Lappy booting by calender

[netbanshee]

I'm reposting this question in the correct category this time.

I have an old Dell Latitude D610 with ati x300 video. It's been getting slower at loading from bios on. I've already tested/replaced memory, removed all removable hardware and tried to boot to bios with no improvement. I did get it going for a while but it didn't last. I also did a quick cleaning. Any ideas? Should I tear it down? I'd really like to save it.

Thanx in advance.

 

[WR2]

Hello netbanshee;

Have you re-installed the operating system lately?

 

[netbanshee]

The problem occurs in the initial post before any operating system loads. I tried clearing the Bios but that made it worse. Now it's stuck in post.