My Amilo D 8830, with XP Home edition SP2, stopped working one week after the 3 year guarantee and suppport deal was ended.
This happens at start:
The screen where I can choose Bios and Boot setup is shown.
Then a message in white on black screen says that something is wrong, either machine or programme. The message tells me to choose between several options but none of them work, not failsafe, not last running configuration or any other.
Then the XP loading window is shown and one can watch the blue things streamin from left to right. After some time, approximately the same time as when the laptop worked properly, when the Welcome to XP window should be visible the screen goes blank and the fan slows down and then nothing happens except for the HDD LED which continues to flash for a short time before it goes out. The battery/power indicator on the right hand side is still on.
I wanted to follow the advice to go into BIOS at startup and load Setup Defaults but could not find it in BIOS. The only somewhat similar I found was Load Optimal Defaults under the Exit menu.
Is that what I should do or does the Setup Defaults hide itself under any other menu?
Grateful for help!