Re: Hp dv6z-7200 - constant flashing CAPS LOCK

I was not able to repair the DV6Z-7200 mobo & bought a new DV6Z-7000 mobo (hp 682183-001) with a later gen video card (AMD 7730M vs 7690M originally).

Are HP laptops known to soft brick if you try installing a non standard CPU (AMD A10-5750M Richland) - rather than the A10-4600M Trinity it came with originally ?

Some people have been successful upgrading a Trinity ---> Richland with the [URL="http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/upgrading-my-weak-trinity-laptop-with-the-strongest-amd-a10-5750m-es-richland-apu.720732/"]HP...

Re: Hp dv6z-7200 - constant flashing CAPS LOCK

I can buy a new motherboard on [URL="http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-laptop-motherboard-682182-501-for-HP-Env-DV6-DV6-7000-682182-001-Notebook-systemboard-100/32287356735.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_1,searchweb201527_3_71_72_73_74_75,searchweb201560_1"]aliexpress for $150 [/URL]or send the laptop to have the video card [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Pavilion-DV4-DV5-DV6-DV7-F500-G6-Laptop-Motherboard-GPU-Repair-/171955030240?hash=item28095188e0:g:tPgAAOSw~gRVmOvq"]reballed properly for approx GBP...

Re: Hp dv6z-7200 - constant flashing CAPS LOCK

Original pictures [URL=http://www.mediafire.com/download/n8il9ifrs1dlyec/dv6z-mobo-pics.zip]http://www.mediafire.com/download/n8il9ifrs1dlyec/dv6z-mobo-pics.zip[/URL]Re: Hp dv6z-7200 - constant flashing CAPS LOCK

Original pictures [URL=http://www.mediafire.com/download/n8il9ifrs1dlyec/dv6z-mobo-pics.zip]http://www.mediafire.com/download/n8il9ifrs1dlyec/dv6z-mobo-pics.zip[/URL]

Hi,

I cleaned out the fans & tried upgrading the APU to an A10-5750M but now with either this APU or the original A10-4600M the CAPS LOCK flashes constantly:

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm4E6zWFrCg[/url]

This is supposedly a power problem but there is enough power to the board for it to overheat & switch off when wrapped in towels.

I've tried a hard reset & bios recovery without success.

I wondered if an HP UEFI BIOS will brick a machine if unsupported hardware is added ? (& if I can reflash it...

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Package Maintainer for Alpine Linux but a bit of an electronic noob. I just soft bricked my hp laptop after a repaste.......