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May 23rd, 2013, 06:45 PM
#1
Hp dv7-4060us
This laptop is not booting and it shows a blinking light on the cap locks key witch suppose to mean the CPU is faulty (one blink) how reliable is this? If reliable I will get a cpu and see.
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May 23rd, 2013, 08:48 PM
#2
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Originally Posted by Kodiak
This laptop is not booting and it shows a blinking light on the cap locks key witch suppose to mean the CPU is faulty (one blink) how reliable is this? If reliable I will get a cpu and see.
I doubt that it is reliable, so I'd try booting from the Linux distro of your choice and see what happens.
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May 23rd, 2013, 11:16 PM
#3
Won't boot anything to the screen at all. fans spin up and nothing comes up.
Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind
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May 24th, 2013, 08:01 AM
#4
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Hey Kodiak, take a look at THIS and see if this helps. It could be the memory according to the forum.
It's not the computers that keep having problems, it's the users!!
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May 24th, 2013, 09:45 AM
#5
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I would connect an external monitor and try.
I would remove the battery and try.
I would remove the harddrive and try
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May 26th, 2013, 12:41 PM
#6
Tried all that and nothing. I even pulled the whole laptop apart and reseated the processor and nothing.
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May 27th, 2013, 12:50 PM
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Unless you know someone with some pretty sophisticated test equipment and knowledge of how to use it, you may have to simply start swapping in known-good components until you find a combination that works. The three basic components are the Motherboard, CPU and RAM.
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May 28th, 2013, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by SpywareDr
Unless you know someone with some pretty sophisticated test equipment and knowledge of how to use it, you may have to simply start swapping in known-good components until you find a combination that works. The three basic components are the Motherboard, CPU and RAM.
I'm thinking that essentially rebuilding the computer a part at a time doesn't really have much appeal as a solution. Personally, I'd feel pretty secure in saying that if the system won't boot Linux or display a splash screen, and pulling the battery and disconnecting power for a minute didn't get the machine running, you are almost certainly looking at a dead MOBO; especially if you've tried an external monitor and it wouldn't light.
A defective processor is pretty uncommon, but an HP laptop with a dead motherboard is about as common as a belly button. You can probably find a replacement mainboard for cheap on eBay, but it's likely to be a used board with little or no warranty.
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May 28th, 2013, 03:15 PM
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I agree. Motherboard first, RAM second. Unless the computer's been zapped (ESD), dead CPUs are rare.
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May 28th, 2013, 09:27 PM
#10
yeah I tried a those things Slgrieb and nota, nothing. Everything spins up and does show the HD light flashing though but nothing on the screen at all..
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May 29th, 2013, 08:48 AM
#11
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Next step: Try a different motherboard.
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May 29th, 2013, 11:19 AM
#12
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Originally Posted by slgrieb
A defective processor is pretty uncommon, but an HP laptop with a dead motherboard is about as common as a belly button. You can probably find a replacement mainboard for cheap on eBay, but it's likely to be a used board with little or no warranty.
It seems to me that most of the models in HP's DV series have been dogs. And in many models, MOBOS have been a major failure point. So, I'm not sure that replacing the board with another crappy-by-design board is the best solution. Personally, I think I'd shoot Old Yeller.
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