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Ctrl alt + delete just shuts it down and it starts all over butbill try the f8 thing

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by kayleigh.

Ctrl alt + delete just shuts it down and it starts all over butbill try the f8 thing

Yea, that's the idea. You have to reboot, aka shut it down and start all over, to do the F2/F6/F8/F12 thing. It's just easier than turning the power off and then on again.

But yea, try all the different Fkeys until you get to the menu that lets you boot into safe mode.

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Tried F6 F8 F10 none of them work.

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Ah right I'll try every key!

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by kayleigh.

Ah right I'll try every key!

If not worky, tell me the model of your computer and I'll google it to find out the right key.
Remember, you have to press the **** out of it... like a bazillion times... right when it turns on.. forever... Because it's like a very short time window for you to press it.

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Still... Nothing

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It's a fujitsu amilo model XY682

need to know anymore? And yeah I caught the little window

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by kayleigh.

It's a fujitsu amilo model XY682

need to know anymore? And yeah I caught the little window

Well, I'm sorry to be the one to have to tell you this... but your computer might be a piece of garbage. After looking around for Fujitsu Amilo support (which I've never even heard of before this) without luck, I stumbled upon their forums and discovered that A LOT of people are having the same problem with the X series and none of them have had their problems fixed. The whole not-booting thing.
The most educated analysis offered faults the motherboard.

Apparently they use inferior products in their computers and they install the cheapest parts available... in the case of a motherboard, it's kind of important that it's not crap.

If I were you, I'd send it back if it's under warranty and have them replace the motherboard. If it's not, you can maybe bring it to a shop and have them replace the motherboard but it will cost you.

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Awn naw it should be under warranty as it's only 9months or so. /officially depressed.



How does this happen?

[Freebase Dali]

Well, if components on a motherboard are faulty or aren't designed to last (this is especially an issue with people who like to put their laptops on their bed and its underside ventilation is muffled up by blankets and stuff starts overheating on the motherboard and after a while, it just dies...) or are abused, then all it takes is one little issue to bring it all down.

While certain components on a motherboard are replaceable/fixable, you'd need someone experienced and you'd pay. Best thing is to send it in under warranty and have them fix it for free.
If you quietly and knowingly put your laptop on your bed and the poor thing has been suffocating all this time, then don't do that anymore you evil woman!