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01-09-2022 09:45 AM
Product: HP Envy 13
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
Upon power-up, when a USB-C to hdmi adapter and a USB-A hub are plugged in, the laptop turns on but only shows a blank screen and after some time the caps lock key blinks 5 long then 4 short flashes.
Looked up what this means and the error description is as follows:
"Embedded controller times out waiting for BIOS to return from system board intialisation (end of POST)"
I have tried the following:
- Hard restart
- Disable USB boot in BIOS
- Update BIOS to latest version
None of these have helped, and the laptop boots just fine with a USB AMP-DAC plugged in.
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