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08-09-2025 03:35 PM - edited 08-09-2025 03:58 PM
Greetings @888hjjddf999
Welcome to the HP Forum.
Most HP Desktop PCs also do a beep error cadence at startup if there is a POST problem.
An example would be a long 3 beep followed by a 2 short beep startup error code. This example beep error code would relate to a memory problem.
Can you ID a specific LED blink pattern when you depress the power button?
Try a hard reset per instructions at this HP Site.
The above site link also lists common blink and beep startup error codes to check if you can ID a cadence or pattern to the blink codes you are seeing at startup.
An unlisted, at the above site, 8 blink code is a major BIOS problem. I don't know what a continuous blink error code would be. It's not listed at the above site. But a continuous blink code would probably be very bad.
A continuous blink code would probably relate to a: major component problem or a power delivery problem.
Regards