Booting problem with HP Pavilion DV5, Got 2 blinking lights.

Hi,
When I switch my laptop (Pavilion dv5) on , it doesn't boot up. Instead I am getting  two lights (Caps lock, num loc) blinking.
These lights blinnk twice a second.
Can anyone suggest me the solution.
following are the actions I have already done (which did not work)
1: Replace the CMOS battery
2: Removed the RAM, Cleaned it (sometimes moisture poroblme), re-insert it.
3: Removed the hard-disk , cleaned it, and re-insert
Thanks in advance,

I had almost the same probleme, laptop was in sleep, tried to wake it up:keybord and light were on but a black screen. Then decided to turn off by holding power. When i start it back i had the cap lock and num lock blinking twice continusly. I hold the power button to shut it down then by mistake touch the ''quick play'' next to the 'mute' and everything was find.
Hope this could help.

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