Advent t9610 My Advent T9610 powers on, beeps and the monitor only shows "TAB for POST screen, DEL to enter SETUP, ESC to enter BOOT". I press ESC and nothing happens. Might be the Video Adapter, not sure. Can you help?

The BIOS information is typically found at or near the top of the POST screen for a very short time

ALR PC non / PCI =CTRL+ALT+ESC

AMD advanced micro devices=BIOS = DEL

Award BIOS = DEL

Dtk Datatech Enterprises Co. BIOS = ESC

Phoenix BIOS = CTRL+ALT+S

Phoenix BIOS = CTRL+ALT+INS

Restart your computer
during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key usually Delete or F2 to enter setup
this will differ depending on which bios you have

Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS
if you have changed any of the BIOS settings by mistake

you can load failsafe or optimised defaultsusing the arrow keys you can after you make any changes in BIOS press Esc then press the F10 button save to cmos to restart

CMOS is an on-board semiconductor chip powered by a CMOS battery inside computers that stores information such as the system time and date and the system hardware settings for your computer..

this will reset your cmos

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Restart your computer During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup usually the Delete or F2 key this will vary depending on your computer and operating system Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS using the arrow keys load failsafe defaults or load optimized defaults press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart This will set the boot order If this fails you might try some of these Acer: - Ctrl+Alt+Esc

ALR PC: (F2) or (Ctrl)(Alt)Esc)

AMI BIOS: (Del), (F1) or (F2)

AST, Advantage, Award, Tandon: - Ctrl + Alt + Esc

Award BIOS: (Del) or (Ctrl)(Alt)(Esc)

Hi,

You have a T9680, but you want the manual for a T9610.

There two defferent models from the same series of radios, just the T9680 is a much latter version.

Anyway, anyone reading this post help a friend out by posting a link to the download site, we would both be thankful.

Cheers,
Peter

The BIOS information is typically found at or near the top of the POST screen

ALR PC non / PCI = CTRL+ALT+ESC

AMD advanced micro devices=BIOS = DEL

Award BIOS = DEL

Dtk Datatech Enterprises Co. BIOS = ESC

Phoenix BIOS = CTRL+ALT+S

Phoenix BIOS = CTRL+ALT+INS

Restart your computer

during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key usually delete or F2 to enter setup
this will differ depending on which bios you have

Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS

if you have changed any of the BIOS settings by mistake

you can load failsafe or optimised defaults using the arrow keys you can after you make any changes in BIOS press Esc then press the F10 button save to cmos to restart

hope this helps

Hi,

You should be able to recover the operating system from the hidden partition on the hard drive.

1. When the PC starts you will see a menu for two seconds. Press the UP or DOWN arrow and this will pause the menu and allow you to choose an option.
2. Highlight The TechGuys Recovery and press the Enter key.
3. This will load into the recovery program.
4. Select Reinstall Windows by clicking on the circle to the left.
5. Click the right arrow.
6. Put a tick in the box next to Start Full Destructive Recovery.
7. Click the right arrow to start Recovery.
8. When Recovery has completed, click the right arrow to restart the system.
9. Your computer will then return you to its initial out-of-box experience.

Note - The data on your hard drive will be permanently deleted. Please save all important files and documents to an external device before you begin. This includes your emails, Works/Office documents, internet favourites, music, photos and videos files.
Setting the boot priority
In order to boot from a USB memory stick (pen drive) or SD card, your computer must have the correct boot priority. To check this is set correctly, follow the steps below:

1. Power down your PC for a few seconds, then power it up again and tap the DEL key several times as it loads. This will display a grey screen with blue title bar saying Aptio Setup Utility.
2. Press the right-arrow key on the keyboard until Boot is highlighted.
3. Highlight Boot Option #1. Press ENTER.
4. Select USB HardDisk from the list and press ENTER.
5. Highlight Boot Option #2. Press ENTER.
6. Select Hard Disk from the list and press ENTER.
7. Press the right-arrow key on the keyboard until Save & Exit is highlighted.
8. Insert the Recovery Backup media and press ENTER.

Note: The System Recovery utility will reinstall all hardware and software supplied with your Advent Netbook. However, you will need to reinstall any additional software and hardware that you may have added. Please refer to the documentation supplied with those products for further help.
Recovering from a USB memory stick (pen drive) / SD card

1. With your USB memory stick or SD card inserted, reboot your computer. This will load into the recovery program.
2. Select Reinstall Windows by clicking on the circle to the left.
3. Click the right arrow.
4. Put a tick in the box next to Start Full Destructive Recovery.
5. Click the right arrow to start Recovery.
6. When Recovery has completed, remove the Recovery Backup media and click the right arrow to restart the system.
7. Your computer will then return you to the initial Windows out-of-box experience setup screens.

Good luck.

I'm running into the exact same issue. Were you able to resolve the situation?
Fatima

Delete key takes you into the BIOS Setting Setup that should be avoided if not sure of what it is all about, THOUGH it would be Ok to choose Load Default (Safe) Settings and then save and Exit (F10)? and Y or something like that.

F11 is a shortcut to a setting within BIOS Setup, it lets you choose Boot Device from List, normally you would try the Hard drive , as it is there that you want Windows to Load from unless of course you are trying to boot from a Windows CD/DVD then you would choose the CD or DVD from List....good luck

your RAM needs to replaced....

This machine is one of the first "legacy free" models which means there are no BIOS options to change. All settings and resources must be assigned by the OS.
For details, please check the "legacy free" FAQ on MS Knowledge base.
If you are trying to access the BIOS to change boot order so that you can boot from a CD, hold down the 'c' key during POST/boot. This will case your laptop to boot from CD-ROM.