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Laptop won't boot--just beeps
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Name: Maxwell (by Prince_Maxwell)
Date: July 5, 2006 at 20:34:38 Pacific
Subject: Laptop won't boot--just beepsOS: Win XP ProCPU/Ram: P4 3.2GHz/Model/Manufacturer: HP Pavillion zd8000 |
Comment: Hey all. Yesterday, I posted asking for help with a battery problem. Unfortunately, my laptop will no longer even boot...every time I hit the power button, it turns on and just beeps twice while the power indicator flashes. I can't even boot from CD, so it's gotta be a serious issue. I'm not real worried about data loss (just made a complete backup 2 days ago, thank god), so I'm open to any ideas. I called HP today and they're telling me to ship it in, but I just thought I'd see what your thoughts were :). Thanks for the help... --Max
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Response Number 1
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Name: broncodeuce
Date: July 5, 2006 at 20:36:36 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)you know, i'd bet that little socket for the charger broke off inside..same thing happened to my zx5000..good luck, hopefully yours is better than mine has been with my hp Gigabyte GA-K8NS
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Response Number 3
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Name: Cody (by kerodude3058)
Date: July 5, 2006 at 20:51:44 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)well you can probably Google beep code for ______ and figure out the error message. also if ur power conector did break of, its an easy fix with a few conector from radio shack or an auto supply store. you can open the comp, remove the old conector and solder on 2 lead wires, cut them at about 2 inch and feed them out the back of your comp...put a conector that u can buy at radio shack or something them and do the same to the charger end cutting off the old conector. Did it to my moms Compaq works like a charm and hp was gonna charge 300 to fix it. back up your back up...i just lost 300 gigs of "back up" and i don't have the originals for a lot of it.
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Response Number 4
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Name: Maxwell (by Prince_Maxwell)
Date: July 5, 2006 at 21:20:54 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)O_O Considering I have 4 year full coverage on that thing...I think I'll let them take care of it. But, uh, thanks for the info...of course, considering their track record I may be better off following your suggesstion -_-.
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Response Number 5
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Name: street1
Date: July 6, 2006 at 06:02:46 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Cleaning and reseating your ram can also
solve the problem. A portable computer being moved around all the time can easily have items vibrate or be jolted loose and not be seated properly.
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