sounds like she's not even getting that far is the problem, she needs to get into the boot menu first to be able to adjust settings

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That wasn't a U-turn! It was two consecutive right hand turns.

hit it
swear at it
pour water on it

this way at least you'll know what's wrong with it

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That wasn't a U-turn! It was two consecutive right hand turns.

Everything I do (start in safe mode, launch last good start up config) etc leads back to the same error message and then subsequent blank screen.

My laptop battery has been running on empty since boxing day, could it possibly be a fried motherboard?

I've got contents insurance claim it on that

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My advice was because I saw this posted, but then it was edited I guess

wawa has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - Laptop failing to start up - in the Non-WRX Discussion forum of Perth-WRX.com.

This thread is located at:
http://www.perth-wrx.com/vb/showthre...4&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:
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F8 has down the trick. Now what?

OK Just for shits and giggles, pull out your laptop battery, leave it out and start the computer with the charger plugged in.

I have seen fucked batteries do weird shit with bootup in the past.

Removed the battery about an hour ago. Startup repair has finally launched and diagnosis says

Root cause found:
Unspecified changes to system configuration might have caused the problem.

Repair action: system files integrity check and repair.
Result: failed. Error code = 0x570
Time taken = 277011 ms

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all good, i missed that post, sorry mate

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That wasn't a U-turn! It was two consecutive right hand turns.

No dramas


Anyway I just googled that error code.

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Error+code+=+0x570&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

If you feel comfortable, backup your data and rebuild the OS.

I now have the following options.

1 start up recovery
2 system restore
3 windows complete pc restore
4 windows memory diagnostic tool
5 command prompt
6 Dell factory image restore

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Go for option 6 but like I said, have a backup as it will delete all data and applications.