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hp dv5000 wont power on, please help??

post #1 of 17
7/26/07 at 12:17pm
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hi my hp laptop wont power, i turned it off normally like i do and the next time i tried to power it on, it just didnt do anything, i tried it w or without the battey, removed it over night, and nothing. when i plug in the charger no light on the hp comes in, its completely dead, anyone know what to do, im out of warranty
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post #2 of 17
7/29/07 at 3:51pm
I had the same EXACT problem, unfortunately im still waiting for someone to help me out man. Wish you the best of luck.
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post #3 of 17
7/30/07 at 12:35am
More details, it won't power on meaning you connect the AC adapter and it doesn't do anything? No lights, no fans, nothing? or There are lights just no post?
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post #4 of 17
7/30/07 at 7:08am
Exactly.
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post #5 of 17
8/2/07 at 11:46pm
By Exactly I mean it dosent do ANYTHING. I think its the Battery Charger Board, or the Motherboard. Hope is option #1. For my $ sake.
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post #6 of 17
1/21/12 at 9:33am
Rather than starting a new thread I'll just bump this one.
Same problem. I turn the laptop on, the fan spins up and then turns off, all the lights stay on and it gets nowhere further. Nothing comes on the screen.
Dead motherboard?
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post #7 of 17
1/21/12 at 9:40am
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Originally Posted by fishbone View Post

Rather than starting a new thread I'll just bump this one.
Same problem. I turn the laptop on, the fan spins up and then turns off, all the lights stay on and it gets nowhere further. Nothing comes on the screen.
Dead motherboard?

Tried other tricks like removing and reseating ram modules, battery, hard drive etc ..?

Yes - could be motherboard or bad gpu. Give it some "baking" and see

cheers ...
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post #8 of 17
1/21/12 at 10:55am
Hello all,

Just an FYI: This is EXACTLY what happened to my DV9700 when it died. No lights, no nothing. The circumstances were slightly different, but the behavior is identical.

I would venture a guess that your motherboard is toast. I don't know what video card you have, but there was a batch of bad nVidia cards (8400-8600 series as I recall) a few years ago, and they liked to die when the solder gave out during cool-downs and warm-ups brought on by computers going to sleep and waking up/powering on.

For the record, money is obviously not an easy thing to part with, but just a quick look on my favorite board replacement site reveals three models for the DV5000 series with a maximum of $50 for the most expensive one. *Edit: There is also a DV5100 series with a slightly different set of boards, you might check both* It would depend on which model you have (the label is typically under or around the RAM slots on the board,in format xxxxxx-xxx, that's "6 digits"-"3 digits") and how adventurous you feel in disassembling it. For that, search your model on HP's website and look in the manual section for the maintenance manual.

The shop site, if you want it, is: http://www.getpartsonline.com/

*Edit 2: You can search the exact model number on the left part of the page in the search line, just type your model number and click the "Go" button. If they carry your model, it will show in the results*

Hopefully that helps you out some. Not great news I realize, but hopefully the lowish prices give you some relief at least.

Regards,
O Shadow Fox O
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post #9 of 17
1/22/12 at 9:33am
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Originally Posted by qhn View Post

Tried other tricks like removing and reseating ram modules, battery, hard drive etc ..?
Yes - could be motherboard or bad gpu. Give it some "baking" and see
cheers ...
Yep, did all that. Wouldn't budge. I hope it's the motherboard and not something else. I just ordered one on eBay.
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post #10 of 17
1/22/12 at 9:42am
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Yep, did all that. Wouldn't budge. I hope it's the motherboard and not something else. I just ordered one on eBay.

Cool. And as mentioned above, bake the old board just for kick winknudge.gif

cheers ...
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post #11 of 17
1/23/12 at 11:42am
I'd rather not have to replace my oven due to toxic contamination laugh4.gif
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post #12 of 17
1/23/12 at 11:45am
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I'd rather not have to replace my oven due to toxic contamination laugh4.gif

ohmy.gifmellow.giflaughing.gif Never thought about that myself. And I baked quite a few of them motherboards and cards. hmmmm

cheers ...
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post #13 of 17
1/23/12 at 12:55pm
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ohmy.gifmellow.giflaughing.gif Never thought about that myself. And I baked quite a few of them motherboards and cards. hmmmm
cheers ...

If you start to glow in the dark, let us know....lol
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post #14 of 17
1/23/12 at 1:01pm
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If you start to glow in the dark, let us know....lol

will keep that in mind laughing.gif

cheers ...
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post #15 of 17
1/24/12 at 7:07pm
If he starts glowing in the dark, I'm not sure he'll have to TELL us. Heheh

O Shadow Fox O
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post #16 of 17
1/24/12 at 7:43pm
Now you guys are worrying me laugh4.gif

cheers ...
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post #17 of 17
1/25/12 at 4:13am
The bright glow in the east will be confusing especially at sunset....lol
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