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I have an older laptop HP Compaq 6910p which i installed windows 7 on to and for some reason the post screen sits for about 3 minutes and the same when i try to enter the bios, is there a solution to this?
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reseat the memory and reset bios
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disconnect the hard drive are we speaking of a laptop or desktop ?
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Disconnect all the power sources, remove the CMOS battery, unplug all the drives, remove the main memory and then perform the power reset
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sorry smirk24 you did say its a laptop sometimes that can happen when doing too many things one time
just to add Partha if the laptop have more then one memory install test one memory at a time
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When you enter the BIOS see if you can change boot function to 'Quick Boot'.