No boot, no bios

My pc is a R500 and it refused to start on windows XP and I can't access the bios via the ThinkVintage button. All I have is the start page "lenovo Thinkpad, intel," and nothing else.

I try to put the rescue and recovery disk, but I think that there is no second boot on the CD in the factory settings.

I hope to have help here?

I found the solution here:

http://Forum.Lenovo.com/T5/R-and-L-series-ThinkPad-Laptops/R500-won-t-boot-past-the-logo-screen/TD-p...

Great forum but bad USB port!

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