HP-Pavilion 5000

[rigeback]

Re: HP-Pavilion 5000

I going to move this thread to lap top trouble shooting since I dissasembled the machine.

[rigeback]

Re: HP-Pavilion 5000

Just tried it without wireless card, dvd drive and HDD, with and without memory still the same power led flashing.
The sticker says its got a nvidia video card or is this built into the MB?

[Sparks88]

Re: HP-Pavilion 5000

how far does it go?, if it shuts down within a few seconds then you have a hardware problem, remove everything ie battery, ram,hdd,dvd drive, wireless card and make sure nothing is plugged into the usb's, then try booting, if it goes then put back the items one bit at a time until it locks up, with your ram i would try a totally different known working stick as you could have both sticks faulty (if you have 2 sticks)

[rigeback]

Got this HP that won't post boot, power led continues to flash while holding the F10 key down, fan spins up for a few seconds.
I tried reset boot, tried also removing CTR battery, battery is good, tried with external monitor and no post screen!
Was reading some simular senarios and sounds like it could be the thermal paste on the CPU that needs replacing?? Anyone heard of this before?