Questions tagged [laptop]
Laptops (also called notebooks) are portable personal computers with an integrated screen and keyboard. They come in a variety of sizes.
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SMART hard disk check has detected an imminent failure [duplicate]
Since two years ago I have this problem. I have a HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC. Every time I turn on my laptop it comes a black screen like this one(I found it in Internet):
In this two years nothing ...
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HP DV1000 Laptop won't start. Flashing "power" light
I've been handed a laptop to "clean-up", it appears to be infested with spyware and various limewire type downloads.
It had a habit of randomly shutting down after 30 seconds, BSODs if cables ...
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External battery pack not working with laptop
I have an HP ProBook 4540s that has a very weak battery from years of use and abuse. I bought an external battery pack, a Poweradd 32000mAh with the intention of using it with my laptop. The battery ...
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Can you disable the light up buttons on the HP HDX series laptops?
I'm intrested in buying a laptop from the HP HDX series, but I have one concern.
As you can see below, they have touch sensitive buttons above the keyboard which are lit up. I cant help but think how ...
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My Hp compaq cq57 windows 7 wont show a startup screen after installing the recommended graphics drivers
I recently cleaned installed windows 7 64bit on my hp compaq cq57 laptop.
When I try to install the hp recommended graphics driver to the system, it installs but on restart, the system does not show ...
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Bad clock battery on an HP Probook 4525s
How can I tell if the clock battery is bad in a HP Probook 4525s?
My PC does not start when pressing the power button but the caps lock light flashes twice.
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Is it okay to store a laptop for one year without taking any precautions [duplicate]
No precautions have been taken to store the computer. It is sitting upstairs on a bookshelf.
It is an HP pavilion laptop.
I read this Super User blog. I don't understand if this computer will ...
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When choosing a CPU to install in a barebones laptop, what compatibility factors should one consider?
I have a sizable quantity of bare-bones HP 6570b ProBooks, and am looking at various CPU's to potentially install. The socket type is G2 and it has to be compatible with the Intel HM76 chip-set, but ...
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How to back up HP recovery partition
I have a HP Pavilion dm1, a light-weight laptop with no optical drive.
It has a recovery partition from which I can restore the installed Windows 7 Home edition. It seems to be a special folder; I ...
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How can I diagnose my PC regularly pausing / hanging up [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to diagnose repeated freezing of windows 7 (comes back alive in few seconds)
I have a borrowed HP nx9420 laptop, running Windows 7 Pro, no SP. Very regularly, maybe every ...
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How can disconnecting the battery from a laptop fix malfunctions?
I'd like a technical explanation of a fix I've seen for some HP laptops.
The user turns on their machine only to find a blank screen; the screen doesn't even turn on, but all of the keyboard LEDs and ...
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Laptop won't turn on after screen replaced
I just replaced the screen on a HP D60 using this guide
I successfully replaced the screen, reattached it, and put the keyboard back on but when I put the battery back in and press the start button ...
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How to fix the screen blackout in an HP Pavilion dv7-1240us
Many users of the HP Pavilion dv71240-us have had this screen blackout problem. After having the laptop on for a few minutes the screen goes black and there is no way to get it back to normal.
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Turning wifi on cause my Laptop to freeze [closed]
I have a HP-G42 Laptop with windows 10 installed, recently i came across new issues
Turning WiFi on causes laptop to freeze including mouse and keyboard.
Sometimes it freeze for no reason.
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My Windows 7 HP laptop's touchpad mouse not working
I have multiple computers and one of them broke so now I'm using other one. It is Windows 7 HP with a touchpad mouse, but now the mouse is not working. Can anyone please tell me how to fix this.
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RAM upgrade for HP Envy 17 fails to boot
My laptop is HP Envy 17 touchsmart model 17-j013cl. When I bought it, it had 2GB RAM installed. I needed to upgrade the RAM and bought another identical 2GB RAM. Now the laptop does not show me even ...
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Extend screen to two external monitors and duplicate on additional monitor
(I asked the same question over in the HP Support Forums with, probably, way too much detail. No responses.)
