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    Toshiba 1800 - can't go in BIOS

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by s_scat, Jul 6, 2008.

  1. s_scat

    s_scat Newbie

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    Hello,

    I have two problems:

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    I have this laptop and I'm trying to go in BIOS and I can't. The only thing I can do is to push F2 on black screen for chosing booting device.
    If not, in 2 seconds its appear a blinking pointer on upper left side and I cannot do anything more, only CTRL+ALT+DEL.
    I downloaded the right application for re-writing BIOS (F 12 + power button) and didn't work.

    2.
    DVD-rom's LED is permanently solid light on when its pushed-in (doesn't matter if it is in a cd or not) and the LED is off when I pull-it out.
    When I chose to boot from CD-rom doesn't work.

    Any idea ?

    thank you
     
    s_scat, Jul 6, 2008
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  2. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    try ecs or f1
     
    andyasselin, Jul 6, 2008
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  3. NAS Ghost

    NAS Ghost Notebook Deity

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    Also try F10 and the delete key.
     
    NAS Ghost, Jul 6, 2008
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  4. ibycus

    ibycus Newbie

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    Does the drive work? If not, that would explain why you can't boot from it..
     
    ibycus, Jul 7, 2008
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  5. s_scat

    s_scat Newbie

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    ESC+F1 it works ... thank you :)
    Now it remains the other problem, CD-rom
    I want to install windows and I can't. I have to install over the network I think ...
     
    s_scat, Jul 7, 2008
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