# Who here knows laptops well?

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**Created:** [April 22, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-here-knows-laptops-well/251690 "2010-04-22T20:37:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-here-knows-laptops-well/251690/13 "2010-04-23T11:31:16Z")

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> [@F&CK Buffalo and all the H8TERS](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-ck-buffalo-and-all-the-h8ters/31310/106):
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> F2 is the hotkey for BIOS on this machine ^
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> BIOS on that specific machine is not going to do anything for him, I have worked on a few of these. They have VERY limited abilities in that BIOS.
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> **As far as updating it goes, if the computer is shutting down after 5-30 seconds that will not be possible.**
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> The RAM idea is possible and I will add to that by asking you to remove all the RAM then trying to boot the machine. If you don’t get any beeps then your system is shot. It is either the mobo or CPU at that point if you want to test it quick.

From his post it sounds like sometimes it will stay on for a bit, and if he has another computer he can get the update from dell and transfer it.

Also while its rare I have had a dell laptop with a similar issue work perfectly fine after updating the bios.

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