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Ubuntu 13.04 does not boot after I upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 [closed]
First had I problem with to install Ubuntu 12.10, that fix I with to edit the grub(nomodeset), but now have I problem with Ubuntu 13.04. Ubuntu 13.04 doesn't boot up after I upgrade from 12.10. I have ...
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Enabling Bluetooth on Windows 7 (HP Pavilion)
I have an HP Pavillion g6 with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. On Windows 7, it says that my laptop doesn't have Bluetooth, so I thought that my PC doesn't support Bluetooth at all.
However, on Ubuntu, I have ...
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Kubuntu 12.10 laptop battery droping fast
I have done fresh install of Kubuntu 12.10 on my HP Pavilion G6 Laptop. I'm a bit nervous that my battery is not lasting more than 1 hour while for Windows 8 it was lasting for 5 Hours(while using ...
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NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Graphic card issue - the screen splits into 6 parts
I receive display error while switching on the computer (HP Pavilion dv6670ec).
The screen splits into 6 parts (6 same small displays within my screen)
The error appears just while starting the ...
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HP Pavilion battery charging “bolt” LED light flashing at 82%
A few days ago, my HP Pavilion dv-1413us battery charging "bolt" LED light started flashing and it would not charge the battery until full (stops at 94%). I unpluged it and used battery, and now it ...
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How can I set up two-factor authentication (use both fingerprint and password) on my HP Pavilion laptop?
I have an HP Pavilion dv6z-3000 laptop with a Validity VFS301 fingerprint reader. I'd like to set it up so that it prompts for both my fingerprint and password, but I can't find any such option for ...
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How to reinstall hp BIOS
I dual booted my pc, windows 7 and ubuntu 12.04 lts. Both are working, I have no problem. Today i started seeing this error
The hp bios application selected is corrupted or missing. Please
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brightness stuck on fedora 18 kde, hp pavillion dv6
I have just installed Fedora 18 KDE spin on my HP Pavillion dv6, but I have one problem: the brightness of the laptop is stuck at the highest; I have also two button that allow me to change the ...
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HP Webcam mirror mode
I have HP Pavilion dv3 laptop with built-in webcam. But I can't run it in mirror mode.
How to do that. I recieve this image:
([A] - [B]) -> ([B] - [A])
But I want to get:
([A] - [B]) -> ([A] - ...
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Why do I need to install .NET Framework 3..5.1 updates though I don't have 3.5.1 installed?
I have an HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop with an AMD 3510MX APU, running Win 7 Premium 64-bit.
Three security updates for Microsoft Framework ver. 3.5.1 appeared while updating Windows today, but don't ...
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Hp primary internal battery error 601 at boot
I was using ubuntu 12.04 and a file transfer was going on when i saw the battery applet was showing 1 min remaining. I immediately shut down the laptop and when i plugged it after some time, from that ...
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Hp Pavilion dv6000 wont boot right and freezes
I have an hp pavilion dv6000 that was having windows issues recently including randomly freezing. I eventually concluded that the hard drive was bad (And I was correct as the bad drive started making ...
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HP Pavilion g7 1012eo installed windows 8, cant turn on hardware virtualization
I have used my hp-pavilion g7 for almost one year. During this time i have developed apps for win7 phone. I never had any problem with the emulator.
I recently installed win 8 64bit pro on it to ...
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Can i use pci express card slot (/54) to override internal graphics card on laptop?
I have an HP Pavilion dv2701tx special edition laptop. It has Nvidia 8400M GS graphics card embedded into the motherboard. There is a problem with the graphics card, it just dies out after use of a ...
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Cannot Change Brightness of “HP g6 - 1d26dx”
I formatted my notebook yesterday and installed the drivers from the official site. However, I cannot change screen brightness. This is a drain on my eyes and my laptop battery. Help!
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ATI AMD Radeon 6670M 2GB Dual External monitors
I have HP Pavilion dv7 BeatsAudo model: dv7-6b with following specifications:
CPU: Intel i7-2670QM ( Quad Core ) 8 CPU's @ 2.2Ghz
RAM: 8GB @ 1066
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 6770M 1GB
Notebook has ...
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How to reinstall Vista home premium on my HP Pavilion?
