Victus laptop not booting

[rushiKadepurkar]

My hp victus fa-1132tx is not booting. Today when I turned on there is was popup of "cmos checksum invalid". Then I pressed enter key. Then laptop restarted into the boot menu. I have dual boot so I selected linux as I thought the problem was solved. But then it was stuck on boot logo for too much time. In frustration I accidentally rebooted it by pressing and holding power key. Now after starting power key led glows and fans also start but there is nothing on display. I tried some solutions to enter bios recovery like holding win+b then pressing power button and releasing it while holding win+b for few second, but there is no beeping sound. Then I tried to repeated press few function keys and escape key after turning on. But nothing worked. Please share the solution for my problem. Also there is no led blinking of caps lock key.

[Max3Aj]

@rushiKadepurkar, Welcome to HP Support Community. 

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

That “CMOS checksum invalid” error means your system's BIOS settings have likely been reset or corrupted, maybe due to a drained CMOS battery or an unexpected power issue. Then, booting into Linux probably triggered a boot hang because things weren’t 100% ready under the hood. Now it sounds like your laptop isn’t even POSTing (Power-On Self Test), which explains the blank screen and no caps lock blinking.

Try These Steps:

Hard Reset

• Disconnect power adapter.
• Press and hold the power button for 15-20 seconds.
• Reconnect power and try turning it on.
  This clears residual charge and might just wake the beast.

CMOS Reset

Victus laptops don’t make this easy, but if your CMOS battery is accessible (not always the case), you can:

• Open up the back (if you’re comfy doing so).
• Disconnect the CMOS battery for 5–10 minutes.
• Reconnect, reassemble, and try powering on again.

External Display Check

• Plug in an external monitor via HDMI—just in case the internal display isn’t waking up.
• Power on the laptop and check for any output.

USB BIOS Recovery

• With the laptop off, press and hold Win + B.
• While holding those keys, press and hold the Power button for 2-3 seconds.
• Keep holding Win + B for another 10 seconds, then release.
• If it works, you should hear beeps or see the BIOS recovery screen.

I hope this helps. 

Take care and have a good day. 

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Max3Aj

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