It may be a bad battery. HP has had problems with some of their batteries the same as other manufacturers and issued a recall in 2006. The zd8000 wasn't listed as one of those affected, but when I suffered a failed battery that had...
I have a dv9040US. The integrated webcam works just fine with XP Media Center. I am using the driver from the driver and support section of HP's website.
Here is the link to the XP...
Here is one thing to try. It is a registry setting so be careful:
Fixing the problem simply involves deleting the filter entries for the third-party device drivers. These entries can sometimes become damaged (which is what produces the...
Ok. Now, does the drive spinup trying to read the disc or is the activity light dark?
It is possible that registry setting has been corrupted. This happened to me some years ago and I will need to see if I can find the correct key to...
did you try opening the drive with a small pin? There should be a small hole in the drive tray. Insert a small pin, screwdriver, paperclip, etc, into the hole and depress the release inside. It is possible that the drive door is jammed,...
In my case the, I was unable to burn the disks because it would fail right before the end. I wasted 2 dl disks trying to do this. It was worth the $20 I spent to get the discs.
