Hi there people,
I've google'd my socks off on this one and then found this gem of a forum. Basically I have a Amilo that with the hard drive in shoulds 'Disk read error- Ctrl+Alt+Del' without the drive in I just get a black screen with a flashing white dash. The laptop will not boot to any CD (Ultimate Boot or Windows XP install disc). The key to enter the BIOS I know of (F2) does not work and no other keys will halt the logo screen and very brief flash of a POST screen (no way I could see an error on it). I can't find the CMOS battery like I would on a PC so have left it for a few hours without the battery in to see if it drains and somehow wipes the CMOS.
I was hoping someone else might have had and resolved this problem. Otherwise I'll have to write-off a year-and-a-bit old laptop because Comet didn't send any recovery discs with it (one of the conditions of them trying to fix it oddly enough )
Please help