Posts by saugen48

Have you gone into Power settings and got rid of all instances of putting to sleep, ie, what to do when you close the lid etc...Just out of curiosity sake, have you tried putting it back to sleep first then try waking it up...Have you...

Let's do a little troubleshooting...Do you have access to an external monitor to see if when turned on you get some screen action on the external..if you do and given the "one day working, next time not" scenario and especially after...

If you go the borrowing route as stated above, make sure its the exact same version of windows that is on the sticker on the bottom of the laptop ie: You cant use a copy of Windows Vista Home Premium when your sticker says Windows HOme...

You can try and hard restart...disconnect from power, take out battery, then hold down the power button for a min or so...replace battery, then hook up to ac..then try and start it..Personally, I have completely did away with closing...

People suggest to use the end of a mechanical pencil...there is always a chance that because they are bent they will break off. Be very careful

That model comes with a variety of processors, which one do you have...its is upgradeable to a max of 4GBs..its a 32 bit system..Going to 64bit would be a good step but, 4GBs is probably around minimum..You would prabably be running into...

No free downloads...Invest the few dollars in buying a set of recovery disks from HP

What is the make and model of your laptop..I cant see it from here....

First off, make sure you are not blocking the fan vents by using it on your lap. I googled "laptop temps while gaming" and found this article ((http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/328971-33-safe-temps-gaming-laptop))

How much memory did your laptop come with??/Was it 2GB...From what I have read, this is a real bottleneck with this machine...If this is the case and you have the Win 7 64 bit operating system..you should increase it to at least...