Laptop takes forever to boot up, if at all.

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HP Pavilion dv6500

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Ty Kennington @tykennington

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Laptop takes forever to boot up, if at all.

My computer's battery has a short life span (about 30 minutes). It runs Linux Ubuntu. Sometimes, when I try booting, the screen stays black even though the power light is on. Sometimes it works fine. Now, it will show the manufacturer's logo like normal, and go the the screen with nothing but a white flashing underscore. The keyboard won't let me do anything. Sometimes, if I wait long enough, 7 or eight minutes, it will finally boot. Could this be linked to the broken battery? Could anyone give me a clue as to what is going on?

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Ty, have you tried one of the LIVE CD's to see if it starts right up. I believe that you are looking at a booting error, difficult locating files from the OS. Check your BIOS and see if your HDD is recognized and you may try the safe boot option or default boot option from within your BIOS.

1 de dez de 2011 por oldturkey03

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Ty, have you tried one of the LIVE CD's to see if it starts right up. I believe that you are looking at a booting error, difficult locating files from the OS. Check your BIOS and see if your HDD is recognized and you may try the safe boot option or default boot option from within your BIOS. — oldturkey03

Nate @nate49378 Rep: 745 5 · Answer 1 · 2011-12-02T00:14:50-07:00

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When you move the lcd screen open and closed (toward you and away from you) does it change anything? Does the screen flicker? Could be a bad cable connection.

Also, are you dual booting and use windows of some kind with ubuntu? Master Boot Record corruption is fun with windows virii and not fun to fix but easy with hiren's.

Another idea would be to repair your version of ubuntu using the live cd or usb stick.

Also, does this happen while it's plugged into a power source rather than the battery? Have you taken the battery out and plugged it into the wall and gotten the same results?

Last thing, there's a package available which allows you to clean up your grub screen. I would get rid of any kernels not currently in use from the grub screen if you can access it, that is.

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