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Hello! I suddenly cannot use my laptop today because it keeps on opening the hp pc hardware diagnostics. It keeps on appearing every time I open my laptop. I also cannot control my screen brightness. If I adjust my screen brightness, it will just go back to 0 (dim). What to do? help me pls :((

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Hi @Joyce0419,

 

Welcome to the HP Support Community.

Thank you for posting your query, I will be glad to assist you.

 

I understand you're experiencing an issue with performing a recovery on your PC/Laptop.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, I'm here to help you today.

 

Please follow the steps below to perform an extensive system test to confirm if the hardware is working fine.

 

1) Shut down the computer.

2) Turn the computer back on again and repeatedly tap on the ESC until a Startup menu appears.  

3) Press F2 once.  

4) Go to the system test > extensive test

 

If the hardware is working fine. Update the BIOS for your PC by clicking on the link.

 

Make sure you keep only the charger plugged in while updating the BIOS for your PC.

Click on the + sign next to BIOS and then download the file.

Open the file and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the update.

 

-Install all the pending updates for the Windows operating system following the below steps.

 

Go to Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update and select Check for updates. If the upgrade is available for your device and you want to proceed, download and install it.

 

- Kindly refer to the steps on this link to perform system restore on your laptop and let me know if that resolves the issue.

 

- If the issue still persists, click on this link to perform a recovery on your Laptop.  (Take a backup of the data before performing a recovery)

 

Please mark this post as “Accepted Solution” if the issue is resolved and if you feel this reply was helpful click “Yes”.

 

I hope this helps.

Take care and have a great day ahead!

 

 Irwin6

HP Support

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