Advent 7115 Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!!

harold112 · 09-26-2008, 05:06 PM

Hey, i tried downgrading my new advent 711 laptop from its original vista to Xp pro, i switched the laptop off during the installment as i changed my mind about changing operating systems, i think that was the turning point. When i turned it back on just the INTEL logo appeared, and appeared for a very long time, i tried doing everything, F8 and all that. Nothing happens when i switch it on just a beep and the INTEL logo shows up all daaaay.

what shall i do, is my laptop screwed

**TriggerFinger** · 09-26-2008, 06:45 PM

Use a restore/recovery CD of vista. Or you can use recovery partition of your laptop unless you have formatted the whole drive already. I think the steps for doing this is available in your laptop's user's guide.

Vora · 05-13-2009, 08:31 AM

Hi to everyone

I know the orginal posts on this thread are from last year but i'm just seeing if anyone out there might of come up with any answers.

I'm getting the exact same thing on my Advent 7115 after I tried to downgrade to XP, I formatted the main partition, but left the recovery partition intact, after I left it for a while I came back to check it out and it was stuck on the intel logo.

After checking through Google for hours I found this thread, now I figured out that the laptop isn't POSTing, when i restart the laptop and hit Del to get into the BIOS the intel logo disappears and the laptop starts to go through the POST but stops after:

PRI Master: FUJITSU (HARD DRIVE DEATAILS)
Ultra DMA Mode-5, S.M.A.R.T. Capable and Status OK

then it goes no further so I can't get into the BIOS and trying to get into the hard drive Recovery (F8 or any other F key) doesn't work or using a DVD recovery since it can't get past POST.

Plz help.

De Laurentius · 05-13-2009, 09:22 AM

First, make sure it's the "DEL" key the one that gets you into BIOS, notebooks/laptops builders have a nasty habbit of assighning another key for that (like the F1 F2... keys). Next, you should download some drivers for your AHCI/SATA HDD since win XP might have troubles "reading" your hard drive. Also you should download all the drivers needed.
Use a SP2 version. It's best to make your own WIN XP setup CD (there are some utils that can help you do that) because the brilliant minds at microsoft decided that AHCI/SATA drivers can be read only from a floppy disk, which can be a little bit incovenient using a laptop. About the recovery partition, it's a waste of your HDD space since you don't need all that preinstalled crap again, you want a fresh win.

Vora · 05-13-2009, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by De Laurentius

First, make sure it's the "DEL" key the one that gets you into BIOS, notebooks/laptops builders have a nasty habbit of assighning another key for that (like the F1 F2... keys).

Thats very true, but I did say in my original post that I hit every F key from F1-F12 and they did nothing and that was from just hitting the key once on startup to tapping it repeatedly till the laptop start to beeping telling me to stop.

Quote:

Originally Posted by De Laurentius

Next, you should download some drivers for your AHCI/SATA HDD since win XP might have troubles "reading" your hard drive. Also you should download all the drivers needed.

I have had experience with this type of thing before and it was a pain in the *** but when I used the XP install disk and it could see the SATA drive on the laptop and had no problems when it tried to format it. Also I all ready downloaded all the XP drivers for the laptop on my main PC before I started this whole adventure.

Quote:

Originally Posted by De Laurentius

Use a SP2 version. It's best to make your own WIN XP setup CD (there are some utils that can help you do that) because the brilliant minds at microsoft decided that AHCI/SATA drivers can be read only from a floppy disk, which can be a little bit incovenient using a laptop. About the recovery partition, it's a waste of your HDD space since you don't need all that preinstalled crap again, you want a fresh win.

I normally like to keep the recovery paritition just incase I want to re-install Vista at a later date, but since the Laptop can't get past POST it doesn't really matter about the Rec Par or any recovery Disks since they can't load up.

Thx for the reply

De Laurentius · 05-14-2009, 04:12 PM

It seems that your enter into BIOS is indeed "DEL", http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/laptop/7115.htm . Try a BIOS reset (CMOS) or/and remove the HDD from the machine. If lucky, you can access the BIOS without the HDD, it shouldn't be a problem.

