Satellite Pro A300 - 1 G 0 - freezes on splash screen

Running Windows 7, the laptop sometimes does no more further than the Toshiba screen, you can even not in the BIOS. I tried to update the BIOS, but without any modification.

He exhibts only this behavior 1/5 restarts. The only resolution is to hold down the power button to turn off, and then remove the battery to perform a hard reset.
Any solution would be welcome.
I think that it worked well even for an upgrade to Windows 7, so I don't know which is relevant.

Peter

Hey Buddy,

If your laptop freezes for the Toshiba BIOS screen, that it has nothing to do with installed software and the OS. After turning on your computer laptop it is a power on self test (POST), so it seems to be a hardware malfunction that your laptop is blocked here.

You plug in external devices to your laptop as printer, external HARD drive, etc. If so, remove them and test it again.

In the worst cases, you need help from an authorized service provider. Guys can check and replace the defective hardware.

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