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On Jul 16, 1:41 pm, Charles Vincent wrote:

A bad keyboard can cause it to fail POST and stop. What is the make
and model of laptop?
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HP. Pavilion dv8000 with the dual drive option.

Well, then you do not have a PS2 Keyboard socket which would be ideal in
this situation, but you do have several USB adapters. If you have a
USB keyboard on another machine, or someone close with one, you might
try booting the laptop with it and hope it will recognize and boot with
it. The old HPs used to give a code starting with 04 for keyboard
errors. This would allow you to get some of your data moved before
sending it to the repair shop.

Charles