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Thanks again. I'll go with that as a solution then.

Thanks. Guess I have not made the issue clear though. It is not a program trying to load. The bios does not boot when the hdd is installed. But it gets on fine with the hdd removed. I see this as very weird. I am not too familiar with laptops, but I have been messing with desktop hardware...

Laptop gets no further than start screen when hdd installed. no beep. Take it out, and I can reach the bios ok. hard drive itself seems fine when I put it in my desktop; all files present and correct. Don't have another 2.5in to test the laptop with. Question. Is this likely a laptop mainboard...

Huh. Thanks for that. I thought this was all to do with the onboard graphics. And I thought it must be a specific problem to my unit as there were so very few results when I googled. I guess hardly anyone who uses a netbook bothers about whether the deluxe screensavers work or not!

Just acquired a Samsung NC10. It can't run any of the 3D screensavers which does not seem right. The error message is "Could not find any compatible direct3d devices". I have replaced microsoft drivers with intel drivers installed after using the intel discovery software. I have installed the...