TechSpot members,
Hello everyone, I've got a problem here, I've scanned the forums and all over google looking for the cause of the problem, hopefully I can find it here.

I own a HP dv6225us notebook. It's part of the HP Pavilion dv6000 series. I bought the notebook in February 2007 and have used it for just over a year, no problems whatsoever.

Several hours ago, I was on my computer and it started to act slow and programs were freezing up. I decided to restart the computer. However, it turned off but it then wouldn't turn back on.

I pressed the On/Off button on the top left of the laptop. The blue lights on the laptop will flash on and then,boom, turns right off. I tried this for 10 times and then on the 11th time, when I pressed the On button, the blue lights came on and then I heard the fan start. I thought I was back in business but then the notebook turned right off. Meanwhile, the screen stays black the whole time.

The notebook was charged 100% when I restarted the notebook. I figured it could be a AC Adapter problem but when I removed the battery, and tried to turn on the notebook, the same problem occured. It just turned on for a second and turned right off.

Honestly, I feel like crying because I have about 80 GB worth of files, videos, pictures that I've accumulated. I've read that ,sometimes, the problem might be a fried motherboard? Unfortunately, when it comes to the technical aspects, I am a noob.

I've taken very good care of this notebook and for this to occur only a year after I bought is is extremely frustrating. Any thoughts?

Thank you Zenosincks for your reply. I just got off HP tech support, I went through a battery of tests to turn on the notebook but to no avail.

Miraculously, I still had seven days left on my warranty so since I called in with my problem, they said they would send me a box and I'll send in my notebook for it to be fixed...free of charge. Tech support is based out of India and omg, I had a tough time understanding what the man said half the time.

I did some more research and indeed, the HP dv6000 series has been plagued by problems. I honestly can't believe that my notebook's hardware can go to crap after ONLY a year. Makes me wonder.

Quick question on retrieving the data from the laptop. If I were to remove the hard disk drive and go through the appropriate steps to recover the data, would this void my warranty? Last thing I would want to do is do something stupid, send the notebook in, and they say they won't fix it. While I wait for the box to come in, I might just take the laptop to a computer shop and see if they can do that.