Questions tagged [hp-laptop]

For questions specific to unique properties of Hewlett-Packard laptop computers. Note there are dedicated tags for some product lines, such as [hp-pavilion], [hp-elitebook], [hp-envy], and [hp-mini]. For questions that are not specific to a product line, the more general [hp-laptop] tag may attract more answers. For questions that are not unique to HP-brand laptops, you may attract more answers using the more general [laptop] tag.

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Windows 10 Stuck on "Restart" Screen

This morning when I woke up, I opened my new win10 laptop to find that it was stuck on the restart screen. I waited for an hour and a half, but it's still stuck. I left it on for the night (closed, in ...
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BIOS corruption failure

I have an HP laptop g42-415dx and when i start it up the Caps lock light blinks twice and then I get a blank screen. The HP website states that 2 blinks means BIOS corruption. At the beginning it was ...
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No sound after RAM upgrade

When I upgrade my RAM (DDR2) on an old HP 6730s laptop from 1x2GB to 2x2GB my sound will stop working (W10). I was able to get exactly the same DDR2 card, hoping that all frequencies, timing and ...
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Ubuntu 20 not coming up after hibernating or sleep mode

my ubuntu 20.x.x doesn't come up when it sleeps or hibernate and when i power off, the display goes off but my i can still hear my hard-drive spining (the indicator by the side of the laptop is still ...
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Not charging while laptop in use otherwise charging

My laptop brand and number is (HP-ac124TX), laptop is charging well (orange light) when the laptop is not turned on and as soon as I'm turning it on it is not charging (white light), as matter of fact ...
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Computer Keeps Resetting

Windows 10: Every time I turn on my computer, everything is gone 1. Wallpaper set back to default 2. Taskbar apps back to default 3. All saved passwords in apps disappear 4. All pictures and most ...
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My screen doesn't display anything, only the backlight works

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this problem. I use an hp ProBook 4540s and I'm not quite sure why but whenever I restart the PC ( whether after a Windows update or perhaps after a ...
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Unpredictable WHEA Black Screens

Over the last 4 months or so, I have repeatedly had issues with WHEA Error based black screen crashes. As far as customer support goes, I've been given a fair amount of run around between Microsoft ...
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HP G62 laptop shutdown issues

I have an older HP G62-a30SI laptop - i3cpu, 4gb low voltage Ram (but I have normal ram available as well) 500gb hdd, intel hd gpu, broadcom wifi realtek, up-to-date windows 10. I do not use it with ...
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Games can't be shown in full screen

My games can't view in full screen, What can I do? I have try to set full screen from the AMD VISION Control center but nothing has changed. I have HP 635
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HP Pavilion dv3 volume control display driver on Windows 7

I've recently bought an HP Pavilion dv3-2150ep and I'm having a hard time getting the volume control display to work as expected. The control is a back-lit touch-sensitive bar above the keyboard. Now ...
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On HP Laptop with Window 10, some keystrokes are buffered

Just purchased a new HP Laptop running Windows 10. On Brave, Chrome and Notepad it ignores/buffers some keystrokes. When I press it the first time, nothing appears to happen. When I press it again, ...
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Can't Press Multiple keys at the same time

When I first purchased this laptop and install some games I was able to hold w and press 2 on my keyboard at the same time to select my 2nd inventory slot but now when I try to hold w and tap 2 it ...
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Windows 8 laptop shuts down right after startup

Today Windows Update installed some new updates on my laptop,everything was good,the installation was 100% complete and then my it restarted my laptop.Right when i was about to type my password it ...
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Keep pressing key or something wired happen in my HP Laptop

From month ago I was experiencing some wired behavior in my HP laptop. Laptop - HP PROBOOK 450 GS , Intel core i7 8th Gen It seems some key pressed. I identified it when I'm running CMD or SSH client. ...
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Why White Screen?

This is the first time I am facing this issue. I used my laptop computer today and it worked fine. Then I shut down my laptop and a few moments later I turned it on again and it didn't boot up rather, ...
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Is it normal for my laptop to randomly hit 100% CPU?

I have a HP 14-CF2000 laptop. Every so often (every 30 minutes or so if I have just left the home screen on, a bit longer if I'm in a meeting/browsing) or upon waking up from sleep/startup my CPU will ...
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Is my fan running constantly dangerous?

My CPU can be at 2% with a CPU temperature of 30° and the fan is still running. The fan speed is usually between 1700 and 1800 (1800 is shown at max fan speed). My laptop is only a few months old and ...
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windows update error 80244019

I am using Windows 10 Pro on a HP Laptop 14S - er003TU. Last night, I tried updating Windows to the latest Windows October update, but I got error code '0x80244019'. This error occurs every time I try ...
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HP Laptop simply won't turn on - The small red light is glowing DESPITE being plugged off the battery cable

I tried to do a hardware setup with taking the battery out but i don't have the proper screwdrivers to do that. Is there another solution to it? This red small light at the right side glows all the ...
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Horizontal pink line on my HP Pavilion 15, how do I fix it?

I use my 1yr old HP Pavilion for WFH, so its on for around 12 hrs or so every single day. Yesterday, I put it on sleep mode and when I turn it on today I see a pinkish horizontal line over the screen ...
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How to enable the hardware virtualization of a HP Probook 4431S laptop in BIOS properly?

