1545 logo recycles

gordonlock · 01-14-2012, 04:27 PM

My 1545 will not boot. the Dell logo pops up and the recycles and recycles over and over and never boots Vista I have reinstalled hard drive, power cord, battery, etc. Diagnostics using Spotmau says all passed. Any ideas? Gordonlock

Commander Wolf · 01-15-2012, 02:57 AM

Can you tell if it's even beginning to access the drive? Can you get into BIOS with F2 or the boot menu with F12?

Tsunade_Hime · 01-15-2012, 03:21 AM

I would try hitting F8 for the Advanced Boot Options and select disable automatic restart on failure to see if you are getting a BSOD (sometimes Unmountable boot volume cycles too fast to see you are getting a BSOD).

gordonlock · 01-15-2012, 12:38 PM

got into f2 changed boot sequence. Hdd first. still recycles got into f12 changed boot sequence Hdd first. still recycles. Cannot get into F8 at all. Bios is version A05. and I think the latest is A14. But cannot get into windows Vista to update Bios. Still Recycles. any other ideas.??

Commander Wolf · 01-15-2012, 01:57 PM

Have you tried reinstalling the OS? If you can get into BIOS and boot menu, it sounds like you have a bad drive or a corrupt install.