Solved! general dynamics laptop loading for days

[shaz27]

i bought a laptop from an auction untested couldn’t get the screen to to turn on as the ram was bad , swapped it over for the same one but then i got loading... with a blue screen, the model is blb3 which i think is exper karizma , i cant find any english models , the motherboard has a sticker insyde h20 , 2010 , i can not enter the bios or any settings, i’ve tried every combination of keys but still nothing , i don’t know the op system or anything else, the hdd spins and sounds as if it’s working , any suggestions would be helpful

 

[helpstar]

remove the HDD and try booting with an USB flash drive with Ubuntu or similar on it

pressing F1 should be the key to enter BIOS

 

[shaz27]

f1 does not open the bios or any other sequence , i’ve just downloaded ubuntu on a flash drive still the same , light blue screen with loading ... in capital letters

 

[helpstar]

remove the BIOS battery for a while and plug it in again

eventually replace the BIOS battery

which RAM did you install exactly? try one stick