Toshiba M45 S169 hangs during POST

[junglepig]

Toshiba M45 S169 POST progress bar hangs at about 90% complete, saying Press F2 for Setup, F12 for Boot Device Menu. Bios battery is good. Am considering clipping leads on it and then resoldering it in, in attempt to clear bios in case problem is there. Any further thoughts from you folks? Anyone experienced similar behavior with this machine?

 

[DarthIcee]

Did you ever get a resolution to this issue?