T430s, boots or more enter BIOS

Hi all

A rather difficult challenge:

I got a new T430s a few days ago. It worked well, with Windows 7. I started working on it for a few days, with several reboots. I couldn't get into the BIOS. Now, I created a backup image of the Windows 7 partition and the partition called as 'sysdrv', using a CD boot Acronis image. It went very well, the system booted from the CD and created a backup on an external USB hard drive. After finishing, I closed the program Acronis. Since then, the T430s no longer starts. It crashes with the following message:

"Initializing Intel Boot Agent GE v1.3.81; PXE 2.1 Build 091 (WfM 2.0). The cursor flashes below.

I tried pressing ENTER at the beginning, that works. In the menu, I can select either F1 to enter the BIOS or F12 to choose the temporary boot device, but both options lead me to the same text as above, with cursor flashing. The option F10 to run diognostics works and can't find no error.

We tried with another CD bootable, no effect. The optical drive appears quickly, but after a few seconds, the system hangs with the same message.

So, in conclusion: I can't start Windows 7, I can't get into the BIOS, I can not change the boot order. Does not even Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart. I can only press the button for 2 seconds to stop it.

Thanks for your suggestions

Thank you all for the advice. Yes I thought also to disconnect the CMOS battery for a minute. But in the end, I did not do and called for support from Lenovo instead. They advised me something similar: unplug the power cable, remove the battery (not the CMOS backup battery) and then press the power button for 15 secnds. I guess it's something similar to remove the underside of the keyboard backup battery.

Given that nothing has changed after this procedure, they advised me to send to their repair center. That's what I was doing, and I'm waiting to get him back. I didn't mess with backup battery, since it's a whole new Notebook - so they should be worried.

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