I have no disc with the system, it is on my disc D. So according to the user guide I have to press F11 after the turning on my computer. And it used to work for 3 years. But this time I can't run the ...
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Notebook (HP dv6000) doesn't start up untill I press F1
Asking for consultation - when I try to start my notebook only black screen appears and none of diodes (CPU, HDD) show nothing.
I've pressed F1 and it continued booting fine.
Question: what if it ...
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Final questions regarding installing a new system HDD
Of late, my HDD has started to fail and I have to buy a new one. Being a total noob I encountered the following issues:
Backing up the data.
I solved this problem by using DIXML (Thanks to the SE ...
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HP Pavilion DV6 6C00TU webcam not working
I just purchased HP Pavilion dv6 6C00TU 3 weeks ago and its webcam was working 100% perfectly. 3 days ago, I just downloaded a software named as magic-ivisual something. It is a software that shows ...
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Install Ubuntu 12.04 in UEFI mode on a HP Pavilion dv6-6c40ca
I have recently (as of July 2012) bought a HP Pavilion dv6-6c40ca laptop. It came pre-installed with Windows 7 on an MBR. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on it on a GPT partition in what I think is BIOS ...
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Why is my computer going into sleep mode without even displaying BIOS?
My grandparents have a HP Pavilion a6603w desktop computer with a HP w2007 monitor. This week, out of nowhere, the computer stopped booting up. I looked at it the following happens: Whenever you turn ...
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Inverted function keys (F1-F12) on HP Pavilion dv4t
(I know there have already been a lot of questions about this, but none of them mentioned the dv4t specifically.)
I'm thinking about getting an HP Pavilion dv4t-4200 or -5100, but something that's ...
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Recent update hid my ability to adjust my Vista HP laptop screen brightness when running on battery
Recent windows-update hid my ability to adjust mylaptop screen brightness when running on laptop-battery... Does anyone know which update so I can un-install it or anyone know where I might be able ...
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How to boot into Pavillion g series' bios
I have a brand new HP Pavillion g series laptop, which is running Windows 7. I need to boot into the BIOS, to change the boot order, so I can boot the laptop with a recently installed Norton Ghost ...
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HP Bios update filled recovery partition in windows 7 on HP Pavilion g6
I recently purchased an HP Pavilion g6. I received a message that the BIOS should be updated. I said OK and now the partition for recovery data is filled and I continually have a message to that ...
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HP Pavilion DV6 doesn't recognize wireless networks
Okay so about a few weeks after I got my laptop the wifi would connect and disconnect, off and on.
And every time I troubleshoot it, a message comes up saying there's a network cable not properly ...
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Keyboard acting wierdly : Virus or Hardware issue?
I'm using HP Pavilion laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate running on it. Problem is:
Enter key on the keyboard doesn't seem to work
This problem is strange, It may sound wierd but let me see how to put ...
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Fans run, but nothing else on power up
Just now I came home, and went downstairs to work on my development box.
I noticed that the power LED had gone yellow, like it was in standby, but when I jiggled the mouse nothing happened.
I ...
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HP Pavilion HPE h8-1010 — Dual Monitor Capable?
I'm looking into purchasing a HP Pavilion h8-1010, and I'm hoping that someone would be able to confirm that it will be able to support Dual monitors out-of-the-box?
The online store from where I ...
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HP Pavilion dv6t Quad Edition (dv6tqe) Antenna Configuration?
HP website does not disclose the technical details about the wi-fi card on dv6tqe. Can anyone tell me about its antenna config, i.e. 2x2 or 1x1?
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Bad DVDRip quality with AMD Radeon HD
I just bought a HP Pavilion laptop with a Core i7 + AMD Radeon HD 6770M 2GB.
Here's my thing – I'm running under 1920 x 1080 (recommended resolution) on Windows 7 Ultimate.
I tried to run a DVDRip ...
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HP Pavilion DV4 laptop fan always running at high speed
A few days back I had a display problem with my HP Pavilion DV4 laptop. I took it to a service centre and they told me that some NVIDIA chip on the motherboard needed to be replaced to fix this.
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Is there any way to have the onboard VGA enabled as well as a graphics card? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I enable onboard graphics AND dedicated card simultaneously?
