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HP All-In-One passes HP Diagnostics but wiil not start
I unherited this All-In-One unit from my uncle who passed away. I'd looked at this once before for him when it wouldn't connect to the internet with a wired connection at his house, but would connect at my house (we had different ISPs). I ultimately lent him a router, so he connected wirelessly for the rest of his life.
Anyway, now that it's mine I'm having a problem getting it to start at all. I get the Starting Windows screen and about half of one of the 4 balls, then it just freezes. If you hit Escape you're presented with a Startup screen with various options. I believe F10 is to setup the computer, F11 is for System Recovery, F9 Boot Menu, etc. Both F10 and F11 give me the same half a ball that I get on normal
startup, before freezing. F2 takes through a set of diagnostic processes - processor, hard drive, memory, SMART test. It passes every test. When I boot from a W7 disk, I get the 'press any key to boot from CD' msg, yet when I press any key, I get the 'loading files' bar which eventually fills...., then nothing.....
I tried booting from a Spotmau Bootsuite disk. I get the initial screen, but when I tab to the Bootsuite menu, I again get nothing - just a black screen.
I'm about ready to hit my inheritance with a very big hammer