I have been fighting with these stupid HP dv6 & 9000, and v6000 Compaq model laptops for some time now. I've figured out how to bring the board back to life, but I have just not had much luck with the wireless orange light issue, until now.
I'm not sure if this fix is for everyone, obviously. However, if your wireless issue is hardware related and you know your wifi card is good; I suggest you try this method at least once and maybe save yourself a motherboard order.
What you need:
-Everest Ultimate, or any software that can stress your cpu
-That's it, this fix is all software controlled
What I did:
-Opened Everest
-Choose to stress CPU only with stability test in tools
-Covered vent in front of heatsink to inhibit heat transfer
-Waited till the CPU hit 75C, Wireless Works, and the Orange Light is now Blue again.
I hope this works for others. I know I have had about enough of these HP/Compaq Laptop MoBo problems.
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Update***
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-THIS ACTION IS NOT RECOMMENDED, EXCEPT FOR A LAST RESORT. DO NOT ATTEMPT UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO POTENTIALLY CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE
-TechSpot is not responsible for any damage caused
-This fix has worked for 7 DV6000 & V6000 laptops
-Wireless may go back out after one or more system restarts, or never again go back out. If so, just repeat these steps; at your own risk.
-Length of stress test may be short and it may be 5 to 10 minutes or more
-Recommend GPU Heat Sink fix to the motherboard prior to this method
I'm not sure if this fix is for everyone, obviously. However, if your wireless issue is hardware related and you know your wifi card is good; I suggest you try this method at least once and maybe save yourself a motherboard order.
What you need:
-Everest Ultimate, or any software that can stress your cpu
-That's it, this fix is all software controlled
What I did:
-Opened Everest
-Choose to stress CPU only with stability test in tools
-Covered vent in front of heatsink to inhibit heat transfer
-Waited till the CPU hit 75C, Wireless Works, and the Orange Light is now Blue again.
I hope this works for others. I know I have had about enough of these HP/Compaq Laptop MoBo problems.
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Update***
----------------------------------
-THIS ACTION IS NOT RECOMMENDED, EXCEPT FOR A LAST RESORT. DO NOT ATTEMPT UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO POTENTIALLY CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE
-TechSpot is not responsible for any damage caused
-This fix has worked for 7 DV6000 & V6000 laptops
-Wireless may go back out after one or more system restarts, or never again go back out. If so, just repeat these steps; at your own risk.
-Length of stress test may be short and it may be 5 to 10 minutes or more
-Recommend GPU Heat Sink fix to the motherboard prior to this method