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Hi, 
Pavilion Laptop won't boot up, just a blank screen 
power button and AC light flashing when i press the power button on (3 second interval of on then off)
will not turn off after power button pressed, 
have removed battery / Hard drive / and RAM, and put back internals back together

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Here is an HP thread describing beep and blink codes for their laptops:


https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_1997719-1528356-16


Here's a video from HP about those codes:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MNl-_uNOWM



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
In this video, will see how to interpret the light and beep codes on your HP Notebook if you find that it does not start normally. You can use these codes to understand the underlying problem and take further steps accordingly. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:21 Light locations 01:11 Identify ...
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