Hi all,

It's my first TIME on this forum and it looks great.

I need some good advice.

I own an Acer 510 Pc, which I bought about 2 months ago. Its about to be sent back to Acer unless someone can help me.

My system takes about 20 minutes before it BOOTS. Its stall on the initial Acer screen and will not ever allow me into the bios for about 20 minutes.

I have restored the system back to the original state with my restore disks . I have also set the bios to the default setting.

I have also tried a system scan for viruses and adware.

Changed the power cable and socket in case of a short.

Nothing seem to help.

I have added no additional hardware

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

ColinIf you've made no changes to the system and it's still under warranty, I'd send it back. Sounds like something might be faulty.

You can usually press a key to hide the splash screen and view the POST. Try TAB, that's common on many SYSTEMS. Might LET you see where it's getting stuck.Thanks for the advice.

I will try it.

Thats me offline for another 20 minutes (LOL)Hi quaxo,

No joy.

My system uses a wireless keyboard and I tried every key.

Any other ideas would be appreciated.

When did this START happening ?
Any new Hardware/Software installed recently ?
What version of Windows ?
How old is the machine ?