Many HP Laptops have a startup problem where the machine never gets beyond the initial startup and continually restarts. The cycle lasts up to 10 or 15 seconds where the lights come on but there is no display. You may see the Hard Drive light flicker but not much happens. The machine then shuts down and immediately tries to restart again. This continues indefinitely. I have managed to get past this and my bypass/solution might work for you. If it does, please provide a response to this item so we can see if this is unique to my machine or a more general bypass. My Laptop (DV9201)
The Problem My Bypass When you start the machine, hold down the delete key as you press the power button on the machine. Keep holding the delete key until you see the initial HP Logo on the screen or until the boot fails and it shuts down. If it fails, then you need to shut it down and start over. To shut it down, hold the power button down until it shuts down and doesn't try to restart. Then start the procedure over again. In my experience, it will probably start within 5 tries but it might take more. After It Starts Since I first encountered the problem in mid-July (now it's October), I have mostly left the machine running 7/24 (without any power saving). This has kept the laptop usable even though it isn't ideal. With the alternative being to make it a door-stop, it's the much better of the two. I experimented and shut it down overnight a few times, The first few time, it restarted ok and then it went into the restart loop again so I stopped shutting it down. I had the same experience with Sleep. I can do a restart and this has worked every time so far. When there are Windows updates to be processed, it restarts the machine on its own and so far that has not been a problem. Generally, if the machine is hot, it seems to restart. It is mostly when it is allowed to get cold that the problem occurs. Your Feedback Chris Last changed: Oct 06 2009 at 10:50 PM BackComments
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