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12-16-2014 04:38 AM
This can occur when there is a problem with the sound card. In that case if you follow these steps it may solve the problem; it solved mine
1. Remove the power cable from the laptop
2. Hold down F10 and keep held down
3. Plug the power cable back in and press the power on button, keeping the F10 held down until it starts
12-16-2014 06:05 AM - edited 12-16-2014 06:07 AM
Still the same god **bleep** issue even after the less than 2 months ago Motherboard "replacement". That is it for me. I'm done with HP. Please, do tell me what to do with the faulty laptop, because right now I have the great "urge" just to throw it our of the window and look at it break into little pieces of useless parts. Or should I just make a bonfire out of it? Anyways f it. I'm outy.
12-16-2014 06:49 AM - edited 12-16-2014 06:51 AM
Hi beastahead. The solution to yoru problem is as follows:
1. Remove the hard drive from your laptop.
2. Buy a 'caddy' for your hard drive. This is a box which you can put your hard drive in which can then be plugged into another computer via a USB cable, just like an external hard drive. It costs about £10 / $15.
3. Vent your fury by smashing the rest of your useless HP laptop to pieces.
4. Never buy another computer from a company that would rather invest in marketing than engineering.
As a laptop, the HP pavilion makes a great kettle.
01-02-2015 06:13 PM
Thanks, the solution worked for me. I had to repeat the process, after powering off the first time it didn't boot up again. However once i repeated the process i have been able to power down and up the laptop with no issues.
01-06-2015 04:42 PM
Hi there,
I read your submission on how to do a Hardware reset of the Pavillion Dv6 and did exactly as you've instructed in your but to no avail.
When I removed the battery for 30secs and I pressed the power down point for 30 secs and I noticed plugged in the Power Park and therefore; I saw the laptop come back on for a about 10 seconds but refused to display images on the screen.
Thus, the hard reset didn't work for me.
01-06-2015 04:56 PM
Sadly the happiness with my Dv6 ended after few days, back to the square one, back to the dark screen and doesn't boot. neither 30 hard reset nor the F10 solution are working and black screen is the only think i see. I noticed that during the proper bootup the power button only need a little touch to bring it up, but when it is sitting on the black screen to power up the laptop i need to 2 or 3 attempts before actually any power come on to laptop. power button almost sticky you could say. after that continue same dark screen with caplock key lit on and wireless solid amber.
01-06-2015 05:57 PM
Dear Loverunning,
There is no 'cure' for your problem, and if HP had any honesty or integrity they would tell you so. The Pavilion has a fundamental design flaw that causes it to overheat and burn out critical components. All the 'hard resets' in the world are not going to remedy that.
The only solution is to take out your hard drive and put it in a caddy which can be plugged into another computer via a USB cable, and get yourself a new laptop.
I wish somebody would start a class action against HP over this. I don't have the time or energy to do it myself.
01-07-2015 07:46 AM
Hi there,
I read your submission on how to execute a Hardware reset on the Pavilion Dv6 and after following all the steps exactly as you've instructed in your submission the black screen was still there.
Below are the steps taken by me:
When I removed the battery and I pressed the power down button for 30 secs; I then inserted the AC adaptor Power Park and thereafter, I saw the laptop come on for about 10 seconds after which it went off. I continued this process for a while until I realized that the laptop wasn't going to work even when connected directly to the power which is a bit weird.
Thus, the hard reset didn't work as expected.
I have included the Product Number: VN013EA#ABU and Model Number: dv6-2010sa.
Please help.
Regards,
YF
01-07-2015 08:15 AM - edited 01-07-2015 08:18 AM
Hi YF,
I don't work for HP and have nothing to do with the company.
The only worthwhile response you are likely to get to your query is the one I have posted previously.
Sorry about that.
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