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after many dances my HP 2.53ghz, vista home premium 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, dual core laptop probably died! bought late 2008 in sydney. since yesterday when i start it gives me a black screen but never reaches the user logon page. it makes the noise, gives a black screen and an arrow with the cursor movement. nothing else. should i try to consult a repair shop or look for its funeral director? plz advise
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May 8th, 2012 07:16 AM #1
funeral director for laptop?
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May 8th, 2012 07:44 AM #2Newbie
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since 2008? has been used for 4 years, maybe u need to buy new one dude.
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May 8th, 2012 08:02 AM #3
Have you tried reinstalling Windows? If you get a cursor sounds like faulty Windows. Try a reinstall if it helps but you would need ot backup your data first.
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May 8th, 2012 09:02 AM #4
Try to boot up the system with Memtest CD or a "Live CD" ... ie. Ubuntu or something ...
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May 8th, 2012 12:03 PM #5
It uses an Nvidia 8xxx video? If so then that could be the culprit.
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May 10th, 2012 12:01 AM #6Member
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need ur advice desperately. its not working........!
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May 10th, 2012 07:36 AM #7You were told to reformat and re-install your OS. Did you do it?
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May 10th, 2012 11:58 AM #8
I think reformatting/re-installing the OS should be the last resort. Be careful since you would be wiping out ALL your data.
Try booting into safe mode and see if you can at least get in that way. If so then backup your data ASAP. Have you been updating the drivers and using Windows update?
Do you hear weird noises from anywhere on your laptop. If you hear some sort of clicking then the HDD might have gone bad._______________
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May 10th, 2012 06:37 PM #9Deal Fanatic
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Admit it guys. OP has a HP. Consider him lucky that it didn't die on the 1st year.
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May 10th, 2012 07:46 PM #10
+1 for it sounding like your windows install has failed. Try safe mode or you may need to reinstall windows entirely.
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May 11th, 2012 04:46 PM #11
I'm confused. Do you see the post screens or not? In other words, do you get some kind of HP logo and information about the amount of RAM, etc. in the system, and then the screen goes black at the point where it should be booting windows? Or do you see nothing but a black screen and a cursor? If you were to provide the actual model number, I'm sure it would be helpful; somebody already pointed out that some HP laptops contained faulty NVIDIA graphics which are prone to failure. Nobody can help you based on the information provided thus far.
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May 11th, 2012 07:18 PM #12
Yes not enough information.... op seems clear there is a cursor; which means graphics are up and some software is alive... as others speculate, it's the O/S and best test for all of this is a Ubuntu live if it has a DVD drive. Booting F8 into safemode would tell us a lot...
+1 on the HP message, had a 6 month old laptop visit the other day, and display is gone already, lucky there is warranty... so I guess it will last another 6 months, perhaps? Builds are just not what they used to be. Reply With Quote
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May 15th, 2012 07:19 PM #13Member
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it has a recovery drive to re install windows instead of CDs (quiet advanced for 2008!). i am not a techie so asking-
reformatting didnt erase other drives unlike C when i did few months ago. i dont want to lose D, E drive contents. should i format or re install windows then? i would prefer formatting over re installing windows. however if necessary i'll go for that as last resort. plz advise Reply With Quote
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May 16th, 2012 10:03 AM #144 possibilities: Originally Posted by fateh
1. OS boot failure. If that's the case you can repair or re-install. Try booting from a Lnux USB stick, or windows recovery CD.
2. Hard drive failure: remove the drive and try it in your PC or an external enclosure
3. GPU failure, no POST; replace the laptop
4. Motherboard failure, no POST; replace the laptop
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May 16th, 2012 12:30 PM #15Well if you format the drive it means you also need to reinstall the OS. Can't do one without the other. Originally Posted by fateh
Formatting the C drive will not affect your other drives at least.
Before you do this though do the other steps above as once you format a drive you can't go back (strictly speaking)._______________
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