I'm able to dock my HP ProBook 640 G1 on the HP 90W and extend my screen to two external ...
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Is there any single command or method do determine if a W7 machine is a laptop or a desktop? [duplicate]
I'm looking for a command, probably in 'wmic', that will help determine whether a computer is actually a Laptop or Desktop.
Normally I check in the active directory organizational unit, but
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HP 2013 UltraSlim Docking Station Crashes\Freezes HP Elitebook 840 G1
We have a user that when they disconnect HP Elitebook 840 G1 from the docking station the system then crashes\freezes no BSOD but they always nearly always require a restart.
The devices are ...
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building battery pack for HP Dv6 2064ca [closed]
I replaced my battery pack with anker brand. It went faulty and was not charging. So they sent another pack which was turned out to be faulty. Now i got 2 battery packs sitting of now use. If i want ...
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Burning paper with laptop
A few hours ago I was playing a computer game when I noticed smoke coming from next to my laptop. Then I noticed that the stack of paper next to it had begon to smolder. I threw it into a glass of ...
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HP 2000 keyboard issue
I have a HP 2000 laptop running Windows-7 home basic. I know for sure nothing has been spilled on the keyboard.
The laptop boots up to the Windows login page. I cant login to the laptop because the "h"...
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Identical computers, drastically different graphical behavior
my friend and I bought our laptops at the same time, from the same place, and the same model. Nothing special, just the HP dv6-6c14nr. It was only $450 with an Intel i5-2450m, 4GB RAM, and a 500GB 5,...
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Brightness controls not working on HP dm3t
I have an HP dm3t notebook which normally comes with Windows 7. I figured out how to install Windows XP on it, but now I'm facing a problem that the brightess controls don't work so am unable to ...
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what is the reason of BSOD: blue screen of death?- HP compaq nc6400 [closed]
I want to know what exactly causes this error in Windows?
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HP HDX laptop black screen on boot
I have an HP HDX16-1155CA from April 2009. I was using it last night, and it was completely fine, and I did not do anything abnormal (I was reading my book for English class before I shut it down).
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How can I mount this hard drive?
I pulled this hard drive out of an old HP laptop. I thought I could mount it because the label on the hard drive says it's a SATA:
Does anyone recognize what type of SATA interface is on this hard ...
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HP DV6 3032-TX won't boot
Bought this overpriced, heavy, overheated laptop 13 months ago, right, 1 month pass warranty, I rarely use it, especially for last 4,5 months, didn't even turn it on, and today, I found out it won't ...
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hp probook 455 g1 screen flickering and showing strange colors
I have hp probook 455 g1 laptop for 10 months and few days ago screen started to display strange colors and flickering. This especially happens when I move the lid or change it's position. It stops to ...
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Laptop turns on and off by itself
Laptop: HP ProBook 4520s
I got my motherboard replaced. They tested in the repair service and everything was fine. I got the laptop home and it worked. Then I hibernated it and when I wanted to turn ...
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Laptop battery charging/not charging eratically
I noticed today that my HP DV6 6008eg laptop running Windows 10 eratically reports that the battery is charging and not charging. The small LED near the AC plug also changes its colour accordingly ...
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Targus Aftermarket Charger Lower Amperage
I have a Sony Vaio VPCEE42FX that requires 4.7 Amps And 19.5V for proper charging. However, my old charger broke and I found a new aftermarket Targus charger... but the amperage for it is 4.6 amps. Is ...
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asking about pc3l-12800s if it works with my HP Zbook 15 G2
i want to ask about my laptop HP Zbook 15 G2.
i have ram of 8GB 2Rx8 PC3L - 12800 S and when i put it in my laptop it doesn't work, doesn't boot at all ( stay off ).
i want to ask if this laptop ...
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Need help finding drivers for HP laptop
I just downgraded my HP Pavilion 15-n284ca laptop from Windows 8 to Windows 7 (x64) and am now seeing the following two devices complain of not having the required drivers:
Could someone point me in ...
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How to retrieve or remove bios password for compaq 620 laptop? [duplicate]
I want to run Android Simulator on my pc which requires virtualization enabled from bios.I am not able to goto bios because bios is locked with password.Please tell me how can i unlock bios so that i ...
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Internal laptop HDD hangs/pauses the system momentarily while external USB doesn't
I have this peculiar problem on an HP Pavilion DV7-5000 (product number XE385EA) that can hang the system for a few moments—up to 10 seconds sometimes—if the application reads from the disk and it was ...
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Can a plastic protector affect heat dissipation in a laptop screen?
I have an HP Pavilion which I have been using since October 2014. The machine is in mint condition and has never dropped/impacted anywhere.
Recently I removed the plastic protectors on the side edges ...
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keyboard issues with refurbished HP
This post is likely to be rife with newbie computer speak so be kind.
I recently got a refurbished HP Probook 65606. The internal keyboard types incorrect characters and the device manager shows that ...
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Can I install a SATA-II hybrid hard-drive in HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop?
I have an HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop. It's an Intel processor model. Originally had 2GB DDR2 RAM - which I later upgraded to 3GB. It's hard-drive is Western Digital WD1600BEVS-60RST0. The drive height ...
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New windows 10 hp laptop will not retain synaptics touchpad one finger scroll. Reverts after booting
Every time i boot my hp laptop (Hp 15-f337wm) I have to go through process to enable single finger scrolling in settings despite having applied and ok'd the setting. It's a pain in ass. Don't know ...
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How to get 32-bit drivers for 15-g201nx HP Notebook?
I'm trying to find 32-bit drivers for 15-g201nx HP Notebook. I'm finding only 64-bit installation files on the official Software and Driver Downloads page.
Where could I download the official 32-bit ...
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Cpu vs Gpu for programming laptop [closed]
Wich laptop is better for programming
1.Specs:
Cpu: i7 6500u (quad core)
Gpu: nvidia gtx950m
Ram: 8gb ram
Ssd: 256gb
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Cpu: i5 6300hq (quad core)
Gpu: nvidia gtx960m
Ram: 8gb ram
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HP Pavilion G7-2325 notebook drivers
I just bought a brand new HP Pavilion G7-2325 Notebook, removed Windows 8 and installed Windows 7. On HP's website they only offer Windows 8 drivers. The problem is that not all of the Windows 8 ...
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hp mini 110-3510nr laptop won't restart
Here is the information of my hardware and software
hardware : hp mini 110-3510nr
OS : Windows 7 starter (freshly installed)
My laptop is a hp mini 110-3510nr. It has windows 7 starter installed in ...
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Power connector size for HP 15-d053cl TouchSmart Notebook PC?
Does anyone know what the inner and outer dimensions of the DC connector on the HP power adapter for the HP 15-d053cl TouchSmart Notebook PC is? Also, the name of the connector type would help.
The ...
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HP ENVY 17-1050ea Notebook PC screen flickering when I connect charger to my notebook
I am looking for solution of my problem. I own HP ENVY 17-1050ea Notebook PC, it works perfectly fine but the only issue I am facing is SCREEN FLICKERING. I only happens when I connect my charger to ...
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Are all Socket G2 processors interchangeable?
I've got an HP probook 4540s and I'm looking at upgrades, but I want to know what my options are. Will I be able to use any Socket G2 processor, or am I limited to the ones the laptop ships with?
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HP laptop - DVD boot difficulties
Yesterday, I bought an HP ProBook 4330s. It had Linux on it.
I tried to use a bootable Windows DVD to reinstall the system but it didn't work. I changed the priority in BIOS, the CD/DVD is first on ...
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HP laptop sleep after few minutes
I'm using HP Probook G2 laptop. I don't know why my laptop goes to sleep after few minutes. It doesn't go to sleep after specific time, sometimes it takes long but sometimes short period. I have set "...
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Use HP 2133 mininote as headless server
I've got a dead HP 2133 mininote, and I think the issue is the GPU. Apparently it's a well known fault. I have the same symptoms:
power light comes on
no screen display
the touchpad lock still ...
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