hardware issue toshiba A215-S7416

[hhmatt]

I'm thinking a lot more information is going to be needed in order to determine where the problem is occurring.

Where and what is it doing that makes you believe this?

[theprez98]

hardware gets hung on bt2 and bt3 here is my hardware config. can anyone help thanks

It might be more helpful to fully explain the exact error that you're getting.

[bongmaster]

hardware gets hung on bt2 and bt3 here is my hardware config. can anyone help thanks

Operating System : Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic (32-bit)
Processor Type : AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor
Processor Number : TK-53
Processor Speed : 1.70GHz
Front Side Bus : HyperTransport™ Technology @ up to 800MHz
Memory Size : 2048MB
Memory Speed : PC5300 DDR2 667MHz SDRAM
Display Size : 15.4" widescreen
Display Type : WXGA with TruBrite® Technology
Display Resolution : 1280x800.
Graphics Engine : ATI® Mobility Radeon™ X1200
Graphics Memory : 128MB-319MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory
Hard Drive Size : 120GB
Hard Drive Speed : 5400rpm
Optical Drives : DVD-SuperMulti drive (+/-R double layer) supporting up to 11 fomats
Wireless LAN : Realtek 802.11b/g wireless-LAN

[bkfist]

Without further information, I can't say for sure, but if it's hanging during boot, try adding acpi=off to the end of the lilo boot for the version you are trying to boot (Hit the TAB key to edit during the boot loader... I have to do this with my toshiba.