Hp 5000

[rigeback]

This HP that won't post boot, power led continues to flash while holding the
F-10 key down, fan spins up for around 3 seconds and the power led flashes continously.
I tried reset boot after removing CTR battery and draining the power, battery is good, tried with external monitor and no post screen!
I dissasembled it today and found the CPU fan cluttered with lint, cleaned it up nicely and partialy assembled the unit to test, same senario as above without memory and with 1 stick!
I am curious about C736-C789 as there is no contenuity across?
ANY info much appreciated.

[atanic]

Re: Hp 5000

It seems your not the only one having trouble, Including my DV5 series, it was exactly same problem. CAPS/NUM Lock was continues blinking...Currently I'm trying to figure out..

[rigeback]

Re: Hp 5000

If you got the same problem as I had reflow is the only answer or a new MB, with reflow you got to get it right within the first few attemps, I eventually removed the Nvidia chip and its visual that a few pins are burnt in the board, not sure if it was the heat gun or the actual root cause. Now I got parts