I have an HP Pavilion S3000y computer running Fedora 15. [specs]
The motherboard has a VGA port, for ...
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To refresh something on my new laptop I need to do a Fn + F5, instead of just F5. How to revert this behaviour to just F5?
I guess this must have something to do with a "new" convention my new HP Pavilion has. When I press F5 the computer interprets it as what my old Tx2000 would do with Fn + F5, and when I do a Fn + F5, ...
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Installing Chrome OS on HP Pavilion
Trying to install Chrome OS on HP Pavillion tx1000. I changed the BIOS to boot from USB before hard drive, and created a bootable USB drive (SanDisk Cruzer 4GB). No matter how many ways I try to make ...
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HP DV7 shows blank screen and does not start up, probably due to heat issues
I have a HP DV7, with an AMD Turion X2 ZM-85, purchased about 1.5 years ago.
Initially the laptop screen turned black. Only the screen – the machine was running. I could hear the fan spinning. Then I ...
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Can a HP Pavilion dv7-6130ez run Hyper-V?
I need a laptop as a test machine for Hyper-V, nothing fancy. I found this one:
HP Pavilion dv7-6130ez
The general specs (8 GB memory, 1 TB disk) seem very sufficient for my purposes and the CPU (2 ...
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This morning my PC started acting very strangely. The monitor got striation lines
This morning, when I turned on my home PC, it acted very strangely.
The display was very slow in responding. For example, whatever program I had up, when I closed any window of that program, a ...
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Nvidia 9800GT randomly prevents computer from booting
My computer has been running Windows and Linux perfectly fine with my 9800GT for the past year or so, but today it refused to boot.
When I press the power button, this is what happens:
Power button ...
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HP Pavilion dv6 screen goes black after Windows loads, but not in safe mode
When I boot the laptop normally, it goes through POST, and I can see the "Starting Windows" screen with the Windows logo. However, right before I get to the Windows logon, the screen goes black. In ...
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I just re-installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 on an HP laptop. Why is it so slow?
I got a new HP laptop, went through and uninstalled all the default HP programs on there, and that caused the whole system to crash.
So I took a fresh Windows 7 Home Premium disc, and used it to ...
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HP Pavillion laptop won't start up at all
I last used my HP laptop a month ago. Today I plugged it in and as soon as I pushed the power button it comes on for 1 second and then shuts off. The power adaptor is fine and providing power.
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HP Pavilion dv7 with Vista, trying to install Ubuntu 11.04. Gets stuck at Busybox, prompts me for (initramfs)
I have a brand new MacBook Pro waiting on the sidelines but I don't feel it is right to "waste" this perfectly workable HP Pavilion dv7 computer even though it runs the plague that is Vista. I felt ...
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Laptop Malfunctions After UPS Failure? I Have Got What I Deserved
My UPS failed today and laptop ceased working. UPS failed me before 1 time and it was when laptop was on standby but nothing happened to the laptop however. Also there were times when laptop was ...
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Restoring an HP Pavilion dv6 to factory after Linux install
I have HP Pavilion dv6-2150us laptop. I recently installed Linux on it and now want to go back to Windows 7 (which came pre-installed). In order to take it to the factory default I used my recovery ...
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How To Disconnect DVD-ROM From Laptop?
I have HP Pavilion dv5282ea and after sending it to laboratory, i noticed that my DVD-ROM activates from time to time, just like i am opening and closing it. I know i should open my laptop and fix the ...
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How can I set the fan speed to 100% on a laptop?
I recently purchased a HP Pavilion dv7-4031. When it's cool, it works smoothly and efficiently. However when CPU and GPU temperatures reach 60c and above, the PC starts freezing up and stuttering. I ...
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HP Pavilion dv6000 [closed]
Why has my HP Pavilion laptop started to crash big time? I have updated the graphics driver and that is now great, but my laptop crashes every time I want to play a game. It makes a horrible Beep ...
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Why did my system suddenly start consuming 100% CPU all the time and how do I troubleshoot it?
Recently, my friend's PC came to a grinding halt. It was quite messy and the system was full of cruft so I decided to do a clean XP Professional install. The system is a Turion64-based HP laptop ...
