G580 (2189) Stuck on Splash Screen during Boot process

Recently my G580 (2189) hangs on Boot. Get the spash screen and pressing F2 or F12 does nothing. Have to keep power cycling the laptop up to 10 times before the boot process succeeds and loads windows.
Running Win7 Professional on G580 (2189) laptop.
Problem only recently started in the past couple of months after a series of Windows updates were installed.
Disk Check reports no errors.
I have read this is a BIOS issue. I have tried changing BIOS to EFI instead of UEFI, but the intermittent problem persists. No updates to my BIOS are available through Lenovo, and I have found no insight when searching the forums. I have found numerous people with the exact same problem, but what I read is that a new motherboard is called for from the people who have contacted Tech Support. I have tried the battery removal, power button 30 seconds, etc. but it does nothing to fix the problem.
Everything worked perfectly up until about 2 months ago. Never an issue. Now my laptop stall on boot, and one stop doesn't even work when the spash screen is stuck and windows does not load.
Anyone know of the "cause" of the problem? Is it truely a BIOS issue?
Any suggestions as to a solution. Laptop only recently went out of warranty, and I find it bizzare that it won't even boot. if it is a BIOS issue, I am guessing reinstalling Win7 Pro won't help.

Follow the below mentioned steps to resolve the issue:
Check if there are any external devices connected to the computer, if yes remove them and restart the system to check if the issue occurs.
Perform Startup Repair:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/startup-repair
If the issue persists, then start the system in safe mode with networking and check if the Windows load successfully.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx?mf...
If it works fine in safe mode try performing a clean boot to find the root cause.
To help troubleshoot error messages and other issues, you can start Windows 7 by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This kind of startup is known as a "clean boot." A clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts.
How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
Note: After troubleshooting, make sure to start the computer as mentioned in Step 4 from the above provided KB article.
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