computer issue

[roafamily]

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good morning,
i got a Asus EEE 1005 hab, it belongs to my son, he brought it to me saying it wont power up. i got him a power chord thinking that was part of the issue, he got power cool but now the laptop powers up with a blinking light and every rare moment i get to see the bios but i cant do a recovery. any ideas or suggestions?
windows xp is the OS

[JPMiller]

Amazon.com: HP Compaq 6005 Pro MT Microtower: AMD CPU 2.7GHz/4GB DDR3 RAM/160GB SATA Hard Drive/DVD-ROM Drive/Windows 7 Pro Desktop Computer: Computers & Accessories

Is this it?

EDIT,... Oh Duh...

[Taxmancometh]

This might be it. The OP is referring to a laptop. Amazon.com: Asus Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BU 10.1-Inch Intel Atom Netbook Computer (Royal Blue): Computers & Accessories

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Originally Posted by roafamily

he got power cool but now the laptop powers up with a blinking light and every rare moment i get to see the bios but i cant do a recovery. any ideas or suggestions?
windows xp is the OS

[roafamily]

yes that is it..ut any help or advice?