i just replaced a power adapter on my hp notebook.After I put everything back together, i turned the computer on and it comes up with a screen that says HP at the bottom of the screen. It gives me boot options, <esc> to change boot order, <f10> to enter setup, <f12> to boot from lan. The computer is stuck on this screen and nothing seems to work. Can somebody help me out with this?
Boot problems...i need some advice please
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No........I think it's a problem w/ the mobo....im giong to take out the ram and try to boot..and then troubleshoot all the other hardware....im getting an error code when i power up the notebook... it's just one short beep...
the fan beside the heatsink is shot....would that cause a problem?
the fan beside the heatsink is shot....would that cause a problem?
well one short beep means everythin is ok .. Try booting with one stick of ram in... if that doesnt work then take out both the ram and see if you get any beeps if you do good............ Your best taking out all daughter boards like (graphics card) and everythin else except cpu and hdd then boot if it works good... then keep adding parts until you get to the problem.
thanks for the help........i'll try what you said
no luck. when i took the RAM out and hit power, the monitor never came on. so i put the RAM back in and took out the hard drive and i got the same screen it's been stuck on and no beep this time. then i tried the videocard out - no monitor, then both RAMs - no monitor.........
no luck. when i took the RAM out and hit power, the monitor never came on. so i put the RAM back in and took out the hard drive and i got the same screen it's been stuck on and no beep this time. then i tried the videocard out - no monitor, then both RAMs - no monitor.........
try booting in to Safe Mode using the F8 key right before the splash screen appears during your boot.. If you get your machine to start this way, run Scandisk, and other diagnostic utilities on your hard disk to rule out bad hard disk. Also if you have any Anti-Virus Software make sure you run this (and that its up to date) to make sure you don't have a virus corrupting any of your system files. Once you've done this try booting your system normally if it comes up great ... Also If you get into Windows in safe mode go to start/run and type in "sfc scannow" this will scan all your protected system files and repair any if they have a problem.
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