can get into the BIOS... That requires pressing F2 at boot. Can you get into it or can't you? Your post was confusing. Thsi needs to be answered first.
     
    Toughbook, Mar 23, 2010
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