Right then. Yesterday i recieved an Acer TM 8204Wlmi (
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1907007,00.asp) off my insurance company for my old laptop the 8104Wlmi which got robbed in the verdon.
After loading on windows, (with a legit Acer copy aswell)updating, and loading the drivers and then the smartcard security the machine reboted and now all i have is a machine which turns on, starts bios, recognises the Hard Disk in Bios, goes to the smart card verification, succeeds and then sits on a blank screen with a blinking white cursor at the top left corner. I can't access the BIOS itself via F2 or and boot options whatsoever, it tells me its opening options but then goes into smart card verification instead, there are no error beeps or such like. I've removed the hard disk and tried to boot with just a windows disk in but its the same story. I get the feeling it the BIOS may need resetting by way of motherboard battery removal but am not all to happy about doing it on a notbeook or on a day old one for that.
Before i spend my life waiting for acer to pick up the phone abnd inevitably open the laptop up anyway does anyone have any bright idea as to what it might be and save me hours?
Thanks in advance
