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rl9009:
--- Quote from: vuzedome on September 05, 2009, 10:12:18 PM ---HP laptops tend to fail a lot.
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Not if you get a well designed model with heat vents on the side ;D
DaggerLite:
The only problem I've had with my HP laptop was due to the nVidia GPU. Your problem seems different from what I had, though. My laptop started to display some weird colours once or twice, forcing me to restart, and eventually it would not boot at all. The screen was then black and slowly turned to white in a weird manner. It could stay on for ages without rebooting due to heat.
I demanded a replacement due to faulty hardware and got one, even though I had to whine for over a month due to my warranty having run out. (I hadn't voided the seals for a good reason).
To me, it looks like you have an overheated/short circuited GPU (might not be an internal defect). Of course, this is just a guess since the screen is not responding at all and it eventually reboots, while it seems to run 'fine' otherwise. When it reboots I'd that something is sort of working, probably the motherboard reacting to heat from the GPU.
vuzedome:
Here's my experience:
One day, turn on power, black screen. HDD not turning, no blinking of other lights, just the power indicator. 5 seconds later, automatically off.
Send in for maintenance, tech dude says its faulty hardware, short circuited the GPU .
NaRu:
I had a HP laptop that did the samething. Its the on board video card that fried. To fix it you need to replace the mobo. I had my laptop for 3 years and it died 2 weeks after the warranty ended
GoGeTa006:
--- Quote from: NaRu on September 06, 2009, 02:52:00 PM ---I had a HP laptop that did the samething. Its the on board video card that fried. To fix it you need to replace the mobo. I had my laptop for 3 years and it died 2 weeks after the warranty ended
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they prolly have those things that cars also have. . .
that "break down right after the 100 000 miles warranty wears off"
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