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    HP DV6700 keeps crashing. Won't turn on until I...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Hungry Man, Apr 16, 2011.

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    I pull the battery, hold the power button for 5 seconds, put the battery back in, turn it on. Otherwise it simply won't turn on.

    If I don't hold the power button and i go straight to putting the battery back in it doesn't work.

    Help?
     
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    Try:

    - Testing your AC adapter with a multimeter

    - Using a known good HP 90 watt AC adapter

    - Removing battery and AC adapter and holding down the power button for 30 seconds 2-3 times

    Have you also used a known good battery? Sounds more like a power circuitry issue with your motherboard.
     
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    This is a brand new AC adapter. Old battery but I don't believe it's been a problem before. I just isntalled windows 7 on a new hard drive for this computer so maybe that's teh issue.

    I'll try that third thing.
     
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    Happened again. HP doesn't seem to provide many drivers for Vista.
     
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    It seems to be alright on battery power... so idk

    edit: nevermind, apparently it crashed on battery according to someone who used it alst night
     
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    Go to Event viewer and see what is going on.

    HP has decent driver support.
     
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    Link to driver support? I couldn't find anything...

    I'm waiting for it to happen again in event viewer sinc eI don't know what ime it crashed last and there's over 3000 events under "System"
     
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    Happened again. Event viewer didn't show anything.
     
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    Did you try running HP Diagnostics to rule out failing hardware.

    But given what you have posted, sounds like a motherboard issue. I believe some DV6700s house the infamous Nvidia chip..
     
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    This one does not have an Nvidia chip. IGP only.

    I've run diagnostics. I believe it's related to being moved. I've left it on for hours with no problems but then it appears that my mother has been moving it and that often triggers it.

    Going to open it up and make sure nothing is lose.
     
    Hungry Man, Apr 18, 2011
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    bump 10 characters
     
    Hungry Man, Apr 19, 2011
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