I have an HP Probook 4431s laptop. Installed Windows 10 Pro on it. Device specification is: Manufacturer/Model : HP ProBook 4431s Notebook PC (ENERGY STAR) System type: X64 based PC Processor : ...
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Function and arrow keys not working on HP laptop

My Laptop(1.5 yrs) is dual-booted with Windows 10(default) and Ubuntu Linux.The function keys don't work if I want to adjust the brightness or other aspects and while running BIOS the arrow keys don't ...
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Window installation issue on boot

I have problem to install windows using USB. Initially I tried to install usb it went install step, so in partition allocation page I formated System library director (C Drive) and it show disk former ...
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Cloning HP 500GB drive to SSD - which partitions?

I am going to clone an HP Windows 10 system disk to SSD using Macrium reflect. I have done this before and it has worked well.   I need to shrink the main partition as I am moving from 500GB to 256GB ...
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Laptop stuck at bios loading screen

After installing an update I restarted my hp laptop. But now my laptop is stuck at the loading screen showing hp logo and a beep at about 10sec interval.
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How to remove Start Menu Layer on my Desktop

I had pretty much the default before. As you can see, all my icons have disappeared and I now have a "back" button. Clicking the windows icon does nothing, and on top of that, I can't minimize or ...
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Laptop not charging nor turning on

Since a few weeks ago I'm facing a issue with my HP laptop. It's almost a year old. It used to work fine but few weeks ago, when I was working on it, it suddenly turned off without any warning. I ...
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HP ZBook 15u G3 won't boot up after BIOS update

After updating my HP ZBook to the latest BIOS version 1.39 it won't boot up anymore. All it does while booting is stay at a blank screen with the fans spinning. Sometimes (but not always) the Caps ...
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HP laptop doesn't charge battery unless OFF

I have an HP Omen 15" and it doesn't charge the battery when the computer is on. If I connect the charger the symbol of the battery appears as “connected” for around 5 seconds and then it shows that ...
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Win10 laptop randomly freezes, some texts are missing after

Laptop is an HP Omen (2016) with Win10 installed and updated regularly. For the past months, it freezes my programs seemingly randomly. While the program is frozen I can switch to some other programs ...
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How to boot from USB flash drive on an HP with BIOS of INSYDEH20 v. 3.5

I rebooted many times with known-good USB flash drives in different ports. When I get to the boot choice (hit Esc at BIOS splash screen, follow prompt OR just F9 at BIOS splash screen) I see the ...
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HP laptop bootlooping

My laptop: HP STREAM with Windows 10 I was trying to free up space on the tiny 28GB C: drive and must have done something stupid. When powering up, the HP logo appears as usual, but then the screen ...
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Windows 10 Clean Install Failed and Stuck on a Boot Loop (No Administrator Account)

So, my son recently got a virus on my HP Windows 10 Home laptop. So what I did was backed up all the files that I need then I went into Settings -> Recovery -> Reset this PC -> Remove Everything and ...
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Bad connector on HP laptop screen: any way to fix?

For the past few months the right ~1/3 of my laptop (HP Envy 15-u011dx) screen is either black or has a bunch of colored vertical stripes on it: https://i.stack.imgur.com/YFTKV.jpg https://i.stack....
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Linux laptop external monitor

I have a Laptop HP branded. With i7 6700HQ and gtx 960m. I installed an external monitor. But my laptop didn't detect it. After that I installed Nvidia driver and my monitor was detected and output ...
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This screw and the two like it are the bane of my existence

My laptop has taken to, reportedly, shooting up to 96C (206F) when the cpu (integrated graphics) is put to any use. Idling, mild browsing and it remaina 40-60C. I've rolled back drivers, optimized ...
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Unable to switch my laptop's display to an external monitor

I have an HP G60 laptop. It's about 8 years old. Last year, the CCFL tube or inverter failed (I would see a black spot appear on the bottom right corner of the screen, which felt very hot, and ...
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HP Laptop Boot Issues

I have a HP Pavilion dv7 laptop which has recently been taken apart to resolve overheating issues, new thermal paste was applied and everything seems fine. Now, when booting the laptop it refuse's to ...
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Why is Trend Micro Maximum Security constantly read/write to disk in Windows 10

Trying to fix a laptop that recently upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1. Problem with the laptop is that if Windows 10 starts in normal mode, there is always constant disk IO activty, the mouse ...
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Adjusting screen resolution without having video card drivers

My father has an old Windows XP computer. He asked me to upgrade Windows XP to Windows 8 since windows XP ended releasing updates. I installed Windows 8, and most of hardware got installed without ...
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HP DV4T-1200SE - Integrated webcam not detected by Windows 7 64bit

I have an HP Pavilion DV4T-1200SE laptop that originally came with Windows Vista x64. I've since installed Windows 7 x64, and while the laptop runs fine but I positively cannot get it to detect the ...
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Compaq nc4200 screen cutting out and keyboard lagging after dropping - could I repair this?

I have a HP Compaq nc4200 laptop. I got it from a family member who no longer needed it, who got it from a sale of old office equipment, so it's at the very least third-hand, and somewhat battered. ...
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HP-G6-1117TX graphics issue with ubuntu 11.04 installation

i have laptop HP-G6-1117TX in which i have installed ubuntu 11.04 recently, the installation was fine with no error, wireless, display almost everything was fine for new install, i switched off the ...
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HP Zbook G3 17 caps lock blinking 5 times

HP Zbook G3 17 caps lock blinking 5 times I was trying to clear the bios password as i forgot it i followed some instruction from some tech but it's now only caps lock blinking 5 times then fan go ...
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