Vora · 05-14-2009, 11:55 PM

I managed to get it all to work in the end.

It was the HDD that was the problem and after I removed it the laptop could go into BIOS but there wasn't any options that helped.

After some thinking I put the XP install disk back into the laptop, removed the HDD and when the laptop POSTed and the windows disk started up to try to install windows I re-inserted the HDD and when the setup got to the screen where you choose a location for windows the HDD was found, so I chose the HDD but never formatted it again (since I already formatted it before and it was empty) and just installed XP and it works fine now.

09-26-2008, 05:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
harold112 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 OS: VISTA	Advent 7115 Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!! Hey, i tried downgrading my new advent 711 laptop from its original vista to Xp pro, i switched the laptop off during the installment as i changed my mind about changing operating systems, i think that was the turning point. When i turned it back on just the INTEL logo appeared, and appeared for a very long time, i tried doing everything, F8 and all that. Nothing happens when i switch it on just a beep and the INTEL logo shows up all daaaay. what shall i do, is my laptop screwed

09-26-2008, 06:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
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05-13-2009, 08:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
Vora Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3 OS: Vista Premium 64 bit	Re: Advent 7115 Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!! Hi to everyone I know the orginal posts on this thread are from last year but i'm just seeing if anyone out there might of come up with any answers. I'm getting the exact same thing on my Advent 7115 after I tried to downgrade to XP, I formatted the main partition, but left the recovery partition intact, after I left it for a while I came back to check it out and it was stuck on the intel logo. After checking through Google for hours I found this thread, now I figured out that the laptop isn't POSTing, when i restart the laptop and hit Del to get into the BIOS the intel logo disappears and the laptop starts to go through the POST but stops after: PRI Master: FUJITSU (HARD DRIVE DEATAILS) Ultra DMA Mode-5, S.M.A.R.T. Capable and Status OK then it goes no further so I can't get into the BIOS and trying to get into the hard drive Recovery (F8 or any other F key) doesn't work or using a DVD recovery since it can't get past POST. Plz help.

05-13-2009, 09:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
De Laurentius Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 19 OS: Win XP Pro 5.1.2600 SP2 Build 2600	Re: Advent 7115 Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!! First, make sure it's the "DEL" key the one that gets you into BIOS, notebooks/laptops builders have a nasty habbit of assighning another key for that (like the F1 F2... keys). Next, you should download some drivers for your AHCI/SATA HDD since win XP might have troubles "reading" your hard drive. Also you should download all the drivers needed. Use a SP2 version. It's best to make your own WIN XP setup CD (there are some utils that can help you do that) because the brilliant minds at microsoft decided that AHCI/SATA drivers can be read only from a floppy disk, which can be a little bit incovenient using a laptop. About the recovery partition, it's a waste of your HDD space since you don't need all that preinstalled crap again, you want a fresh win.

05-14-2009, 04:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
De Laurentius Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 19 OS: Win XP Pro 5.1.2600 SP2 Build 2600	Re: Advent 7115 Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!! It seems that your enter into BIOS is indeed "DEL", http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/laptop/7115.htm . Try a BIOS reset (CMOS) or/and remove the HDD from the machine. If lucky, you can access the BIOS without the HDD, it shouldn't be a problem.

05-14-2009, 11:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
Vora Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3 OS: Vista Premium 64 bit	Re: Advent 7115 Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!! I managed to get it all to work in the end. It was the HDD that was the problem and after I removed it the laptop could go into BIOS but there wasn't any options that helped. After some thinking I put the XP install disk back into the laptop, removed the HDD and when the laptop POSTed and the windows disk started up to try to install windows I re-inserted the HDD and when the setup got to the screen where you choose a location for windows the HDD was found, so I chose the HDD but never formatted it again (since I already formatted it before and it was empty) and just installed XP and it works fine now.