Foebane72
Prominent Member
I have been asked by a friend to look at his laptop which has a problem in terms of starting up.
When it is turned on, it will go into the boot screen together with a clunk from the DVD drive, the emachines logo will come up on screen together with the "Press F2 to enter Setup" caption, but then go black after five seconds with a little "dink" noise, then repeat the entire process over and over again.
In fact, I haven't been able to turn it off! I tried holding down the power button on the top left of the keyboard for about ten seconds, but that doesn't stop it.
He's asking me if it can be saved - is it just a battery thing, or could it be a virus?
When it is turned on, it will go into the boot screen together with a clunk from the DVD drive, the emachines logo will come up on screen together with the "Press F2 to enter Setup" caption, but then go black after five seconds with a little "dink" noise, then repeat the entire process over and over again.
In fact, I haven't been able to turn it off! I tried holding down the power button on the top left of the keyboard for about ten seconds, but that doesn't stop it.
He's asking me if it can be saved - is it just a battery thing, or could it be a virus?