HP splash screen hangs

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Pavilion 4535

Anyone know what it means when the HP splash screen hangs on boot BEFORE
Power On Self Test?

If I reboot four or five times it may get past that screen (occasionally it
hangs at the end of the POST at the PRESS F1 FOR SETUP at which stage it
doesn't go into setup) but how do I get past the pre-boot-splash screen and
what may be causing it? I am pretty sure I am up to date with BIOS updates?

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:x 8) :? :| :?: I'm
supposed to sell this laptop to my friend, but I feel like the smiley
faces- Frustrated. I hope that the motherboard isnt
messed up. Laptops dont have i/o controller hubs, do
they?