Hello
I have a DELL inspiron 5160 notebook
P4 HT 3.02ghz, 512MB, 40GB
I tried turning it on this morning, and all it does is shows the dell splash screen in the center which loads a bar (I assume its running its POST) it gets 3/4 way through it and restarts over and over again.
It wont let me get into the BIOS either.
I tried removing each hardware @ a time, no luck..I am currently at a point where I only have the MB+RAM+LCD connected and I still get the same problem.
When I removed the RAM, I did not get any BEEPS

Any help will be gladly appreciated

Thank you
Abdul R Shaikh

Here is a Dell page for your model:

http://support.dell.com/support/topi...=us&l=en&s=gen

Have you tried contacting them?

My only ideas would be removing the battery and run straight off the AC adapter.

Some models have a variety of Hotkey options.

I'd try all your Hotkeys: F1; F2; F3; etc.

Some also use a combination of say Ctrl+F11 etc.

The object of these keys is to access a total recovery procedure.

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