Posts by CommonSense

I recently received a notice that HP is recalling certain batteries. The DV4000 isn't listed as one, and my high-capacity battery doesn't seem to match the list, but this statement on the intro page is interesting... "We are...

Can anyone recommend a recognized facility to do this repair, either pml99's approach, or (preferably) actually repairing the trace(s)? Preferably in or near New York City. FWIW, the HP tech rep estimated that it would take at least a...

First, not to overlook the obvious: Did you select the display by toggling (I think) Fn-f4? (Internal/External/Both)

A question to pml99, or anyone: If I understand the situation correctly, the problem is there is a gap in a conductor (trace) on the DV4000 motherboard, and creating pressure presses the broken edges together. But since you're not...

[NFO]N0S, while I don't think your radiator analogy is accurate, thank you for providing further insight into this issue. And while I remain unhappy with HP's failure to even recognize what should by now be a well understood problem,...

As I read the thread and pml99's repair, the rubber washer fix is to cure the mobo lockup and keyboard/cursor freeze problem. I've had those, but much more consistently (read: all the time now) am having the USB device non-recognition...