Medion Akoya E5211 won't boot up or go into BIOS

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Published on 2011-06-14T20:13:07Z Indexed on 2012/06/25 15:18 UTC
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My Medion Akoya kept getting a blue screen and shutting down. Now when I try and restart the laptop, I just get a blank screen with a flashing _ in the top left corner.

It doesnt beep when turned on – only if I press buttons. It doesn't give me the option to start BIOS or set up.

I have tried pressing F8, F12, F2 and F3 but still nothing happens. It just goes to the the black screen with the flashing _

It is running Windows Visa Home Basic.

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