Lenovo B570 won't Power on at first

Hi all,
I purchased a new Lenovo B570 a couple of months ago and have been having major issues with powering the laptop on since I have had it. when I first got it out of the box it started fine no problems and ran windows update and installed a few programs (nothing too major other than MS Office, yahoo messenger, skype, etc).
I noticed after about a week that it had an issue when trying to start from a shutdown. When I pressed the power button, the power light would turn on, HD light would indicate activity, however nothing would appear on the screen. I forced shutdown and tried to restart and the same happens. After a few more tries, eventually the screen will light up and suggest running start up repair. this starts then I get various blue screen messages sometimes just once, sometimes 2-3 times on separate instances and eventually I can start the machine up and when it is on and running it's great and there are no issues at all.
I researched both on this forum and via google about potential issues and have tried one-key recovery back to original spec and also updating the BIOS and removing the fingerprint software, none of which resolved the issue (see threads below for examples of potential solutions that I have tried). In the last couple of days I tried a new experiment where I turn on the power after a shutdown, and as described above just get a blank screen, however rather than force shutdown straight away, I allow it to remain in this state for about an hour, then perform force shutdown. Straight away I press power on again and immediately the laptop starts, no BSOD, no start-up repair just straight into starting windows as you would expect and the laptop works as hoped for.
This indicates to me it could be a power issue with booting up at the start, but I'm afraid I'm not very technically minded in these things so would appreciate any help or feedback from someone who might be able to suggest a solution that I haven't tried yet as although I can get the laptop to work now, it is an issue having to wait for the power to 'charge up' before I can use the laptop.
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-3000-and-Essential/My-lenovo-b570-hangs-on-start-up/td-p/500247
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-B-V-and-Z-series/Lenovo-V470-V570-Boot-up-problems/td-p/4999...
I am based in the UK if that helps at all. any help greatly appreciated.
cheers
fraser
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hey Fraser67,
welcome to the forums.
from your post here, i would suggest that you get in contact with our service team and send your unit for servicing.
get in contact with them via >> http://bit.ly/LNVsuppNum
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