HP Pavilion zx5000 boot problem

albert001 · Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 14

I am fixing an HP Pavilion zx 5000 laptop for a coworker. Every time it boots, it displays the HP logo and then goes to a blank screen. It will sit there like that forever unless you press F1, then it boots just fine. I have formated the hard drive and re-installed Windows XP. I downloaded the bios from HP's website and flashed the bios. I also downloaded and installed all the other drivers for it. The date & time are correct in bios, so I don't think it is the CMOS battery.
Has anyone seen this? I want to fix it so she doesn't have to press F1 everytime she boots.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

goretsky · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:05 am Post subject:

Hello,

Is there any specific message which appears on the screen telling you to press the F1 key?

It may actually very well be that the battery which powers the the CMOS/RTC memory is beginning to fail. You might want to try replacing it and seeing if that makes any difference.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky